2000 Guineas Stakes
British Group 1 horse race for three-year-old colts and fillies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes, see 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes.
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.
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Location | Rowley Mile Newmarket, Suffolk, England |
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Inaugurated | 1809 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | QIPCO |
Website | Newmarket |
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Distance | 1 mile (1,609 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Straight |
Qualification | Three-year-olds excluding geldings |
Weight | 9 st 0 lb Allowances 3 lb for fillies |
Purse | £500,000 (2022) 1st: £283,550 |
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Notable Speech | Rosallion | Haatem |
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2023 | ||
Chaldean | Hi Royal | Royal Scotsman |
2022 | ||
Coroebus | Native Trail | Luxembourg |
2021 | ||
Poetic Flare | Master of the Seas | Lucky Vega |
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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.