Race series · Sandown · Class 3
Grand Military Gold Cup
3m · January
Race essentials
CourseSandown, 3m
WhenJanuary
StatusClass 3
Field11.6 runners avg
Winner profilelast 10
Won at 4/1 or shorter7/10
Won from top 3 in market8/10
Distance winner9/10
Had 2+ runs in season8/10
Had 5+ career runs10/10
Mares/fillies rarely win1/10
Placed last time out (2nd/3rd)2/10
Favourite Win Rate33.3%
Avg Winning SP8.3/1
Avg Field Size11.6
Renewals166
Roll of honourSP at the off
| Year | Winner | Trainer | Jockey | SP | Runners | Going |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Fil d'Ariane | Douglas White | Capt Douglas White | 11/1 | 6 | Soft |
| 2024 | Farceur Du Large | Jamie Snowden | Maj Will Kellard | 11/1 | 10 | Soft |
| 2023 | Broken Halo | Paul Nicholls | Bdr Jody Sole | 11/10F | 9 | Good To Soft |
| 2022 | Rolling Dylan | Philip Hobbs | Maj Charlie O'Shea | EvensF | 5 | Good To Soft |
| 2019 | Le Reve | Lucy Wadham | Bdr Jody Sole | 7/2 | 13 | Soft |
| 2018 | Baden | Nicky Henderson | Mr Billy Aprahamian | 4/1 | 11 | Soft |
| 2017 | Rathlin Rose | David Pipe | Mr Guy Disney | 7/4F | 10 | Good To Soft |
| 2016 | Jennys Surprise | Fergal O'Brien | Lt Col Erica Bridge | 15/8F | 8 | Soft |
| 2015 | Loose Chips | Charlie Longsdon | LBdr Sally Randell | 9/2 | 12 | Good To Soft |
| 2014 | Bradley | Fergal O'Brien | LBdr Sally Randell | 100/30 | 9 | Soft |
| 2013 | Merrion Square | Paul Nicholls | Bdr Jody Sole | 7/4F | 10 | Soft |
| 2012 | Masked Man | Charlie Mann | Maj Harry Wallace | 25/1 | 10 | Good |
Historical Roll of Honour
pre-database records — not included in trends
| Year | Winner | Trainer | Jockey |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | Burnt Oak | David Nicholson | Mr P Nicholson |
| 1986 | Special Cargo | Fulke Walwyn | Gerald Oxley |
| 1985 | Special Cargo | Fulke Walwyn | Gerald Oxley |
| 1984 | Special Cargo | Fulke Walwyn | Gerald Oxley |
| 1983 | Burnt Oak | David Nicholson | Colonel A Cramsie |
| 1982 | Kempton Park | Tim Forster | Major C Price |
| 1981 | The Drunken Duck | Broderick Munro-Wilson | Broderick Munro-Wilson |
| 1980 | Beeno | Broderick Munro-Wilson | Broderick Munro-Wilson |
| 1979 | Ten Up | Captain J Hodges | Captain J Hodges |
| 1978 | Mr Snowman | Tim Forster | C Sample |
| 1977 | Double Bridal | Fulke Walwyn | Captain C Price |
| 1976 | Lucky Edgar | Lord Ullswater | Captain A Cramsie |
| 1974 | Pakie | Fulke Walwyn | Maj Andrew Parker Bowles |
| 1973 | Ziguenor | D Chesney | Major D Chesney |
| 1972 | Charles Dickens | A Kilpatrick | Lieutenant Colonel Piers Bengough |
| 1971 | Charles Dickens | A Kilpatrick | Major Piers Bengough |
| 1970 | Charles Dickens | A Kilpatrick | Major Piers Bengough |
| 1968 | Ballyverine | Ken Cundell | Captain G Nicoll |
| 1967 | Indian Spice | Fred Winter | Captain J Powell |
| 1966 | Willow King | J Barratt | C Perry |
| 1965 | Rueil | Tim Forster | B Leigh |
| 1964 | Threepwood | N Ansell | Captain N Ansell |
| 1963 | Baxter | A O'Brien (Ir) | Lord Fermoy |
| 1962 | Cash Desire | H Smyth | Major P Greenwood |
| 1961 | Stalbridge Park | A Kilpatrick | Sir Nicholas Nuttall |
| 1960 | Joan's Rival | A Kilpatrick | Captain Piers Bengough |
| 1959 | Golden Drop | C Mitchell | Captain P Upton |
| 1958 | Stalbridge Park | A Kilpatrick | Sir Nicholas Nuttall |
| 1957 | Easter Breeze | Harry Thomson Jones | Major R Dill |
| 1956 | Cottage Lace | R Turnell | Captain W Gibson |
| 1955 | Skatealong | C Mitchell | Major P Fielden |
| 1954 | Pointsman | A Kilpatrick | Major C Blacker |
| 1953 | Atom Bomb | C Mitchell | Major P Fielden |
| 1952 | Klaxton | Ivor Anthony | Captain W Gibson |
| 1951 | Klaxton | Ivor Anthony | Captain W Gibson |
| 1950 | Klaxton | Ivor Anthony | Captain W Gibson |
| 1949 | Demon Vino | Major R Brignall | J Phillips |
| 1940 | no race 1940-48 | — | — |
| 1939 | Fillip | Major M G Roddick | Major M G Roddick |
| 1938 | Kilstar | Captain M G Roddick | Captain M G Roddick |
| 1937 | Buck Willow | P Thrale | Captain M G Roddick |
| 1936 | Misdemeanour II | J Gosden | Sir P Grant Lawson |
| 1935 | Young Cuthbert | A Courage | Lieutenant R Courage |
| 1934 | Crafty Alice | Mr T Walls sr | Mr T Walls jr |
| 1933 | Backsight | E Steddal | Mr P Payne-Gallwey |
| 1932 | Castletown | J Gosden | Sir P Grant Lawson |
| 1931 | Slieve Grien | R Payne | Captain R B Moseley |
| 1930 | Drintyre | P Thrale | Mr C N Brownhill |
| 1929 | Drin | P Woodland | Captain A F W Gossage |
| 1928 | Dash O'White | A Stubbs | Captain R L McCreery |
| 1927 | Scotch Eagle | P Woodland | Captain A F W Gossage |
| 1926 | Foxtrot | P Woodland | Captain H Lumsden |
| 1925 | Ruddyglow | H Brown | Mr W Filmer Sankey |
| 1924 | Lee Bridge | F Withington | Mr R G Shaw |
| 1923 | Annie Darling | H B Bletsoe | Mr R L McCreery |
| 1922 | Pay Only | H Brown | Mr W Filmer Sankey |
| 1921 | Pay Only | H Brown | Mr W Filmer Sankey |
| 1920 | White Surrey | F B Hunt | Major C T Walwyn |
| 1915 | no race 1915-19 | — | — |
| 1914 | Jack Symonds | W Taylor | Captain G Paynter |
| 1913 | Another Delight | F Withington | Mr E H Wyndham |
| 1912 | Another Delight | F Withington | Mr E H Wyndham |
| 1911 | Vinegar Hill | H S Persse | Mr D McCalmont |
| 1910 | Sprinkle Me | F B Hunt | Captain C W Banbury |
| 1909 | Sprinkle Me | F B Hunt | Captain C W Banbury |
| 1908 | Mount Prospect's Fortune | J J Maher | Captain G Paynter |
| 1907 | Old Fairyhouse | J J Maher | Captain C Bewicke |
| 1906 | Royal Blaze | Costello | Captain L S Denny |
| 1905 | Ruy Lopez | Captain Dewhurst | Captain Stacpoole |
| 1904 | Dunboyne | Captain Dewhurst | Major W Ricardo |
| 1903 | Marpessa | McNally | Major A Hughes-Onslow |
| 1900 | no race 1900-02 | — | — |
| 1899 | Lambey | Captain W Murray-Thriepland | Captain W Murray-Thriepland |
| 1898 | County Council | Sir C Nugent | Major A Hughes-Onslow |
| 1897 | Parapluie | Escott | Mr D G Campbell |
| 1896 | Nelly Gray | — | Mr D G Campbell |
| 1895 | Field Marshall | T Cannon | Mr E Crawley |
| 1894 | Aesop | Craddock | Sir C Slade |
| 1893 | Themidshipmite | Swatton | Captain J B Murdoch |
| 1892 | Ormerod | J Cannon | Captain P Berwicke |
| 1891 | Hollington | Captain A E Whitaker | Captain C Lambton |
| 1890 | Lady Sarah | Jones | Captain J L Little |
| 1889 | St Cross | Collins | Captain E R Owen |
| 1888 | Bertha | Mr H T Fenwick | Mr A Hughes-Onslow |
| 1887 | Dalesman | Swatton | Captain R B W Fisher |
| 1886 | Standard | A Yates | Mr T Hone |
| 1885 | Scorn | A Yates | Mr Barton |
| 1884 | Larva | — | Mr J F B Murdoch |
| 1883 | Beaufort | — | Mr J F S Lee Barber |
| 1882 | Lord Chancellor | — | Lord Manners |
| 1881 | Lobelia | — | Mr J F S Lee Barber |
| 1880 | Cymrw | — | Mr H S Dalbiac |
| 1879 | Boyne Water | — | Mr M J Hartigan |
| 1878 | Chilblain | — | Mr W B Morris |
| 1877 | Chilblain | — | Mr W B Morris |
| 1876 | Earl Marshall | — | Mr W H Johnstone |
| 1875 | Lady Sneerwell | — | Mr W H Johnstone |
| 1874 | Marc Antoine | — | Colonel W Harford |
| 1873 | Revirescat | — | Mr W H Johnstone |
| 1872 | Charleville | — | Mr H Browne |
| 1871 | Donato | — | Mr Pritchard |
| 1870 | Knockany | — | Colonel G W Knox |
| 1869 | Juryman | — | Mr Pritchard |
| 1868 | King Arthur | — | Colonel G W Knox |
| 1867 | Tally-Ho | — | Mr Gerrard |
| 1866 | Ironside | — | Colonel G W Knox |
| 1865 | Glencairn | — | Mr Stevenson |
| 1864 | Bell's Life | — | Captain A Smith |
| 1863 | Rifleman | — | Captain G W H Riddell |
| 1862 | Fanny | — | Captain F Wombwell |
| 1861 | Inniskilling | — | Captain Hon F G Ellis |
| 1860 | The Hermit | — | Captain J H Anderson |
| 1859 | Goldsmith | — | Captain G W Hunt |
| 1858 | Young Magnet | — | Viscount A Talon |
| 1855 | no race 1855-57 | — | — |
| 1854 | Torrent | — | Mr H J Wilkin |
| 1853 | Minna | — | Mr F W F Berkeley |
| 1852 | Palmerston | — | Hon J W H Hutchinson |
| 1851 | Fugleman | — | Lieutenant R A Fraser |
| 1850 | Hawksworth | — | Captain E Dyson |
| 1849 | Master Robin | — | Captain E Dyson |
| 1848 | Master Robin | — | Captain E Dyson |
| 1847 | The Roarer | — | Sir E Poore |
| 1846 | Cinderella | — | Captain H N Powell |
| 1845 | Boxkeeper | — | Captain J R J Collis |
| 1844 | Brenda | — | Captain H H France |
| 1843 | The Sawyer | — | Mr Boucheret |
| 1842 | no race 1842 | — | — |
| 1841 | Carlow | — | Captain Sir J G Baird |