2025 Ascot Gold Cup: Horses, Trainers, Jockeys

Meet the probable field for the 2025 Royal Ascot, including horses, trainers and jockeys.

*Entries subject to change before race day.

Absurde

Trainer: W P Mullins

Jockey: TBA

Last 3 starts: 3rd, Ormonde Stakes (Gr. 3), Chester; 1st, Handicap Hurdle, Plumpton; 3rd, William Hill County Handicap, Cheltenham.

Al Nayyir

Trainer: T. P. Clover

Jockey: TBA

Last 3 starts: 3rd, Henry II Stakes (Gr. 3), Sandown Park; 8th, Dubai Gold Cup (Gr. 2), Meydan Racecourse; 5th, Red Sea Turf Handicap (Gr. 2), King Abdulaziz Racecourse.

Burdett Road

Trainer: J. Owen

Jockey: Hector Crouch

Last 3 starts: 4th, King Henry II Stakes (Gr. 3), Sandown Park; 2nd, Champion Hrd Challenge Trophy, Cheltenham; 2nd, Kingwell Hrd, Wincanton.

Coltrane

Trainer: Andrew Balding

Jockey: Oisin Murphy

Last 3 starts: 2nd, King Henry II Stakes (Gr. 2), Sandown Park; 2nd, Sagaro Stakes (Gr. 3), Ascot; 3rd, Qatar Prix du Cadran (Gr. 1), Longchamp.

Continuous

Trainer: Aidan O’Brien

Jockey: Wayne Martin Lordan

Last 3 starts: 9th, Tattersalls Gold Cup (Gr. 1), Curragh; 5th, Yorkshire Cup Stakes (Gr. 2), York; Dubai Gold Cup (Gr. 2), Meydan Racecourse.

Dubai Future

Trainer: Saeed Bin Suroor

Jockey: TBA

Last 3 starts: 9th, Prix Vicomtesse Vigier (Gr. 1), Longchamp; 1st, Dubai Gold Cup (Gr. 2), Meydan Racecourse; 1st, Nad Al Sheba Trophy (Gr. 3), Meydan Racecourse.

Sevenna’s Knight

Trainer: Andre Fabre

Jockey: A Pouchin

Last 3 starts: 2nd, Prix Vicomtesse (Gr. 1), Longchamp; 3rd, Prix d’Hedouville (Gr. 3), Longchamp; 3rd, Prix Exbury (Gr. 3), Saint Cloud.

Sober

Trainer: W P Mullins

Jockey: Paul Townend

Last 3 starts: 1st, Novice Weight For Age Hurdle, Killarney; 1st, Allowance, Clairefontaine-deauville, 5th, Prix Maurice de Nieuil (Gr. 2), Longchamp.

Sweet William

Trainer: John & Thady Gosden

Jockey: Robert Havlin

Last 3 starts: 3rd, Yorkshire Cup Stakes (Gr. 2), York; 2nd, British Champions Long Distance Cup, Ascot; 1st, Howard Wright Doncaster Cup Stakes (Gr. 2),  Doncaster.

Trawlerman

Trainer: John & Thady Gosden

Jockey: TBA

Last 3 starts: 1st, King Henry II Stakes (Gr. 3), Sandown Park; 5th, Dubai Gold Cup (Gr. 2), Meydan Racecourse; 3rd, British Champions Long Distance Cup, Ascot.

Trueshan

Trainer: A. L. M. King

Jockey: James Doyle

Last 3 starts: 4th, Prix Vicomtesse Vigier (Gr. 1), Longchamp; 3rd, Prix Royal Oak (Gr. 1), Saint Cloud; 2nd, Qatar Prix du Cadran (Gr. 1), Longchamp.

Wonder Legend

Trainer: James Ferguson

Jockey: Daniel Muscutt

Last 3 starts: 1st, Handicap, Newcastle; 1st, Handicap, Wolverhampton; 2nd, Handicap, Kempton Park.

Yashin

Trainer: Michael L. W. Bell

Jockey: Callum Shepherd

Last 3 starts: 1st, Sagaro Stakes (Gr. 3), Ascot; 6th, Were Here To Play Stakes (Gr. 3), Leopardstown; 18th, Handicap, York.

Candelari

Trainer: Francis-Henri Graffard

Jockey: TBA

Last 3 starts: 1st, Prix Vicomtesse Vigier (Gr. 1), Longchamp; 3rd, Prix De Barbeville (Gr. 3), Longchamp. 

Feigning Madness

Trainer: Ralph Beckett

Jockey: TBA

Last 3 starts: 4th, Sagaro Stakes (Gr. 3), Ascot; 4th, John Porter Stakes (Gr. 3), Newbury; 4th, St Simon Stakes (Gr. 3), Newbury.

Illinois

Trainer: Aidan O’Brien

Jockey: TBA

Last 3 starts: 1st, Ormonde Stakes (Gr. 3), Chester; 1st, Qatar Prix Chaudenay (Gr. 2), Longchamp; 2nd, St Leger Stakes (Gr. 1), Doncaster.

Jan Brueghel

Trainer: Aidan O’Brien 

Jockey: TBA

Last 3 starts: 1st, Coronation Cup (Gr. 1), Epsom; 2nd, Alleged Stakes (Gr. 3), Curragh; 1st, St. Leger Stakes (Gr. 1), Doncaster. 

Divine Comedy

Trainer: H. A. Eustace

Jockey: Kaiya Fraser

Last 3 starts: 10th, Handicap, Chester; 3rd, Sagaro Stakes (Gr. 3), Ascot; 2nd, Further Flight Stakes, Nottingham

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