2000 Guineas

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The 2,000 Guineas Stakes is a Group One Flat race open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of one mile and it is scheduled to take place each year in late April or early May.

It is one of Britain’s five Classic races, and at present it is the first to be run in the year. It also serves as the opening leg of the Triple Crown, followed by the Derby and the St Leger, although the feat of winning all three has been rarely attempted in recent decades.

The 2,000 Guineas was first run in 1809 and is named according to its original prize fund — a guinea amounted to 21 shillings, or £1.05.

The 2,000 Guineas is served by trial races such as the Craven Stakes and the Greenham Stakes. The 2,000 Guineas can act as a trial for the Derby, and the last horse to win both was Camelot in 2012.

Jem Robinson is the winning-most jockey of the 2,000 Guineas, having clocked nine wins — Enamel (1825), Cadland (1828), Riddlesworth (1831), Clearwell (1833), Glencoe (1834), Ibrahim (1835), Bay Middleton (1836), Conyngham (1847), Flatcatcher (1848).

The leading trainer is Irishman Aidan O’Brien, who has sent out 10 winners — King of Kings (1998), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Footstepsinthesand (2005), George Washington (2006), Henrythenavigator (2008), Camelot (2012), Gleneagles (2015), Churchill (2017), Saxon Warrior (2018), Magna Grecia (2019)

Sue Magnier is the leading owner with 11 wins so far — Entrepreneur (1997), King of Kings (1998), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Footstepsinthesand (2005), George Washington (2006), Henrythenavigator (2008), Camelot (2012), Gleneagles (2015), Churchill (2017), Saxon Warrior (2018), Magna Grecia (2019)

Most recent winners of the 2,000 Guineas

2011: Frankel ridden by Tom Queally, trained by Henry Cecil and owned by Khalid Abdullah
2012: Camelot, ridden by Joseph O’Brien, trained by Aidan O’Brien and owned by Smith/Magnier/Tabor
2013: Dawn Approach, ridden by Kevin Manning, trained by Jim Bolger and owned by Godolphin
2014: Night of Thunder, ridden by Kieren Fallon, trained by Richard Hannon Jr. and owned by Saeed Manana
2015: Gleneagles, ridden by Ryan Moore, trained by Aidan O’Brien and owned by Smith/Magnier/Tabor
2016: Galileo Gold, ridden by Frankie Dettori, trained by Hugo Palmer and owned by Al Shaqab Racing
2017: Churchill, ridden by Ryan Moore, trained by Aidan O’Brien and owned by Smith/Magnier/Tabor
2018: Saxon Warrior, ridden by Donnacha O’Brien, trained by Aidan O’Brien and owned by Smith/Magnier/Tabor
2019: Magna Grecia, ridden by Donnacha O’Brien, trained by Aidan O’Brien and owned by Smith/Magnier/Tabor
2020: Kameko, ridden by Oisin Murphy, trained by Andrew Balding and owned by Qatar Racing