The Ascot Gold Cup is due to take place on Thursday 19th June 2025, which is the third day at this year’s Royal Ascot meeting.
What Time Is The 2025 Ascot Gold Cup?
The Ascot Gold Cup will get underway at 4.20pm on Thursday 19th June 2025.
- Group/Class: Group 1
- Distance: Two miles, four furlongs
- Age: Four year old & upwards
Race History
Founded in 1807, the Gold Cup is the oldest and one of the most prestigious races at Royal Ascot.
Staged over the marathon trip of two-and-a-half miles, the race is a stiff test of stamina and attracts the very best staying horses in Europe. Many horses have made names for themselves with multiple Gold Cup wins, further cementing the race as a specialists’ staying event.
Sagaro won three times in the 1970’s and Stradivarius claimed his third straight success in 2020, but it was Yeats who still towers above them all, becoming a four-time winner in 2009.
Estimate won the 2013 Gold Cup for Queen Elizabeth II, becoming the first horse to win the Gold Cup for a reigning monarch. TV viewers will fondly remember her majesty’s immense delight at the victory.
Ascot Gold Cup Prize Money
There is a total prize fund of £650,000 for the Ascot Gold Cup, with winning connections claiming £368,615 of the pot – and readers can find prize money for every Royal Ascot race here.
- Winner: £368,615
- Runner Up: £139,750
- Third: £69,940
- Fourth: £34,840
- Fifth: £17,485
- Sixth: £8,775
Ascot Gold Cup Trends & Statistics
- Group Wins: 7/12 winners had at least one win in a Group 1 race, 10/12 winners had at least one win in a Group 1-3 race.
- Age: 12/12 winners were aged four to six.
- Price: 8/12 winners have been favourites/joint favourites, 10/12 winners came from the top three in the horse racing betting.
- Last Run: 10/12 winners won on their last run before Ascot, 11/12 winners had their last run within 50 days. 3/12 winners ran in the Saval Beg Stakes on their last run, 3/3 won.
- Previous Course Form: 9/12 winners had at least one previous run at Ascot, 8/12 winners had at least one previous win at Ascot.
- Previous Distance Form: 9/12 winners had at least one previous run over 16 furlongs or further, 7/12 winners had at least two previous runs over 16 furlongs or further, 9/12 winners had at least one previous win over 16 furlongs or further.
- Rating: 9/12 winners had a rating of 117 or higher.
Fate Of The Favourites
Over the course of the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Rite Of Passage in 2010, winning for Dermot Weld at Royal Ascot odds of 20/1 and ridden by Pat Smullen.
Over the same period there have been 13 winning favourites in the race.
