John Smith's Cup

John Smith's Cup
2025

Fox Legacy	See That Storm	Archivist

Previous years
2024

Enfjaar	Botanical	Tony Montana
2023

Pride Of America	Astro King	Haunted Dream
2022

Anmaat	Achelois	Intellogent
2021

Johnny Drama	Cockalorum	Strait Of Hormuz

2020-2011
2020

Sinjaari	Certain Lad	Fifth Position
2019

Pivoine	Setting Sail	What's The Story
2018

Euchen Glen	Thundering Blue	Kynren
2017

Ballet Concerto	Big Country	Mistiroc
2016

Educate	Elbereth	Earth Drummer
2015

Master Carpenter	Kelinni	Mount Logan
2014

Farraaj	Zain Eagle	Bold Sniper
2013

Danchai	Stencive	Tres Coronas
2012

King's Warrior	Mid Mon Lady	Media Hype
2011

Green Destiny	Modun	Lost In The Moment

2010-2001
2010

Wigmore Hall	Kings Gambit	Demolition
2009

Sirvino	Kingdom Of Fife	Albaqaa
2008

Flying Clarets	Eradicate	Ezdiyaad
2007

Charlie Tokyo	Flying Clarets	Collateral Damage
2006

Fairmile	Bravo Maestro	Boo
2005

Mullins Bay	Crow Wood	Realism
2004

Arcalis	Promotion	Starry Lodge
2003

Far Lane	Etesaal	Persian Lightning
2002

Vintage Premium	Kirovski	Leadership
2001

Foreign Affairs	Man O'Mystery	Golconda

2000-1991
2000

Sobriety	Man O'Mystery	Nooshman
1999

Achilles	Siege	Golconda
1998

Porto Foricos	Pasternak	Cardigan Bay
1997

Pasternak	Najm Mubeen	Game Ploy
1996

Wilcuma	Spirito Libro	Arctiid
1995

Naked Welcome	Ringmaster	Yoush
1994

Cezanne	Midnight Legend	Mr Confusion
1993

Baron Ferdinand	King Athelstan	Jazilah
1992

Mr Confusion	Tell No Lies	Steerforth
1991

Halkopous	Northern Hal	Stop Press

1990-1988
1990

Eradicate	Halkopous	Inaad
1989

Icona	Afriyd	White-Wash
1988

Bashful Boy	Pelorus	Ile De Chypre

The John Smith's Cup (known until 1998 as the Magnet Cup) is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs and 56 yards (2,063 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July.

It has been sponsored by John Smith's Brewery since its inauguration in 1960, making it the longest running commercial sponsorship in flat racing.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

Prominent - 1971, 1972
Chaumiere – 1985, 1986

Leading jockey (3 wins):

Geoff Baxter - Prominent (1971, 1972), Take A Reef (1974)
Willie Carson - Jolly Good (1975), Town And Country (1978), Bedtime (1983)
Tony Ives - Chaumiere (1985, 1986), Icona (1989)

Leading trainer (6 wins):

Dick Hern – Proud Chieftain (1961), Nortia (1962), Bold Pirate (1976), Town And Country (1978), Bedtime (1983), Straight Man (1984)

Winners

Weights given in stones and pounds.

Year	Winner	Age	Weight	Jockey	Trainer	SP	Time
1960	Fougalle	3	7-00	Norman McIntosh	Rufus Beasley	9/1	2:17.20
1961	Proud Chieftain	4	8-10	Harry Carr	Dick Hern	5/2F	2:11.60
1962	Nortia	3	8-04	Frankie Durr	Dick Hern	100/9	2:10.20
1963	Raccolto	6	8-03	Joe Sime	Sam Hall	6/1	2:12.00
1964	Space King	5	8-09	Edward Hide	Bill Hide	25/1	2:11.20
1965	Dark Court	4	8-06	Scobie Breasley	Gordon Richards	5/2F	2:11.20
1966	David Jack	3	7-06	Peter Robinson	Ted Lambton	4/1F	2:11.60
1967	Copsale	4	7-13	Lionel Brown	Ron Smyth	8/1	2:17.80
1968	Farm Walk	6	8-13	Johnny Seagrave	Rufus Beasley	8/1	2:14.20
1969	My Swanee	6	9-07	Lester Piggott	Bill Marshall	5/2	2:09.80
1970	Timon	4	7-04	Gordon Welsh	Doug Smith	10/1	2:13.00
1971	Prominent	4	8-08	Geoff Baxter	Arthur Budgett	10/1	2:10.90
1972	Prominent	5	9-04	Geoff Baxter	Arthur Budgett	4/1JF	2:13.20
1973	Peleid	3	7-09	Taffy Thomas	Bill Elsey	6/1	2:15.50
1974	Take A Reef	3	8-12	Geoff Baxter	Bruce Hobbs	11/1	2:09.49
1975	Jolly Good	3	7-08	Willie Carson	Bruce Hobbs	9/2	2:12.53
1976	Bold Pirate	4	9-03	Joe Mercer	Dick Hern	15/2	2:12.83
1977	Air Trooper	4	9-06	Taffy Thomas	Bill Wightman	9/2	2:11.48
1978	Town And Country	4	8-13	Willie Carson	Dick Hern	5/1	2:11.00
1979	Tesoro Mio	4	8-03	Edward Hide	Jimmy Etherington	8/1	2:08.22
1980	Fine Sun	3	7-08	Nicky Howe	Sally Hall	10/1	2:14.80
1981	Amyndas	3	8-05	Terry Lucas	Bruce Hobbs	7/1	2:14.76
1982	Buzzard's Bay	4	9-08	Mark Birch	Hugh Collingridge	7/1	2:08.62
1983	Bedtime	3	7-09	Willie Carson	Dick Hern	7/2JF	2:09.83
1984	Straight Man	3	8-11	Steve Cauthen	Dick Hern	2/1F	2:09.70
1985	Chaumiere	4	9-07	Tony Ives	Robert Williams	14/1	2:11.24
1986	Chaumiere	5	9-05	Tony Ives	Robert Williams	11/1	2:10.34
1987 (dh)	Brave Dancer Wolsey	3 3	8-08 8-06	Greville Starkey Willie Ryan	Guy Harwood Henry Cecil	9/4F 4/1	2:11.31
1988	Bashful Boy	3	8-02	Dean McKeown	William Hastings-Bass	101212/1	2:11.23
1989	Icona	3	9-08	Tony Ives	Michael Stoute	101212/1	2:07.41
1990	Eradicate	5	9-04	Billy Newnes	Peter Calver	1007.515/2	2:09.58
1991	Halkopous	5	7-03	Franny Norton	Mark Tompkins	1003.57/2 JF	2:10.85
1992	Mr Confusion	4	8-03	Ollie Pears	Steve Norton	10088/1	2:12.06
1993	Baron Ferdinand	3	8-09	Ray Cochrane	Roger Charlton	10044/1 JF	2:08.50
1994	Cezanne	5	9-12	Gary Hind	Hilal Ibrahim	1004.59/2	2:06.80
1995	Naked Welcome	3	8-04	Darryll Holland	Martin Fetherston-Godley	10066/1	2:10.12
1996	Wilcuma	5	9-02	Pat Eddery	Peter Makin	101010/1	2:08.53
1997	Pasternak	4	8-03	George Duffield	Sir Mark Prescott	1006.513/2	2:08.80
1998	Porto Foricos	3	8-03	Jimmy Quinn	Henry Cecil	10066/1	2:06.50
1999	Achilles	4	8-11	Jason Weaver	Karl Burke	102525/1	2:07.58
2000	Sobriety	3	8-08	John Reid	Fulke Johnson Houghton	102020/1	2:10.00
2001	Foreign Affairs	3	8-06	George Duffield	Sir Mark Prescott	1002.55/2 Fav	2:10.15
2002	Vintage Premium	5	9-09	Paul Hanagan	Richard Fahey	102020/1	2:08.24
2003	Far Lane	4	9-04	Michael Hills	Barry Hills	10077/1	2:06.57
2004	Arcalis	4	9-02	Robert Winston	Howard Johnson	102020/1	2:10.01
2005	Mullins Bay	4	9-07	Kieren Fallon	Aidan O'Brien	10044/1 Fav	2:09.46
2006	Fairmile	4	8-12	Adam Kirby	Walter Swinburn	10066/1 JF	2:07.66
2007	Charlie Tokyo	4	8-09	Jamie Moriarty	Richard Fahey	101111/1	1:56.61
2008	Flying Clarets	5	8-12	Frederik Tylicki	Richard Fahey	101212/1	2:17.61
2009	Sirvino	4	8-08	Neil Brown	David Barron	101616/1	2:07.18
2010	Wigmore Hall	3	8-02	Martin Lane	Michael Bell	10055/1	2:08.65
2011	Green Destiny	4	8-10	Adam Beschizza	William Haggas	10066/1	2:09.74
2012	King's Warrior	5	8-09	Robert Havlin	Peter Chapple-Hyam	103333/1	2:08.28
2013	Danchai	4	8-11	Andrea Atzeni	William Haggas	101010/1	2:07.79
2014	Farraaj	5	9-11	Andrea Atzeni	Roger Varian	10066/1	2:07.96
2015	Master Carpenter	4	9-04	Philip Makin	Rod Millman	101414/1	2:08.28
2016	Educate	7	9-08	Thomas Brown	Ismail Mohammed	101818/1	2:07.34
2017	Ballet Concerto	4	9-03	James Doyle	Sir Michael Stoute	10088/1	2:10.16
2018	Euchen Glen	5	9-03	Alistair Rawlinson	Jim Goldie	102020/1	2:09.50
2019	Pivoine	5	9-08	Rob Hornby	Andrew Balding	101414/1	2:10.38
2020	Sinjaari	4	8-11	Stevie Donohoe	William Haggas	101111/1	2:09.48
2021	Johnny Drama	6	8-13	Joshua Bryan	Andrew Balding	102222/1	2:11.82
2022	Anmaat	4	9-08	Kevin Stott	Owen Burrows	10055/1 JF	2:08.37
2023	Pride of America	6	9-05	Frederick Larson	Amy Murphy	101818/1	2:09.18
2024	Enfjaar	4	9-01	Jack Mitchell	Roger Varian	1007.515/2	2:09.66
2025	Fox Legacy	4	9-04	P. J. McDonald	Andrew Balding	101010/1	2:10.10

External links

Race Recordings (1972, 1983, 1985-2005)

– John Smith's Cup (ex 'Magnet Cup').

John Smith's Cup

Records

Winners

See also

External links