Yorkshire Cup (horse race)

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The Yorkshire Cup is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1 mile 6 furlongs (2,816 m) at York Racecourse in May.

It was first run in 1927 and was run over a distance of 2 miles (3,219 m) prior to 1966. In 1945 it was run as the Yorkshire Autumn Cup.

[edit] Winners since 1986

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
1986 Eastern Mystic 4 Pat Eddery Luca Cumani 3:12.26
1987 Verd-Antique 4 Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil 3:08.89
1988 Moon Madness 5 Pat Eddery John Dunlop 3:00.51
1989 Mountain Kingdom 5 Steve Cauthen Clive Brittain 2:52.92
1990 Braashee 4 Michael Roberts Alec Stewart 2:56.79
1991 Arzanni 4 Frankie Dettori Luca Cumani 2:57.94
1992 Rock Hopper 5 Pat Eddery Michael Stoute 2:59.91
1993 Assessor 4 Richard Quinn Richard Hannon 2:59.23
1994 Key to My Heart 4 John Reid Dudley Moffatt 2:55.87
1995 Moonax 4 Pat Eddery Saeed bin Suroor 2:58.89
1996 Classic Cliche 4 Michael Kinane Saeed bin Suroor 2:52.77
1997 Celeric 5 Pat Eddery David Morley 2:59.39
1998 Busy Flight 5 Michael Hills Barry Hills 3:04.02
1999 Churlish Charm 4 Richard Hughes Richard Hannon 3:05.61
2000 Kayf Tara 6 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 2:55.06
2001 Marienbard 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 2:57.30
2002 Zindabad 6 Kevin Darley Mark Johnston 2:54.90
2003 Mamool 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 2:52.54
2004 Millenary 7 Richard Quinn John Dunlop 3:01.61
2005 Franklins Gardens 5 Darryll Holland Mark Tompkins 3:02.78
2006 Percussionist 5 Darryll Holland Howard Johnson 3:12.41
2007 Sergeant Cecil 8 Jimmy Fortune Rod Millman 2:59.63
2008 Geordieland 7 Shane Kelly Jamie Osborne 3:02.47

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