The Epsom Gold Cup was an

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run annually at

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. Raced in late May, it was open to horses age three and older. During the latter part of the 19th century, the race offered a purse of five hundred sovereigns in plate or specie and attracted top horses of the era. It was superseded by the

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in 1902.

Winners (partial list)

*1810 - Tutelina *1811 - Marmion *1812 - Sorcery *1813 - Octavius *1814 - Aquarius *1825 -

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*1827 - Tom Tit *1833 - Languish *1854 - Kingston *1855 - Rataplan *1856 - Typee *1857 - Sir Colin *1858 -

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*1859 -

*1860 - Newcastle *1861 - Surprise *1862 - Asteroid *1878 -

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*1879 -

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*1880 - Fashion *1881 -

Bend Or Bend Or (1877–1903) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1880 Epsom Derby. His regular jockey Fred Archer, winner of thirteen consecutive British jockey titles, said Bend Or was probably the greatest horse he had ever ridden. No ...

*1882 -

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*1883 -

*1884 - St. Simon *1893 - Curio *1898 -

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*1899 - Newhaven II Race known as Epsom Cup.
Run over Great Metropolitan Handicap course - 2 miles 2 furlongs (3,621 metres).

References

May 26, 1883 ''New York Times'' article on the Epsom Gold Cup
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List of Coronation Cup and Epsom Gold Cup winners
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