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2000 Guineas

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CHALDEAN winning the 2000 Guineas Stakes
CHALDEAN winning the 2000 Guineas Stakes Picture: Pat Healy Photography

The 2000 Guineas is a Group 1 race run under Set Weights conditions for three year olds at Newmarket conducted by the Jockey Club.

The 2000 Guineas is run over the mile. It was first run in 1809 and was won by Wizard.

The 2000 Guineas is the first of the classic season flat races held each year. One of five classics, it is traditionally run at the end of April or start of May. The Derby and St Leger form the rest of the Triple Crown.

Run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket, it is always a test up the straight course.

The founder of the Derby Sir Charles Bunbury, initiated the Guineas in 1809. It was named after the prize funds for the race.

There have been few filly winners but they include Pastille, Crucifix, Formosa, Pilgrimage, Shotover, Sceptre and Garden Path.

The last horse to win the Triple Crown starting with the 2000 Guineas was the great Nijinsky in 1970.

Frankel's performance in 2011 was one of the most famous not only in the race's history but in all the history of racing. The colt led by over ten lengths at halfway. He was still a massive margin in front coming up the rise and it was just a procession.

Frankie Dettori announced that 2023 would be his last season of riding and he would win his fourth Guineas at his final attempt on Chaldean.

Most wins as a jockey is by Jem Robinson with nine between 1825 and 1848.

Famous jockeys to win the 2000 Guineas include Gordon Richards, Scobie Breasley, Edgar Britt, Lester Piggott, George Moore, Ron Hutchinson, Willie Carson, Steve Cauthen, Pat Eddery, Kieren Fallon, Frankie Dettori and Ryan Moore.

Leading current trainer Aidan O'Brien has ten beginning with King Of Kings in 1998 up to Magna Grecia in 2019.

Other distinguished trainers to salute include Vincent O'Brien, Henry Cecil, Michael Stoute, Richard Hannon, Andre Fabre, Dermot Weld, John Oxx, Saeed Bin Suroor, Jim Bolger and Charlie Appleby.

The 2000 Guineas was worth £500,000 in 2023.

Notable winners of the 2000 Guineas include Poetic Flare (2022), Frankel (2011), Sea The Stars (2009), Henrythenavigator (2008), Rock Of Gibraltar (2002), King Of Kings (1998), Zafonic (1993), Nashwan (1989), Dancing Brave (1986), El Gran Senor (1984), Wollow (1976), Brigadier Gerard (1971), Nijinsky (1970), Sir Ivor (1968) and Tudor Minstrel (1947).

The 2023 2000 Guineas was won by Chaldean from Hi Royal and Royal Scotsman.


Racing and Sports

Previous 2000 Guineas Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
CHALDEAN (GB) 3C
FRANKEL (GB) - SUELITA (GB) DUTCH ART (GB)
L DETTORI 58.0 ANDREW BALDING 3
COROEBUS (IRE) 3C
DUBAWI (IRE) - FIRST VICTORY (IRE) TEOFILO (IRE)
JAMES DOYLE 57.0 C APPLEBY 1
POETIC FLARE (IRE) 3C
DAWN APPROACH (IRE) - MARIA LEE (IRE) ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (IRE)
K J MANNING 57.0 J S BOLGER 4
KAMEKO (USA) 3C
KITTEN'S JOY (USA) - SWEETER STILL (IRE) ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (IRE)
OISIN MURPHY 57.0 ANDREW BALDING 15
MAGNA GRECIA (IRE) 3C
INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (IRE) - CABARET (IRE) GALILEO (IRE)
DONNACHA O'BRIEN 57.0 A P O'BRIEN 17
SAXON WARRIOR (JPN) 3C
DEEP IMPACT (JPN) - MAYBE (IRE) GALILEO (IRE)
DONNACHA O'BRIEN 57.0 A P O'BRIEN 9
CHURCHILL (IRE) 3C
GALILEO (IRE) - MEOW (IRE) STORM CAT (USA)
RYAN MOORE 57.0 A P O'BRIEN 3
GALILEO GOLD (GB) 3C
PACO BOY (IRE) - GALICUIX (GB) GALILEO (IRE)
L DETTORI 57.0 H PALMER 1
GLENEAGLES (IRE) 3C
GALILEO (IRE) - YOU'RESOTHRILLING (USA) STORM CAT (USA)
RYAN MOORE 57.0 A P O'BRIEN 16
NIGHT OF THUNDER (IRE) 3C
DUBAWI (IRE) - FOREST STORM (GB) GALILEO (IRE)
K FALLON 57.0 RICHARD HANNON JR 3
DAWN APPROACH (IRE) 3C
NEW APPROACH (IRE) - HYMN OF THE DAWN (USA) PHONE TRICK (USA)
K J MANNING 57.0 J S BOLGER 6
CAMELOT (GB) 3C
MONTJEU (IRE) - TARFAH (USA) KINGMAMBO (USA)
J P O'BRIEN 57.0 A P O'BRIEN 12
FRANKEL (GB) 3C
GALILEO (IRE) - KIND (IRE) DANEHILL (USA)
T P QUEALLY 57.0 SIR HENRY CECIL 1
MAKFI (GB) 3F
DUBAWI (IRE) - DHELAAL (GB) GREEN DESERT (USA)
C P LEMAIRE 57.0 M DELZANGLES 15
SEA THE STARS (IRE) 3C
CAPE CROSS (IRE) - URBAN SEA (USA) MISWAKI (USA)
M KINANE 57.0 JOHN M OXX 1
HENRYTHENAVIGATOR (USA) 3C
KINGMAMBO (USA) - SEQUOYAH (IRE) SADLER'S WELLS (USA)
J MURTAGH 57.0 A P O'BRIEN 10
COCKNEY REBEL (IRE) 3C
VAL ROYAL (FR) - FACTICE (USA) KNOWN FACT
O PESLIER 57.0 G A HUFFER 15
GEORGE WASHINGTON (IRE) 3F
DANEHILL (USA) - BORDIGHERA (USA) ALYSHEBA (USA)
K FALLON 57.0 A P O'BRIEN 6
FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND (GB) 3C
GIANT'S CAUSEWAY (USA) - GLATISANT (GB) RAINBOW QUEST (USA)
K FALLON 57.0 A P O'BRIEN 17
HAAFHD (GB) 3C
ALHAARTH (IRE) - AL BAHATHRI (USA) BLUSHING GROOM (FR)
R HILLS 57.0 B W HILLS 4
REFUSE TO BEND (IRE) 3C
SADLER'S WELLS (USA) - MARKET SLIDE (USA) GULCH (USA)
P SMULLEN 57.0 D K WELD 18
ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (IRE) 3C
DANEHILL (USA) - OFFSHORE BOOM (GB) BE MY GUEST (USA)
J MURTAGH 57.0 A P O'BRIEN 22
GOLAN (IRE) 3C
SPECTRUM (IRE) - HIGHLAND GIFT (IRE) GENEROUS (IRE)
K FALLON 57.0 SIR MICHAEL STOUTE 19
KING'S BEST (USA) 3C
KINGMAMBO (USA) - ALLEGRETTA (GB) LOMBARD (GER)
K FALLON 57.5 SIR MICHAEL STOUTE 12

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