Spring Cup

The Lingfield Spring Cup is a listed race for three-year-olds over seven furlongs.

It is held in late February or early March and was first run in 2003.

The most famous winner to date was Paco Boy in 2008. His subsequent career wins included the Lockinge Stakes and the Queen Anne Stakes. Other high-class winners include Dubawi Gold (2011) and Ertijaal (2014).

Find out more about the Lingfield Spring Cup

Contents

1 Race Overview – The Lingfield Spring Cup
2 Spring Cup 2023 Odds
3 Spring Cup Tips
4 Spring Cup Previous Winners
5 Spring Cup Previous Result
6 Famous Lingfield Spring Cup Winners
7 Key Lingfield Spring Cup Trials
8 Lingfield Spring Cup Betting Trends
9 Lingfield Spring Cup – Top Trainers and Jockeys
10 Betting on the Lingfield Spring Cup
11 Summary of the Spring Cup
12 Related All-Weather Racing Articles
13 Resources

Race Overview – The Lingfield Spring Cup

The 32Red Spring Cup is a Listed flat horse race that is only open to three-year-old horses.

It is planned to take place every year in late February or early March at Lingfield over a distance of 7 furlongs and 1 yard (1,409 metres).

Spring Cup 2023 Odds

The Spring Cup odds are listed below:

3.06 Lingfield (Race 4) - BOG Date: Saturday 4th of March 2023 Time: 15:06 Details: 5 Runners Flat Flat 0m 7f 1y
2 Iconic Moment	6/4
4 Shouldvebeenaring	3/1
7 Minnetonka	12/1
3 New Definition	16/1
5 Tenjin	50/1

Spring Cup Tips

The Spring Cup tips are below:

2 points to win for TBC at odds of TBC
1 point each way for TBC at odds of TBC

Many Spring Cup horses will race in more races throughout the years. Stay updated on the horses and place ante-post bets if you want to wager on them.

If you are looking for more racing tips for events taking place at Lingfield Racecourse then check out our Lingfield racing tips page.

Spring Cup Previous Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2003	Membership	Frankie Dettori	Clive Brittain	1:23.93
2004	Rosencrans	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	1:23.64
2005	Party Boss	Richard Hughes	Clive Brittain	1:25.03
2006	Kingsgate Prince	Richard Quinn	John Best	1:24.10
2007	Hinton Admiral	Jean-Pierre Guillambert	Mark Johnston	1:23.21
2008	Paco Boy	Richard Hughes	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:25.00
2009	Nashmiah	Jamie Spencer	Clive Brittain	1:23.68
2010	Classic Colori	Richard Kingscote	Tom Dascombe	1:23.54
2011	Dubawi Gold	Jimmy Fortune	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:23.74
2012	Gusto	Ryan Moore	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:23.93
2013	Teophilip	Andrea Atzeni	Marco Botti	1:23.28
2014	Ertijaal	Paul Hanagan	William Haggas	1:22.72
2015	Lexington Times	Richard Hughes	Richard Hannon Jr.	1:24.69
2016	Haalick	Jack Mitchell	Roger Varian	1:22.28
2017	Second Thought	Robert Winston	William Haggas	1:22.10
2018	Headway	James Doyle	William Haggas	1:24.07
2019	Fanaar	Jim Crowley	William Haggas	1:23.44
2020	Malotru	Andrea Atzeni	Marco Botti	1:22.75
2021	Apollo One	Martin Harley	Peter Charalambous	1:24.47
2022	El Caballo	Sam James	Karl Burke	1:22.76
2023	Iconic Moment	Rossa Ryan	James Tate	1:23.16

Spring Cup Previous Result

Very tough! El Caballo wins the Listed Coral Spring Cup at @LingfieldPark, and secures his place for @awchamps Finals Day! @karl_burke @samjock22 pic.twitter.com/yJLifvEI5Z

— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) March 5, 2022

Famous Lingfield Spring Cup Winners

The inaugural running of the Spring Cup was won by Membership, trained by Clive Brittain and ridden by Frankie Dettori. The Italian made it two out of two the following season aboard Rosencrans for Saeed bin Suroor.

Paco Boy won here in 2008, trained by Richard Hannon Senior and ridden by Richard Hughes. He followed up in the Greenham Stakes and later added the Betfair Cup at Goodwood and the Hungerford Stakes at Newbury. He ended his three-year-old season with a win in the Group 1 Prix de la Foret at Longchamp.

In 2009 he won the Sandown Mile and the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. He repeated his Sandown victory in 2010 and won the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes. He was retired to stud with career earnings of more than £1 million and eleven wins from 24 races.

2011 winner Dubawi Gold belied his odds of 33-1 to finish runner-up to Frankel in the 2000 Guineas. He gained his biggest success in the Group 2 Celebration Mile at Goodwood. 2022 winner El Caballo won the Group 2 Sandy Lane Stakes at Haydock but disappointed when favourite for the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot.

Key Lingfield Spring Cup Trials

There are no obvious trials for the Spring Cup. It has featured a wide range of three-year-olds from those who were successful on turf at two to rapidly improving horses with form on the all-weather. The All-Weather Championships is often the next target with Second Thought (2017) and El Caballo (2022) winning both races. An impressive victory in this event can open the door to Group races and most winners have gone on to some success on turf during the summer.

Lingfield Spring Cup Betting Trends

The last five favourites have all won this race. Second Thought (11-8), Corinthia Knight (5-4), Transcendent (11-4), Diligent Harry (2021) and El Caballo (13-8) all justified market support. El Caballo (110) was the highest rated winner of those, rated just 1lb higher than Diligent Harry.

Lingfield Spring Cup – Top Trainers and Jockeys

William Haggas is the trainer to follow in the Lingfield Spring Cup. He has won it four times; Ertijaal (2014), Second Thought (2017), Headway (2018) and Fanaar (2019). He has moved one ahead of Richard Hannon Senior who won it three times; Paco Boy (2008), Dubawi Gold (2011) and Gusto (2012). Richard Hannon Junior kept up the family tradition with Lexington Times in 2015. Richard Hughes remains the most successful jockey with three winners.

Betting on the Lingfield Spring Cup

This race has produced several fascinating winners who have gone on to big race success. The betting market has been spot on in recent seasons and the form can be followed with some confidence.