Coronation Cup: Dates, venue, history, famous winners

Taking place on the opening day of the Derby Festival, the Coronation Cup is a Group 1 event that is held at Epsom Downs.

2025 Coronation Cup date

The 2025 Coronation Cup will take place on 6th June 2025 with horses scheduled to jump off at 14:40 BST.

Coronation Cup venue

Epsom Downs hosts the race that takes place on the first day of Epsom's two-day meeting that includes the Oaks and the Derby.

Coronation Cup details

Matching both the Derby and Oaks, the Coronation Cup is run over 12 furlongs and is for horses aged four and above.

This makes the race an informative pointer towards the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, run later in the season.

Coronation Cup history

Established in 1902 to commemorate the coronation of King Edward VII, the Coronation Cup superseded a similar race called the Epsom Gold Cup.

Pretty Polly (1905 & 1906) became the first dual-winner of the race but was quickly joined by The White Knight (1907 & 1908) in the two years that followed.

There are a total of six dual-winners in the history of the race with St Nicholas Abbey the only horse to win the race on three occasions.

Mill Reef is arguably the most famous horse ever to win the Coronation Cup.

As a two-year-old he landed the Coventry, Gimcrack and Dewhurst Stakes.

At three he landed the Epsom Derby, Eclipse, King George and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe before winning the Coronation Cup a year later.

Coronation Cup most successful trainer

Nine wins makes Aidan O'Brien the most successful trainer in Coronation Cup history.

• Yeats (2005)
• Scorpion (2007)
• Soldier Of Fortune (2008)
• Fame And Glory (2009)
• St Nicholas Abbey (2011, 2012, 2013)
• Highland Reel (2017)
• Luxembourg (2024)

Lester Piggott is the leading jockey with his own nine wins in the race.

• Zucchero (1953)
• Nagami (1959)
• Petite Etoile (1960, 1961)
• Park Top (1969)
• Roberto (1973)
• Quiet Fling (1976)
• Sea Chimes (1980)
• Be My Native (1983)

Coronation Cup previous winners

Year	Horse	Trainer	Jockey
2020	Ghaiyyath	Charlie Appleby	William Buick
2021	Pyledriver	William Muir & Chris Grassick	Martin Dwyer
2022	Hukum	Jim Crowley	Owen Burrows
2023	Emily Upjohn	John & Thady Gosden	Frankie Dettori
2024	Luxembourg	Aidan O'Brien	Ryan Moore