Last Ran: 10th July 2010

The John Smiths Cup is held at York racecourse and is the country's oldest commercially sponsored race having been sponsored by John Smiths since the 1960's.

The race is a heritage handicap, it covers a distance of 1 mile 208 yards and is open to horses of three years of age and above.

The race is generally run at a sound pace, which has often resulted in times slightly faster than course standard. In an ideal world, you want a horse relatively unexposed, aged three or four who has been running consistently at this level.

Richard Fahey has always done extremely well here and it's always wise to pay particular attention to his handicap runners who, when the money is down, rarely run a bad race.

• Irish Oaks (18th July 2010)
• King George VI and QE Stakes (24th July 2010)
• York Stakes (24th July 2010)
• International Stakes (24th July 2010)
• Skybet Dash (24th July 2010)