The John Smith's Silver Cup Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older.
It is run at York over a distance of 1 mile 5 furlongs and 188 yards (2,787 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July. The race was first run in 1985 as the Sun Page 3 Stakes at Lingfield Park. The following year it had Listed status and was renamed the Sun Page 3 Silver Cup. It was moved to York in 1990 and was run as a handicap race between 1993 and 2015. In 2018 it was upgraded to Group 3 status and restricted to four-year-olds and up as part of the European Pattern Committee's commitment to improving the race programme for stayers in Europe.
Records Leading jockey (4 wins): Kieren Fallon – Benatom (1997), Distinction (2004), Lost Soldier Three (2005), Mount Athos (2012)
Leading trainer (6 wins): Sir Henry Cecil – Skaramanga (1985), Rakaposhi King (1986), Wajna (1990), Great Marquess (1991), Benatom (1997), Eminence Grise (2000)
Winners Silver Cup Stakes Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time 1985 Skaramanga 3 Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil 3:02.92 1986 Rakaposhi King 4 Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil 3:01.79 1987 Lemhill 5 Paul Cook Michael Blanshard 2:57.38 1988 Waterfield 4 Pat Eddery Peter Walwyn 3:01.72 1989 Ibn Bey 5 Richard Quinn Paul Cole 2:59.10 1990 Wajna 3 A McGlone Henry Cecil 2:56.23 1991 Great Marquess 4 Paul Eddery Henry Cecil 3:25.75 1992 Tyrone Bridge 6 Michael Roberts Martin Pipe 3:31.54
John Smith's Silver Cup Handicap Weights given in stones and pounds. Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer Time 1993 Brandon Prince 5 8-07 Frankie Dettori Ian Balding 3:24.18 1994 Castle Courageous 7 9-05 John Reid Lady Herries 2:55.31 1995 Saxon Maid 4 9-05 Jimmy Fortune Luca Cumani 2:55.70 1996 Celeric 4 9-07 Willie Carson David Morley 2:57.09 1997 Benatom 4 8-07 Kieren Fallon Henry Cecil 2:56.37 1998 Sheer Danzig 6 9-07 Richard Hills Robert Armstrong 2:53.46 1999 Rainbow Ways 4 8-12 Michael Hills Barry Hills 2:54.17 2000 Eminence Grise 5 9-00 Richard Quinn Henry Cecil 2:58.80 2001 Akbar 5 9-07 Kevin Darley Mark Johnston 2:58.23 2002 Maycocks Bay 4 8-07 Seb Sanders Michael Bell 2:56.12 2003 Hugs Dancer 7 9-00 Dean McKeown James Given 2:53.51 2004 Distinction 5 9-07 Kieren Fallon Michael Stoute 2:58.44 2005 Lost Soldier Three 4 9-08 Kieren Fallon Luca Cumani 3:00.61 2006 Linas Selection 3 8-10 Kevin Darley Mark Johnston 2:57.57 2007 Wing Collar 6 9-02 Paul Mulrennan Tim Easterby 3:08.04 2008 Yellowstone 4 9-09 John Egan Jane Chapple-Hyam 3:07.94 2009 Hits Only Vic 5 9-00 David Nolan Declan Carroll 2:56.37 2010 Free agent 4 9-01 Ryan Moore Richard Hannon Sr. 2:59.89 2011 Tactician 4 9-05 Eddie Ahern Michael Bell 2:59.49 2012 Mount Athos 5 10-00 Kieren Fallon Luca Cumani 3:02.15 2013 Sun Central 4 9-05 Seb Sanders William Haggas 2:56.68 2014 Continuum 5 9-06 Joe Fanning Peter Hedger 2:59.52 2015 Astronereus 4 9-11 Pat Dobbs Amanda Perrett 3:00.18
John Smith's Silver Cup Stakes Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time 2016 Pamona 4 Jim Crowley Ralph Beckett 2:57.91 2017 Rare Rhythm 5 James Doyle Charlie Appleby 3:00.79 2018 Dylan Mouth 7 Dane O'Neill Marco Botti 3:01.26 2019 Red Verdon 6 David Allan Ed Dunlop 2:58.60 2020 Eagles by Day 4 Daniel Tudhope David O’Meara 3:03.39 2021 Hukum 4 Jim Crowley Owen Burrows 3:01.23 2022 Without A Fight 5 Andrea Atzeni Simon & Ed Crisford 3:01.05 2023 Hamish 7 Tom Marquand William Haggas 3:02.82 2024 Alsakib 4 P. J. McDonald Andrew Balding 2:58.31 2025 Al Qareem 6 Clifford Lee Karl Burke 3:01.27 2026 Mount Atlas 5 P. J. McDonald Andrew Balding 3:03.60
See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British flat horse races
References
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ifhaonline.org International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – John Smith's Silver Cup Stakes (2019).