| Date | Time | Class | Distance |
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| Fri 13 Sep 2024 | 15:35 | Group 2 | 2m 1f 215y |
The Betfred Howard Wright Doncaster Cup Stakes is a Group 2 race for horses aged three or older. The race is run over a distance of 2 miles, 1 furlong and 215 yards at the St Leger Festival.
2024 Doncaster Cup Preview
Sweet William headlines the 2024 Doncaster Cup following his second place finish in the Goodwood Cup in August. Without his main rival and Ascot Gold Cup winner, Kyprios, competing in this race he looks like solid value for a straight back bet at 9/4.
Second in the betting is Trueshan, who was a winner in the Listed Coral Marathon at Sandown in July. While he’s a solid stayer he’s lost to Sweet William in a previous encounter and looks underpriced at 3/1.
Coltrane won the Group 3 Sagaro Stakes at Ascot in May, but has since fared poorly, finishing dead last in the Goodwood Cup. If he bounces back to his best he’ll be a genuine threat in this race, and at 7/1 is the only horse in the field offering genuine each-way value.
Racecard
13.09.2024
Good (Good to Soft places (S), G/S Good places (R))
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2m 1f 197y
| POS | Dist | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
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| 1 st | Sweet William | R Havlin | J & T Gosden | |
| 2 nd | 1 | Trueshan | Hollie Doyle | A King |
| 3 rd | 1.25 | Point Lonsdale | R L Moore | A P O’Brien |
| 4 th | 1.5 | Coltrane | Oisin Murphy | A M Balding |
| 5 th | 1 | Gregory | James Doyle | J & T Gosden |
| 6 th | 20 | Wise Eagle | D Tudhope | A Nicol |
Doncaster Cup Betting Tips
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About the Doncaster Cup
The Doncaster Cup is one of the longest distance flat races in the UK, and the third leg of the UK Stayer’s Triple Crown. The race dates back to 1766, when it was first run as the Doncaster Gold Cup, making it the oldest race contested at the St Leger Festival. Originally contested over 4 miles it was reduced to its current distance in 1891.
Doncaster Cup Betting
The Doncaster Cup attracts the cream of staying talent in the UK, and will typically be targeted by horses who have competed in other legs of the Stayer’s Triple Crown. Punters also have solid form information to work with. Both of these factors are reflected in the performance of favourites who have an unusually high strike rate in this race. Which means, absent an obviously underpriced favourite, following the market is a decent stratgy when betting on the Doncaster Cup.
Recent Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Wgt | SP | Jockey | Trainer |
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| 2023 | Trueshan | 7 | 9-7 | 100/30 | Hollie Doyle | Alan King |
| 2022 | Coltrane | 5 | 9-7 | 9/1 | David Probert | Andrew Balding |
| 2021 | Stradivarius | 7 | 9-8 | 4/11 (F) | Frankie Dettori | John & Thady Gosden |
| 2020 | Spanish Mission | 4 | 9-5 | 6/4 (F) | William Buick | Andrew Balding |
| 2019 | Stradivarius | 5 | 9-10 | 1/9 (F) | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden |
| 2018 | Thomas Hobson | 8 | 9-5 | 2/1 (F) | Ryan Moore | W P Mullins |
| 2017 | Desert Skyline | 3 | 8-5 | 2/1 (F) | Silvestre De Sousa | David Elsworth |
| 2016 | Sheikhzayedroad | 7 | 9-3 | 100/30 | Martin Harley | David Simcock |
| 2015 | Pallasator | 6 | 9-3 | 9/2 (F) | Andrea Atzeni | Sir Mark Prescott Bt |
| 2014 | Estimate | 5 | 9-0 | 11/8 (F) | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute |
