1400 Guineas Stakes 1400 Guineas Stakes The 1400 Guineas Stakes was a flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged four years. It was run at Newmarket and was one of the most important races of the second half of the 18th century. The 1400 Guineas was established in 1757 to be first run on the Monday before the first Thursday in October 1758. It was established by the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Marquess of Granby, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, 1st Earl of Gower, Sir James Lowther, Thomas Panton and Jenison Shafto. They agreed the race was to be run over
Saratoga Race Course been "twilight racing", where the first race post time is at 2:30 pm on some days, previously 2:45 PM. The following are Graded stakes races run at Saratoga: Buried at Clare Court Jogging Track are Fourstardave, Mourjane (IRE) and A Phenomenon. Champion filly Go For Wand, who suffered a fatal injury during the stretch run of the 1990 Breeders Cup Distaff, is buried in the Saratoga Race Course infield. The Race Course is the setting of a scene early on in the Ian Fleming James Bond novel "Diamonds Are Forever". It also is the setting of Sherwood Anderson's short story