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Ascot Gold Cup
20 Jun 2013: 2013 Gold Cup Betting Preview
19 Jun 2013: 2013 Prince of Wales’s Stakes Betting Preview
The Ascot Gold Cup is an integral part of the Royal Ascot Festival that is hosted annually at the Ascot Racecourse in June. The official title of the race is the 'Gold Cup' but the Ascot reference is added to relieve any confusion with the numerous other Gold Cup races at racecourses across the country.
The Ascot Gold Cup was established in 1807, making it one of the oldest races in the United Kingdom. From its inaugural staging the Gold Cup has been run over a distance of two miles and four furlongs and is the feature staying race of the Royal Ascot Festival, drawing some of the best stayers from all over the world. The race is the richest for British stayers with the prize pool for the 2013 edition of the race £350,000
The Gold Cup is the first leg of a series of races known as the British Stayers' Triple Crown; which is completed by the Goodwood Cup and the Doncaster Cup. The last horse to complete the Triple Crown was Double Trigger in 1995.
The most successful horse in the history of the Ascot Gold Cup is legendary Irish stayer Yeats who won the race on four straight occasions from 2006 to 2010. Although he never managed to win the Melbourne Cup Yeats is considered one of the greatest European stayers of all time. Other great stayers to win the Gold Cup include: Fighting Charlie (1965 and 1966), Sagaro (1975, 1976 and 1977), Ardross (1981 and 1982) and Drum Taps (1992 and 1993).
Legendary jockey Lester Piggott had a phenomenal record in the Gold Cup and won the race on eleven occasions from 1957 to 1982. Henry Cecil, Saeed Bin Suroor and Aidan O’Brien have all trained the winner of the race five times.
The 2013 Ascot Gold Cup is expected to draw a strong field with former winners Rites of Passages and Colour Vision headlining the field. The two geldings are currently on top of the 2013 Ascot Gold Cup betting market but there is a great deal of interest around The Queen’s horse Estimate.
Recent Winners of the Ascot Gold Cup:
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
2012 |
Colour Vision |
Frankie Dettori |
Saeed bin Suroor |
4.42.05 |
2011 |
Fame and Glory |
Jamie Spencer |
Aidan O'Brien |
4.37.51 |
2010 |
Rite Of Passage |
Pat Smullen |
Dermot Weld |
4:16.92 |
2009 |
Yeats |
Johnny Murtagh |
Aidan O'Brien |
4:20.73 |
2008 |
Yeats |
Johnny Murtagh |
Aidan O'Brien |
4:21.14 |
2007 |
Yeats |
Micheal Kinane |
Aidan O'Brien |
4:20.78 |
2006 |
Yeats |
Kieren Fallon |
Aidan O'Brien |
4:20.45 |
2005 |
Westerner |
Olivier Peslier |
Elie Lellouche |
4:19.49 |
Ascot Gold Cup Odds and News
20 Jun 2013: 2013 Gold Cup Betting Preview
The Gold Cup is the feature staying event of the Royal Ascot Festival and this year’s field includes a number of Europe’s top stayers.
The Gold Cup is easily the most open Group 1 race of the entire 2013 Royal Ascot Festival, with very little separating the leading contenders.
Estimate (6/1) is the current favourite in the 2013 Gold Cup betting market at 
Bet365 followed by Simenon (7/1), Rite of Passage (13/2) and Saddler’s Rock (8/1).
This is one of the most difficult betting races of the entire meeting so our team of horse racing experts have analysed the form guide facts and the history of the race to come up with their top 2013 Gold Cup betting tips.
2013 Gold Cup Form Guide Facts
- The 2012 Gold Cup was won by Saeed Bin Suroor-trained Colour Vision who was ridden by Frankie Dettori.
- Colour Vision is back to defend his crown and will be ridden by Silvestre De Sousa while Dettori will partner Times Up.
- Aaim To Prosper, Altano, Rite of Passage, Vadamar and Estimate are all last start winners.
- Aaim To Prosper, Colour Vision, Rite of Passage, Simenon, Biographer and Estimate have previously won at Ascot.
- Colour Vision, Earl of Tinsdal and Rite of Passage have been successful at Group 1 level.
- Yeats is the only stayer in the last sixty-eight years to win the Gold Cup as a seven-year-old or older. Aaim To Prosper, Altano, Rite of Passage and Times Up are all seven-year-olds or older.
- Irish-trained horses have won the Gold Cup in six of the last seven years. Rite of Passage, Saddlers Rock, Imperial Monarch and Simenon are the leading Irish chances this year.
- The Henry II Stakes is a key lead-up race to the Gold Cup. Number Theory finished second in the race ahead of Times Up and Colour Vision.
2013 Gold Cup Trifecta Tip
Number Theory (50/1) from Rite of Passage (13/2) and Model Pupil (50/1)
This is an extremely difficult betting race so we have looked for some horses at longer odds that are still capable of running a big race. Number Theory has form around some of the best stayers in Europe in recent years and is well over at the odds at 50/1. The Halling-five-year-old made his Group racing debut in the Henry II Stakes last month and impressed with a strong second place finish behind Gloomy Sunday. Number Theory is a progressive stayer who will continue to improve, making him the best each-way bet in this race.
Although he is now nine-years-old Rite of Passage looks the best chance of the fancied hopes. The Giant’s Causeway gelding has not be seen at the races since his victory in the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup at Ascot last year but he races well fresh and has had past success in this race.
Model Pupil is another stayer that is well over the odds in this race. The four-year-old-colt has been a consistent performer this season and has never run a bad race in his career. Although this is a step-up in class he should be finish strongly and is a good each-way bet.
You can find the best odds 2013 Gold Cup odds at Bet365.
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