2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes The 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes was a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and geldings. It was run over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it was scheduled to take place each year in early April. The event was originally held at Ascot. The present grading system was introduced in 1971, and the race was classed at Group 3 level. It was staged at Newmarket in 1978, and transferred to Salisbury in 1979. It was discontinued after 1986. The race served as a trial for the 2000
Cresta Run (horse) of Champions", based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Cresta Run an "average" winner of the 1000 Guineas. Cresta Run run was retired from racing to become a broodmare but produced only one named foal, namely Gold Race, a brown filly, foaled in 1930, sired by Colorado. Gold Race had little success as a racehorse but had considerable influence as a broodmare, with her female-line descendants including Jupiter Island, Precocious and Grand Lodge. Cresta Run (horse) Cresta Run (1924 – after 1930) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. As a two-year-old in 1926 she