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The 2000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1.6 km) and scheduled to take place each year at the start of May.
These races are based on the 1000 Guineas Stakes and 2000 Guineas Stakes, run at Newmarket in late April or early May. Both races quickly established themselves on the New Zealand racing calendar. Horses who have won the Hawke's Bay Guineas that have gone on to win the New Zealand 2000 Guineas include: Pier (2022) Aegon (2020) Catalyst (2019)
Race Name Racecourse Distance Age/Sex 2024 winner March: Park Express Stakes: Curragh: 1m: 3yo+ f Brilliant April: Alleged Stakes: Curragh: 1m 2f: 4yo+ White Birch March / April: Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes: Leopardstown: 7f: 3yo f A Lilac Rolla March / April: Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes: Leopardstown: 7f: 3yo c&g Elite ...
The event was established in 1921, a year before the launch of the Irish 1,000 Guineas. The inaugural running was won by Soldennis. [citation needed] It is Ireland's equivalent of the 2,000 Guineas, and in recent years it has taken place three weeks after that race. The field usually includes horses which previously contested the English ...
In the early part of 2023 there was speculation that Auguste Rodin would become the first horse since Nijinsky to complete the Triple Crown by winning the 2000 Guineas, Derby and St Leger. [11] On 6 May Auguste Rodin began his second season in the 2000 Guineas, eventually coming in twelfth, more than twenty lengths behind the winner Chaldean. [12]
Jimmy Choux (10 October 2007 – 22 January 2024) was a New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse. [1] On 5 March 2011, he won the 136th running of the New Zealand Derby. [2] In doing so, he became the first horse since Surfers Paradise in 1990 to win both the New Zealand 2000 Guineas and the New Zealand Derby.
The Guineas Meeting is the British flat racing event that takes place at Newmarket Racecourse at the beginning of May each year. It includes two British Classic Races: [1] The 1,000 Guineas, a mile race for three year old fillies; The 2,000 Guineas, a mile race for three year old colts and fillies; Both races are part of the British Champions ...
It was inspired by two races in England, the 2000 Guineas (for colts and fillies) and the 1000 Guineas (for fillies only). The race was initially staged at the Champ de Mars. Its first running was over one full circuit of the track (about 2,000 metres). It was cut to a three-quarter lap (1,500 metres) in 1841.