1400 Guineas Stakes the Beacon course at Newmarket and would be open to four-year-old colts and fillies. They paid a 200 guineas subscription each to enter their horse. Colts would carry 8 st 7 lb and fillies 8 st 4 lb. The race was initially to be run for five consecutive years from 1758, but was subsequently renewed in 1763. The weights were changed in 1768, with colts carrying 8 st 10 lb and fillies 8 st 7 lb. The race was discontinued after 1782 and a similar race was started for three-year-olds in 1784. 1400 Guineas Stakes The 1400 Guineas Stakes was
Yorkshire Cup (horse race) Dante Festival meeting. It is run the day after the Dante Stakes. Most successful horse (2 wins): Leading jockey (8 wins): Leading trainer (7 wins): The 1930 winner "The Bastard" was later exported to Australia and renamed "The Buzzard". Yorkshire Cup (horse race) The Yorkshire Cup is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile, 5 furlongs and 188 yards () at York in May. Formerly a weight-for-age race, the event was revived as a handicap in 1927. It was originally contested