1200 Guineas Stakes 1st Earl of Gower and Thomas Duncombe. They agreed the race was to be run over the Beacon course at Newmarket and would be open to five-year-old horses and mares. They paid a 100 guineas subscription each to enter their horse and all runners would carry nine stone. The race was initially to be run for five consecutive years from 1757, but was subsequently renewed in 1762. Leading owner (4 wins): 1200 Guineas Stakes The 1200 Guineas Stakes was a flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged five years. It was run at Newmarket and was one
Balanchine (horse race) Balanchine (horse race) The Balanchine (sometimes known as the Balanchine Stakes), is a horse race run over a distance of 1,800 metres (nine furlongs) on turf in February or March at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. The race is named after Balanchine, a horse who won The Oaks and the Irish Derby in 1994. The race is restricted to female racehorses aged at least four years old, although three-year-olds bred in the southern hemisphere are also qualified. It was first contested in 2004 at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse before being transferred to Meydan in 2010. The Balanchine began as an ungraded