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2000 Guineas: Past Winners, Stats & History

1000 & 2000 Guineas Festival
Course:
Newmarket
Rowley Mile
Grade:
Group 1
Length:
1m
Last Winner:
Chaldean @ 7/2
Prize Money:
£500,000 (2023)

For many flat racing fans, Newmarket’s Guineas meeting, usually held at the beginning of May, is what they have been waiting for all winter. The season may have officially started before this but it moves full throttle into top gear with the opening Classic contest of the season, the 2000 Guineas.

The race was inaugurated over 200 years ago in 1809 and is named after the original prize money, where one Guinea was worth 21 Shillings.

For some horses this will be their first run of the season leaving many to look for pointers from the big two-year-old trials for this which include the Dewhurst Stakes, also run at Newmarket, and Doncaster’s Vertem Futurity Trophy.

2000 Guineas Course Map (Rowley Mile)

Newmarket Rowley Mile Flat Course Map

The 2000 Guineas is run entirely on the home straight of Newmarket's Rowley Mile course. As you watch from the main grandstands or on TV, horses will travel from right to left.

2000 Guineas Past Winners

Year Winner SP Trainer Jockey
2023 Chaldean 7/2 Andrew Balding Frankie Dettori
2022 Coroebus 5/1 Charlie Appleby James Doyle
2021 Poetic Flare 16/1 Jim Bolger Kevin Manning
2020 Kameko 10/1 Andrew Balding Oisin Murphy
2019 Magna Grecia 11/2 Aidan O'Brien Donnacha O'Brien
2018 Saxon Warrior 3/1 Aidan O’Brien Donnacha O’Brien
2017 Churchill 6/4 Aidan O’Brien Ryan Moore
2016 Galileo Gold 14/1 Hugo Palmer Frankie Dettori
2015 Gleneagles 4/1 Aidan O’Brien Ryan Moore
2014 Night Of Thunder 40/1 Richard Hannon Kieren Fallon
2013 Dawn Approach 11/8 Jim Bolger Kevin Manning
2012 Camelot 15/8 Aidan O'Brien Joseph O'Brien
2011 Frankel 1/2 Henry Cecil Tom Queally
2010 Makfi 33/1 Mikel Delzangles Christophe Lemaire
2009 Sea The Stars 8/1 John Oxx Michael Kinane
2008 Henrythenavigator 11/1 Aidan O'Brien Johnny Murtagh
2007 Cockney Rebel 25/1 Geoff Huffer Olivier Peslier
2006 George Washington 6/4 Aidan O'Brien Kieren Fallon
2005 Footstepsinthesand 13/2 Aidan O'Brien Kieren Fallon
2004 Haafhd 11/2 Barry Hills Richard Hills

About the 2000 Guineas: The Mile Classic

Parade Ring at Newmarket's Rowley Mile Racecourse
Photo © Richard Humphrey (cc-by-sa/2.0)

Flat racing is in rude health by pretty much every standard. The sport’s powers that be are always looking towards the future to try and continue its growth with the addition of new funding and races but a key strength of Flat racing is its history.

There are few more historic races in the sport than the 2000 Guineas. It’s the first of the five British Classics and was first run way, way back in 1809. As with all five Classics, the 2000 Guineas is open only to three-year-olds and is technically open to both colts and fillies but it’s incredibly rare for fillies to run in this contest rather than the 1000 Guineas which takes place the following day.

Both the 2000 and 1000 Guineas are usually held in either the end of April or start of May at Newmarket. They also both take place over 1m and as of 2022 both had an impressive and lucrative total prize fund of £500,000.

An Increasingly Specialist Race

Throughout the history of Flat racing the mark of the very best horses was completing the Triple Crown. For colts the Triple Crown begins with the 2000 Guineas before moving onto the Derby and the St Leger. Saxon Warrior’s win in the 2018 race showed that there is still a great appetite for the Triple Crown as he was bred for longer trips but got the job done over 1m and his subsequent defeat in the Derby was highly disappointing.

Chart Showing the Classic Races Run by the 2000 Guineas Winners Between 1990 and 2021

That disappointment reflected the feeling that we may never see another horse complete the Triple Crown. The 2000 Guineas is following the general trend of specialism in Flat racing. Horses are increasingly being targeted specifically for this and other big races over 1m and few trainers now regard this as a step towards the other Classics. Indeed, it is now extremely rare to see a horse even enter all three legs, let alone manage to win them.

2000 Guineas Still Creates Legends

The understandable lack of horses who even attempt the Triple Crown now does not necessarily detract from the 2000 Guineas. Yes, those three-year-olds who have won three Classics deserve their place in history but horse racing moves on. The 2000 Guineas is still a race which produces horses who go on to have even bigger success with the likes of Churchill, Camelot, Frankel and Sea The Stars all winning since 2009.

Chart Showing the Highest Earning 2000 Guineas Winners Between 1990 and 2021

Camelot and Sea The Stars both went on to win the Derby but the one thing those four all had in common is high class juvenile form. In fact, that is almost a prerequisite for success in the 2000 Guineas. The majority of recent winners had already won at the Group level during their two-year-old season with many claiming success at the top level.

Dewhurst & Futurity Trophy Prove to be Key

In terms of the individual juvenile races, punters should keep an eye on the Dewhurst Stakes which is run over 7f at the same course as the 2000 Guineas, the Rowley Mile at Newmarket. It also carries a massive purse of half a million pounds so attracts entries from high class prospects and has been won in recent years by Churchill, Dawn Approach and arguably the best of them all, Frankel, before their Guineas success.

Dual Dewhurst & 2000 Guineas Winners: 1875 – 2022

Horse Trainer Dewhurst Win 2000 Guineas Win
Churchill Aidan O’Brien 2016 2017
Dawn Approach Jim Bolger 2012 2013
Frankel Henry Cecil 2010 2011
Rock Of Gibraltar Aidan O’Brien 2001 2002
Pennekamp Andre Fabre 1994 1995
Zafonic Andre Fabre 1992 1993
El Grand Senor Vincent O’Brien 1983 1984
Wollow Henry Cecil 1975 1976
Nijinsky Vincent O’Brien 1969 1970
Crepello Noel Murless 1956 1957
Kennymore Alec Taylor Jnr 1913 1914
Louvois Dawson Waugh 1912 1913
Rock Sand George Blackwell 1902 1903
St Frusquin Alfred Hayhoe 1895 1896
Ormonde John Porter 1885 1886
Pilgrimage Joseph Cannon 1877 1888
Chamant Thomas Jennings 1876 1877

Connections took Camelot on a different route as a two-year-old. He won the Vertem Futurity Trophy (formerly the Racing Post Trophy) at Doncaster. That Group 1, 1m race has produced several 2000 Guineas hopefuls but between the race’s inauguration in 1961 it has only produced five 2000 Guineas winners. That said, with Camelot, Saxon Warrior, Magna Grecia and Kameko, 4 out of the last 11 Futurity Stakes winners have gone on to win both races, a strike rate of 37%.

Dual Futurity Trophy & 2000 Guineas Winners: 1961 – 2022

Horse Trainer Futurity Trophy Win 2000 Guineas Win
Kameko Andrew Balding 2019 2020
Magna Grecia Aidan O’Brien 2018 2019
Saxon Warrior Aidan O’Brien 2017 2018
Camelot Aidan O’Brien 2011 2012
High Top Bernard van Cutsem 1971 1972

A Lively Betting Heat

When Frankel turned up to Newmarket for the 2000 Guineas in 2011 everybody in racing knew that he was a special horse. Nobody could have predicted the dominant nature of his win but he was sent off at 1/2 with the bookies so his win was entirely predictable.

Frankel’s win was the first in a run of three consecutive favourites to win the 2000 Guineas. Gleneagles and Churchill also rewarded favourite backers in 2015 and 2017 whilst Saxon Warrior was second favourite in 2018.

Clearly the market often has a good handle on the 2000 Guineas but that is not always the case. In the 11 races that preceded Saxon Warrior’s win there were five winners at double figure odds including Makfi at 33/1 and Night Of Thunder at 40/1.

Chart Showing the Start Prices of 2000 Guineas Winners Between 1990 and 2022

Analysing the prices of winners doesn’t provide any strong trends and the same is true of previous course form with many horses claiming the 2000 Guineas on their Newmarket debut. Similarly, a previous victory over 1m is not a requirement providing the horse had high class form over 7f whilst a juvenile.

Aidan O’Brien Always a Good Place to Start

As mentioned already, the 2000 Guineas has well over 200 years of history. The fact that Aidan O’Brien is the most successful trainer in the race’s history having claimed his first win in 1998 shows just how dominant he’s been recently.

Aidan O’Brien’s 2000 Guineas Victories

Year Horse Jockey Horse’s Start Price
2019 Magna Grecia Donnacha O’Brien 11/2
2018 Saxon Warrior Donnacha O’Brien 3/1
2017 Churchill Ryan Moore 6/4 f
2015 Gleneagles Ryan Moore 4/1 f
2012 Camelot Joseph O’Brien 15/8 f
2008 Henrythenavigator Johnny Murtagh 11/1
2006 George Washington Kieren Fallon 6/4 f
2005 Footstepsinthesand Kieren Fallon 13/2
2002 Rock Of Gibraltar Johnny Murtagh 9/1
1998 King Of Kings Michael Kinane 7/2

Magna Grecia was the tenth horse trained by O’Brien to win the 2000 Guineas. John Magnier and his wife Sue have been involved in the ownership of all ten of those winners alongside other notable owners including Sir Alex Ferguson and Michael Tabor. O’Brien’s success has greatly helped the record of Irish-trained horses who have had the better of those trained in Britain in recent years.

O’Brien has partnered with six different jockeys over those wins including his sons Donnacha and Joseph, regular partner Ryan Moore and Kieren Fallon as well. Each of those top notch jockeys has won multiple huge races but it’s highly unlikely they or anybody else in the weight room of Newmarket in future will catch the record of nine wins set by Jem Robinson between 1825 and 1848.

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