Yorkshire Cup

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The Yorkshire Cup is a prestigious long-distance Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain, run at York Racecourse and contested by older thoroughbreds.

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Label Occurrences
Paddy Power Yorkshire Cup 1
Yorkshire Cup canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Group 2 race
Thoroughbred horse race
flat horse race
long-distance horse race
ageRestriction 4yo+
alsoKnownAs Paddy Power Yorkshire Cup
linked to: Yorkshire Cup
approximateDistanceCategory 1¾ miles
city York
country Great Britain
countryCode GB
distance 1 mile 5 furlongs 188 yards
about 2,787 metres
distanceChanged 1966
elevatedToGroup2 1971
governingBody British Horseracing Authority
groupStatusIntroduced 1971
horseRaceType flat
inaugurated 1927
isPrestigious true
location York Racecourse
meeting Dante Festival
notableWinner Ardross
Celeric
Fiorente
Protection Racket
Sagaro
Stradivarius
Westerner
originalDistance 2 miles
originalQualification three-years-old and up
partOfSeries British Champions Series
qualification four-years-old and up
raceClass Group 2
racecourseOwner York Racecourse Knavesmire LLP
linked to: York Racecourse
raceDirection left-handed
raceStatus active
raceType Flat / Thoroughbred
raceTypeFor older thoroughbreds
region North Yorkshire
scheduledMonth May
seriesCategory Long Distance
sponsor Paddy Power
surface turf
takesPlaceOn Knavesmire
track left-handed
typicalFieldSize small to medium

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Champions Series hasPart Yorkshire Cup
Yorkshire Cup alsoKnownAs Paddy Power Yorkshire Cup
linked to: Yorkshire Cup