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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)
The race was reduced in distance to 7 furlongs again in 2018 and upgraded to Group 3 once more in 2023. [2] The event can serve as a trial for various colts' Classics in Europe. The last winner to achieve victory in the Irish 2,000 Guineas was Saffron Walden in 1999. The last to win the 2,000 Guineas was Poetic Flare in 2021.
The UAE 2000 Guineas, is a horse race run over a distance of 1,600 metres (one mile) on dirt in February at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. The race is restricted to three-year-olds. It was first contested in 2000 on dirt at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse. It was transferred to Meydan in 2010 where it was run on the synthetic Tapeta Footings surface. In ...
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 ...
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]
Several other venues had a race of the same name. The present race, a one-mile event for three-year-olds, was established in 1878. [5] The inaugural running was won by Thurio. The modern version of the Craven Stakes can serve as a trial for the 2,000 Guineas. The first horse to win both races was Scot Free in 1884. The most recent was Haafhd in ...
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 ...