The 67th John Smith's Cup, a prestigious £200,000 heritage handicap flat racing event held at York Racecourse on the Knavesmire.
The 67th John Smith's Cup is at York Racecourse on Saturday 11 July, a day of flat racing on the Knavesmire. It's a heritage handicap with a £200,000 purse, so there's a fair bit on the line.
The main feature of the day is Danger Bay, the race that takes centre stage. Around it, the rest of the card fills out the afternoon, with the John Smith's Cup itself serving as the headline. It's flat racing, which means the horses are running on the turf rather than jumping fences, and the heritage handicap format brings together a wide field of horses from different levels, each carrying a weight based on their rating to level the playing field.
As for the setting, the racecourse is on the Knavesmire, the common land that's been used for racing in York for centuries. It's one of Yorkshire's premier racecourses, and the John Smith's Cup is one of its biggest days of the summer. If you're heading down, it's at Racecourse Road / Knavesmire Road, York YO23 1EX. It's a Saturday afternoon, so it's an easy one to build a day around, whether you're there for the racing or just for the atmosphere of a big race day in the city.
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So, the 67th John Smith's Cup is on Saturday 11 July at York Racecourse, with Danger Bay as the main feature and a £200,000 heritage handicap at the heart of it.
