Futurity Trophy

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History

The event was established in 1961 and was originally called the Timeform Gold Cup. It was founded by Phil Bull, the creator of Timeform, and was backed by this organisation until 1964.

The Observer started to support the event in 1965. The present grading system was introduced in 1971 and the Observer Gold Cup was classed at Group-1 level.

The bookmaker William Hill took over the sponsorship in 1976, and from this point the event was known as the Futurity Stakes. From 1989 to 2017 the race was sponsored by the Racing Post and run as the Racing Post Trophy. William Hill reestablished their race partnership in 2024 with the official title now the William Hill Futurity Trophy Stakes.

Up to 2000 the race was run on the round mile from 2001 it was run on the Straight Mile

The Futurity Trophy is now the last Group 1 event of the British flat racing season. The 2019 race was run on Newcastle's Tapeta track, after the Doncaster meeting was abandoned because of waterlogging, thereby becoming the first British Group 1 race to be run on an artificial surface.

Six winners have subsequently achieved victory in the following year's Derby: Reference Point (1986); High Chaparral (2001); Motivator (2004); Authorized (2006); Camelot (2011); Auguste Rodin (2022).

Records

Leading jockey (5 wins):

• Lester Piggott – Ribocco (1966), Noble Decree (1972), Apalachee (1973), Dunbeath (1982), Lanfranco (1984)
• Pat Eddery – Sporting Yankee (1976), Dactylographer (1977), Beldale Flutter (1980), Reference Point (1986), Armiger (1992)

Leading trainer (12 wins):

• Aidan O'Brien - Saratoga Springs (1997), Aristotle (1999), High Chaparral (2001), Brian Boru (2002), St Nicholas Abbey (2009), Camelot (2011), Kingsbarns (2012), Saxon Warrior (2017), Magna Grecia (2018), Luxembourg (2021), Auguste Rodin (2022), Hawk Mountain (2025)

Leading owner (11 wins): (includes part ownership)

• Sue Magnier – Aristotle (1999), High Chaparral (2001), Brian Boru (2002), St Nicholas Abbey (2009), Camelot (2011), Kingsbarns (2012), Saxon Warrior (2017), Magna Grecia (2018), Luxembourg (2021), Auguste Rodin (2022),Hawk Mountain (2025)

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1961	Miralgo	Bill Williamson	Harry Wragg	Gerry Oldham	1:44.40
1962	Noblesse	Garnie Bougoure	Paddy Prendergast	Evelyn Olin	1:39.00
1963	Pushful Template:Efn	Harry Carr	S. Meaney	Lionel Holliday	1:39.00
1964	Hardicanute	Bill Williamson	Paddy Prendergast	Jim Mullion	1:40.40
1965	Pretendre	Ron Hutchinson	Jack Jarvis	Claude Lilley	1:42.60
1966	Ribocco	Lester Piggott	Fulke Johnson Houghton	Charles Engelhard	1:44.60
1967	Vaguely Noble	Bill Williamson	Walter Wharton	Brook Holliday	1:44.80
1968	The Elk	Bill Pyers	Jeremy Tree	Monica Sheriffe	1:44.60
1969	Approval	Duncan Keith	Henry Cecil	Sir Humphrey de Trafford	1:45.80
1970	Linden Tree	Duncan Keith	Peter Walwyn	Mrs D. McCalmont	1:46.00
1971	High Top	Willie Carson	Bernard van Cutsem	Sir Jules Thorn	1:40.80
1972	Noble Decree	Lester Piggott	Bernard van Cutsem	Nelson Bunker Hunt	1:42.79
1973	Apalachee	Lester Piggott	Vincent O'Brien	Jack Mulcahy	1:43.51
1974	Green Dancer	Freddy Head	Alec Head	Jacques Wertheimer	1:45.01
1975	Take Your Place	Gianfranco Dettori	Henry Cecil	Carlo d'Alessio	1:40.50
1976	Sporting Yankee	Pat Eddery	Peter Walwyn	William Hill Racing	1:48.56
1977	Dactylographer	Pat Eddery	Peter Walwyn	Philip Niarchos	1:43.70
1978	Sandy Creek	Christy Roche	Con Collins	Alfie McLean	1:38.32
1979	Hello Gorgeous	Joe Mercer	Henry Cecil	Daniel Wildenstein	1:42.30
1980	Beldale Flutter	Pat Eddery	Michael Jarvis	Tony Kelly	1:43.53
1981	Count Pahlen	Geoff Baxter	Bruce Hobbs	Mrs Tony Villar	1:42.40
1982	Dunbeath	Lester Piggott	Henry Cecil	Michael Riordan	1:44.05
1983	Alphabatim	Greville Starkey	Guy Harwood	Khalid Abdullah	1:41.30
1984	Lanfranco	Lester Piggott	Henry Cecil	Charles St George	1:43.90
1985	Bakharoff	Greville Starkey	Guy Harwood	Khalid Abdullah	1:41.20
1986	Reference Point	Pat Eddery	Henry Cecil	Louis Freedman	1:45.03
1987	Emmson	Willie Carson	Dick Hern	Sir Michael Sobell	1:42.66
1988	Al Hareb	Willie Carson	Neil Graham	Hamdan Al Maktoum	1:40.73
1989	Be My Chief Template:Efn	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	Peter Burrell	1:42.99
1990	Peter Davies	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	Charles St George	1:46.00
1991	Seattle Rhyme	Cash Asmussen	David Elsworth	H. J. Senn	1:39.58
1992	Armiger	Pat Eddery	Henry Cecil	Khalid Abdullah	1:39.70
1993	King's Theatre	Willie Ryan	Henry Cecil	Poland / Sheikh Moh'd	1:41.04
1994	Celtic Swing	Kevin Darley	Lady Herries	Peter Savill	1:40.04
1995	Beauchamp King	John Reid	John Dunlop	Erik Penser	1:38.89
1996	Medaaly	Gary Hind	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:41.12
1997	Saratoga Springs	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	Michael Tabor	1:40.36
1998	Commander Collins	Jimmy Fortune	Peter Chapple-Hyam	Robert Sangster	1:47.80
1999	Aristotle	George Duffield	Aidan O'Brien	Sue Magnier	1:45.00
2000	Dilshaan	Johnny Murtagh	Sir Michael Stoute	Saeed Suhail	1:45.87
2001	High Chaparral	Kevin Darley	Aidan O'Brien	Tabor / Magnier	1:45.39
2002	Brian Boru	Kevin Darley	Aidan O'Brien	Sue Magnier	1:46.01
2003	American Post	Christophe Soumillon	Criquette Head-Maarek	Khalid Abdullah	1:39.57
2004	Motivator	Kieren Fallon	Michael Bell	Royal Ascot Racing Club	1:41.62
2005	Palace Episode	Neil Callan	Kevin Ryan	Theresa Marnane	1:45.10
2006	Authorized Template:Efn	Frankie Dettori	Peter Chapple-Hyam	Al Homaizi / Al Sagar	1:43.74
2007	Ibn Khaldun	Kerrin McEvoy	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:37.62
2008	Crowded House	Jamie Spencer	Brian Meehan	Reddam / Burrell / Harvey	1:39.17
2009	St Nicholas Abbey	Johnny Murtagh	Aidan O'Brien	Smith / Magnier / Tabor	1:39.62
2010	Casamento	Frankie Dettori	Michael Halford	Sheikh Mohammed	1:37.03
2011	Camelot	Joseph O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien	Smith / Magnier / Tabor	1:38.58
2012	Kingsbarns	Joseph O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien	Magnier / Tabor / Smith	1:40.32
2013	Kingston Hill	Andrea Atzeni	Roger Varian	Paul D Smith	1:44.83
2014	Elm Park	Andrea Atzeni	Andrew Balding	Qatar Racing & Kingsclere Racing	1:43.82
2015	Marcel	Andrea Atzeni	Peter Chapple-Hyam	Paul Hancock	1:40.85
2016	Rivet	Andrea Atzeni	William Haggas	The Starship Partnership	1:37.08
2017	Saxon Warrior	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	Smith / Magnier / Tabor	1:40.12
2018	Magna Grecia	Donnacha O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien	Smith / Magnier / Tabor / Flaxman	1:37.72
2019	KamekoTemplate:Efn	Oisin Murphy	Andrew Balding	Qatar Racing Ltd	1:36.26
2020	Mac Swiney	Kevin Manning	Jim Bolger	Jackie Bolger	1:41.98
2021	Luxembourg	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	Smith / Magnier / Tabor / Westerberg	1:43.61
2022	Auguste Rodin	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	Tabor / Smith / Magnier / Westerberg	1:44:76
2023	Ancient Wisdom	William Buick	Charlie Appleby	Godolphin	1:46.45
2024	Hotazhell	Shane Foley	Jessica Harrington	Silverton Hill Partnership	1:41.95
2025	Hawk Mountain	Ronan Whelan	Aidan O'Brien	Smith / Magnier / Tabor	1:43.85

See also

• Horse racing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races
• Recurring sporting events established in 1961 – this race is included under its original title, Timeform Gold Cup.

References

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External links

• Race Recordings (1969, 1971, 1973, 1980-2004) youtube.com
• galopp-sieger.de – Racing Post Trophy.
• ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Racing Post Trophy (2019).
• pedigreequery.com – Futurity Stakes – Doncaster.
• pedigreequery.com – Racing Post Trophy – Doncaster.