Two Thousand Guineas
The
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes is a
Group 1 thoroughbred flat horse race for three-year-old
colts and
fillies run over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) on the Rowley Mile course at
Newmarket Racecourse,
Newmarket,
Suffolk,
England in late April / early May. It is one of five
classic races in the
United Kingdom.
It was first run in
1809 and takes its name from the original guaranteed prize fund of 2,000
guineas (1 guinea = £1 1s, equivalent to £1.05).
The race takes place early in the season and there may be little previous form for that year - last season's two-year-old form is usually taken as the most reliable guide to predicting the outcome. Although eligible, fillies rarely take part in the race any longer.
*
1829/30 In two successive years there were just 2 runners, the smallest ever fields for the race.
*
1896 St Frusquin won at odds of 12/100 - the shortest-priced winner in the race's history.
*
1930 The biggest ever field for the race - 28 runners.
*
1944 Garden Path is the most recent of 7 fillies to have won the race.
*
1947 Tudor Minstrel won by 8 lengths - the widest winning margin in the race since 1900.
*
1961 Rockavon won at odds of 66/1 - the longest-priced winner in the race's history.
*
1970 Nijinsky II is the most recent of 15 winners to complete the
Triple Crown (2,000 Guineas /
Derby /
St Leger).
*
1989 Nashwan is the most recent of 33 winners to go on to win the Derby. The first was Smolensko in 1813.
*
1994 Mister Baileys set the record time for the race - 1m 35.08s.
"+++" = Triple Crown winner, "++" = Guineas/Derby winner, " f
" = filly.1809-1849
1850-1899
1900-1949
1950-1999
2000-
*
List of British flat horse races
