The International Bosphorus Cup is a Group 2 flat horse race in Turkey open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Veliefendi Race Course over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ mile), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early September. It is part of Istanbul's International Racing Festival.
History The Bosphorus Cup was elevated to international Group 2 level in 2009, though in 2018 it lost that status becoming Local Group 2 and substantially reducing its prizemoney.
Records since 2000 Most successful horse (2 wins): Grand Ekinoks – (2002), (2003) Senex – (2004), (2005) Indian Days – (2010), (2011)
Leading jockey (3 wins): Alan Munro – Halicarnassus (2009), Indian Days (2010), (2011)
Leading trainer (3 wins): Hans Blume – Senex (2004), (2005), Bussoni (2007) Saeed bin Suroor - Lost in the Moment (2013), Move Up (2016), Secret Number (2017)
Winners since 2000 YearBosphorus CupWinner AgeJockeyTrainer Time 2000 Caitano 6 Andrasch Starke Andreas Schutz (GER) 2:30.45 2001 Kings Boy 4 Norman Richter Andreas Wohler (GER) 2:28.15 2002 Grand Ekinoks 4 Halis Karatas (TUR) 2:29.06 2003 Grand Ekinoks 5 S Akdi Alban de Mieulle 2:28.80 2004 Senex 4 William Mongil Hans Blume (GER) 2:26.47 2005 Senex 5 Andreas Suborics Hans Blume (GER) 2:30.68 2006 Champs To Champs 3 Selim Kaya A Dutal (TUR) 2:30.09 2007 Bussoni 6 Andreas Suborics Hans Blume (GER) 2:31.28 2008 Inspector 4 Halis Karatas Ümit Bekmezci (TUR) 2:27.35 2009 Halicarnassus 5 Alan Munro Mick Channon (GB) 2:31.59 2010 Indian Days 5 Alan Munro James Given (GB) 2:29.07 2011 Indian Days 6 Alan Munro James Given (GB) 2:26.44 2012 Mitico 4 Selim Kaya Zulfikar Guneli (TUR) 2:33.37 2013 Lost in the Moment 6 Mickael Barzalona Saeed bin Suroor (GB) 2:28.87 2014 Pether's Moon 4 Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Jr. (GB) 2:36.60 2015 Connecticut 4 Adam Kirby Luca Cumani (GB) 2:29.45 2016 Move Up 3 Mickael Barzalona Saeed bin Suroor (GB) 2:32.46 2017 Secret Number 7 Gerald Mosse Saeed bin Suroor (GB) 2:32.41 2018 Finesse 4 Selim Kaya Yasim Demirkiran 2:28.91 2019 Finesse 5 Selim Kaya Umit Yayla 2:29.54 2020 Mister Gorkem 5 Ahmet Celik Mehmet Ocal 2:27.33 2021 Zafer Atesi 7 Ozcan Yildirim Yasin Demirkiran 2:29.71 The 2001 winner Kings Boy was later exported to Saudi Arabia and renamed Qaayed Alkhail.
See also List of Turkish flat horse races
References
Racing Post: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2018 (tjk), horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – International Bosphorus Cup (2017).