Trawlerman Leads Home Gosden Stable Exacta in York’s Lonsdale Cup

[Wandering Eyes]

Royal Ascot's G1 Gold Cup hero Trawlerman (Golden Horn) went postward as the odds-on favourite for Thursday's G2 Weatherbys Lonsdale Cup Stakes at York and, towing home fellow Clarehaven representative Sweet William (Sea The Stars), emulated his John and Thady Gosden-trained former stablemate Stradivarius by winning the two-mile York marathon as a seven-year-old.

“The three-year-old [Shackleton] made it a test of stamina, Trawlerman was giving him a full stone in weight, and they made a lovely race of it together,” said John Gosden. “You go 15 rounds with this boy and you know you've gone 15 rounds. There's no sting, he just grinds you into the ground.”

The 5-6 pick, burdened with a three-pound penalty for his Gold Cup triumph, broke on the lead before allowing Shackleton (Camelot) a narrow advantage passing the judge first time and sat on that rival's shoulder through halfway. Sent to the front with a half-mile remaining he came under pressure when Sweet William threatened inside the final quarter-mile and stayed on relentlessly under a continued drive to subdue that stablemate by an ultimately comfortable 1 1/4 lengths. Al Nayyir (Dubawi) fared best of the remainder and finished 4 1/4 lengths adrift in third.

 

TRAWLERMAN wins the Lonsdale Cup @weatherbysltd | @yorkracecourse pic.twitter.com/dr7fKUiyiS

— Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 22, 2025

 

Pedigree Notes

Trawlerman is the leading performer from two scorers out of G3 Deutsches St Leger second Tidespring (Monsun), herself one of three black-type representatives for G1 Prix Vermeille heroine Sweet Stream (Shantou). Tidespring is kin to stakes-winning G3 Munster Oaks third Loveisthehigherlaw (Kodiac) and Listed Radley Stakes placegetter Sweet Dream (Oasis Dream). Sweet Stream is the leading performer out of the stakes-placed Snug Dinner (Jareer) while Sweet Dream produced G3 Prix Penelope victrix Making Dreams (Make Believe). Snug Dinner, the best daughter of the stakes-placed Stand By Me (Home Guard), is the second dam of Listed Premio Royal Mares victrix Testa O Croce (Orpen).

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