# Ascot Gold Cup Winners: The Full Roll of Honour (1970-2026)

_Every Ascot Gold Cup winner since 1970 - horse, age, starting price, jockey and trainer - with the trends that emerge across the full roll of honour. Source-verified._

*Source: [https://stablebet.co.uk/uk-racecourses/ascot/ascot-gold-cup-winners/](https://stablebet.co.uk/uk-racecourses/ascot/ascot-gold-cup-winners/) · last updated 2026-07-19*

The Gold Cup is the oldest and most prestigious staying race in the Flat calendar, run over two and a half miles on Ladies' Day at Royal Ascot. This is the full roll of honour from 1970 to 2026 - winner, age, starting price, jockey and trainer - with the age, market and training trends that emerge across the whole history.

Every row is source-verified against two independent records; unsourced cells are left blank rather than guessed. The 2005 running, held at York while Ascot was rebuilt, is recorded as a winner with a note - it still counts.

For the meeting, see [Ascot Racecourse](/uk-racecourses/ascot/) and the [Royal Ascot guide](/uk-racecourses/ascot/ascot-festival-guide/).

Every winner since 1970, newest first. SP is the official returned price, with the favourite marker where it applied.

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### What the trends tell you

Read these as history, not a system. The Gold Cup is a specialist's race, and it shows: Yeats won it four years running in the 2000s, and Aidan O'Brien and Frankie Dettori dominate the modern trainer and jockey records. Because it is a conditions Group 1 rather than a handicap, proven stayers of real class win it, and the market is a better guide here than in the big staying handicaps. None of this is advice, it is simply what the race has done.

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## Ascot Gold Cup winners: FAQ

### Which horse has won the Ascot Gold Cup most often?
Yeats, four times in a row from 2006 to 2009 - the only horse to win the Gold Cup four times.

### Who has ridden the most Ascot Gold Cup winners?
Frankie Dettori, with nine winners in our 1970-2026 records, comfortably the leading modern jockey in the race.

### Where and when is the Ascot Gold Cup run?
At Royal Ascot on Ladies' Day, the Thursday of the meeting in June, over two miles four furlongs.

### Was the Gold Cup ever run away from Ascot?
Yes. In 2005 Royal Ascot was staged at York while Ascot was being rebuilt, so the Gold Cup was run at York that year. It still counts as a running.