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Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes: Past Winners, Stats & History

Vertem Trophy Raceday
Course:
Doncaster
Flat Course
Grade:
Group 1
Length:
1m
Last Winner:
Auguste Rodin @ 9/4
Prize Money:
£200,000 (2022)

The Vertem Futurity Trophy is the final Group 1 of the year in Britain and is held at Doncaster Racecourse in late October.

A race for juveniles over one mile, this is the last of big precursors for the following year’s Classics. Each of the three winners between 2017 and 2019, Saxon Warrior, Magna Grecia and Kemeko, went on to win the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. The 2020 winner, Mac Swiney won the Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh.

Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes Course Map (Flat Course)

Doncaster Flat Racecourse Map

The Vertem Futurity Trophy utilises Doncaster's straight mile, beginning at the end of the track extension to the east of the course. Runners travel from left to right if viewed from the main grandstands.

Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes Past Winners

Year Winner SP Trainer Jockey
2022 Auguste Rodin 9/4 Aidan O'Brien Ryan Moore
2021 Luxembourg 4/6 Aidan O'Brien Ryan Moore
2020 Mac Swiney 12/1 Jim Bolger Kevin Manning
2019* Kameko 11/2 Andrew Balding Oisin Murphy
2018 Magna Grecia 2/1 Aidan O’Brien Donnacha O'Brien
2017 Saxon Warrior 13/8 Aidan O’Brien Ryan Moore
2016 Rivet 11/4 William Haggas Andrea Atzeni
2015 Marcel 33/1 Peter Chapple-Hyam Andrea Atzeni
2014 Elm Park 13/8 Andrew Balding Andrea Atzeni
2013 Kingston Hill 7/2 Roger Varian Andrea Atzeni
2012 Kingsbarns 15/8 Aidan O'Brien Joseph O'Brien
2011 Camelot 10/11 Aidan O'Brien Joseph O'Brien
2010 Casamento 2/1 Michael Halford Frankie Dettori
2009 St Nicholas Abbey 13/8 Aidan O'Brien Johnny Murtagh
2008 Crowded House 7/1 Brian Meehan Jamie Spencer
2007 Ibn Khaldun 11/4 Saeed bin Suroor Kerrin McEvoy
2006 Authorized 25/1 Peter Chapple-Hyam Frankie Dettori
2005 Palace Episode 20/1 Kevin Ryan Neil Callan
2004 Motivator 6/4 Michael Bell Kieran Fallon
2003 American Post 5/6 Criquette Head-Maarek Christophe Soumillon

*Race took place at Newcastle on an all-weather surface.

About the Vertem Futurity Trophy

Clock and Autumn Leaves

For those of you wondering what ever happened to Doncaster’s Racing Post Trophy, there’s no need to fear. The final Group 1 contest of the flat season remains alive and kicking, merely under a different title: the Vertem Futurity Trophy. The 2017 name change marked the end of a 28 year sponsorship deal with the Racing Post but it’s still very much the same race that has excited Doncaster for decades.

For the two-year-old horses that compete in this one mile race, this is their last moment in the spotlight before the main season draws to a close. Group 1 status and a rich jackpot attracts a high calibre selection of colts, many of which are worth keeping your eye on the following season. Fillies are eligible to compete alongside the boys but incredibly rarely is this the case despite their three pound allowance.

DERBY RECORD A MIXED ONE

Vertem Futurity winners often find themselves featuring in the Epsom Derby, around eight months after their Doncaster triumph. Since 1980, five winners of this Group 1 race have successfully gone on to secure glory in the English Classic. Although an average of around one double champion every six and a half years is not an overwhelmingly strong trend, it’s certainly one worthy of closer inspection. Recent years paint a mixed picture and also shows that it’s not unusual for Vertem Futurity winners to avoid Epsom’s high-profile contest all together.

Chart Showing the Position of the Futurity Trophy Stakes Winners in the Epsom Derby Between 1980 and 2022

MARCEL BREAK FAVOURITE’S FIRM GRIP

Prior to the 2015 renewal of this race, favourites had secured victory for six years running, with the largest priced winner in this time Kingston Hill at 7/2. Having not competed above Class 4 previously, few fancied Marcel to break the favourites’ dominance but the much unfancied horse did just that. Setting off at 33/1, the bay colt sat rock bottom of the betting but finished strongly to hold off Johannes Vermeer in second place. The shock result remains the only recent exception to the rule however with four favourites winning in the seven races since. Not the most profitable race for the punters but an often easy one to call at least.

Chart Showing the Start Prices of the Futurity Trophy Stakes Winners Between 1990 and 2022

CECIL’S FINEST RACE

Warren Place, Newmarket
Warren Place, former stables of Sir Henry Cecil. Photo © Richard Humphrey (cc-by-sa/2.0)

Sir Henry Cecil was not lacking in major victories during a truly sensational career. Widely regarded as one of the all-time greats, the Scottish born trainer saddled the winner in 25 domestic Classics. While you’ll struggle to find a major event he did not win, there is no Group 1 contest he enjoyed more success in than the Vertem Futurity Stakes.

Chart Showing Sir Henry Cecil's Ten Futurity Trophy Stakes Wins

Known as the Observer Gold Cup when first claiming victory in 1969, the 11-time Champion Trainer won a further nine renewals between 1975 and 1993. As superb as this record is, it has now been surpassed by Aidan O’Brien who drew level with Sir Henry on ten wins with Luxembourg in 2021, moving onto eleven wins a year later with Auguste Rodin.

ATZENI ENJOYS HOT STREAK

Standing joint top as the leading jockeys for this race are none other than Lester Piggott and Pat Eddery who both won on five occasions during their trophy-laden careers. Their position on top is under real threat now however thanks to Andrea Atzeni’s superb run of results in this race. Starting in 2013, the Sardinia-born jockey strung together four consecutive winners in this event, all coming for different trainers. With no other jockey even able to string three wins in a row since its 1961 inception, the Italian’s run, in what is his most successful Group 1 race, will surely stay unmatched.

ANDREA ATZINI’S FUTURITY TROPHY WINNERS

Year Horse Trainer Owner
2016 Rivet William Haggas The Starship Partnership
2015 Marcel Peter Chapple-Hyam Paul Hancock
2014 Elm Park Andrew Balding Qatar Racing & Kingsclere Racing
2013 Kingston Hill Roger Varian Paul Smith

WASHOUT in 2019 CREATES FIRST UK ALL-WEATHER GROUP 1

Rain Falling on Grass Puddle

Taking place in the British autumn time, it’s not too surprising that this race has occasionally fallen foul of the weather. It hasn’t happened all that often in truth, with Newcastle stepping in in 1989, and Newbury in 2006, but 2019 saw something of a first for one of the biggest juvenile Group 1 events of the season.

It wasn’t the fact that the severe deluge which hit Town Moor in the lead up to the race ultimately led to its abandonment which was unique, but rather the venue which was selected to host the rescheduled edition on the following Friday.

Since its inaugural running back in 1961, the first 58 editions of the contest had been held on turf, but it was the artificial Tapeta surface at Newcastle’s all-weather track which was to provide the platform in 2019. A fairly significant event both for the track and all-weather racing in general, as November 1st 2019 will now go down as the date of the first ever Group 1 race to be held on an artificial surface in the UK.

The race itself was also a fairly memorable affair. The switch in venue certainly did not detract from the quality of the entry, with the Ballydoyle battalion rocking up at Gosforth. In the end though they – and everything else – were repelled in fairly scintillating style by Andrew Balding’s Kameko who scorched clear for an impressive 3¼l success to etch his name into the history books.

Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes 2019 Full Result

Pos. Horse (SP) Trainer Jockey Distance
1 Kameko (11/2) Andrew Balding Oisin Murphy –
2 Innisfree (11/1) Aidan O’Brien Seamie Heffernan 3.25 lengths
3 Year Of The Tiger (16/1) Aidan O’Brien Padraig Beggy 3.5 lengths
4 Mogul (7/2) Aidan O’Brien Donnacha O’Brien 3.75 lengths
5 Kinross (13/8) Ralph Beckett Harry Bentley 6.25 lengths
6 King Of The Throne (150/1) Emmet Mullins Paul Hanagan 11.25 lengths
7 Verboten (8/1) John Gosden Robert Havlin 11.75 lengths
8 New World Tapestry (20/1) Aidan O’Brien Emmet McNamara 14 lengths
9 Tammani (20/1) William Haggas Ben Curtis 14 lengths
10 Geometrical (33/1) Jim Bolger Kevin Manning 24 lengths
11 Blazing Beat (50/1) Aidan O’Brien Andrea Atzeni 26.5 lengths

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  • Cammidge Trophy
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