2006 1000 Guineas 2006 1000 Guineas The 2006 1000 Guineas Stakes was a horse race held at Newmarket Racecourse on Sunday 7 May 2006. It was the 193rd running of the 1000 Guineas. The winner was Pam Sly, Michael Sly and Tom Davies's Speciosa, an Irish-bred bay filly trained by Pam Sly at Thorney in Cambridgeshire and ridden by Micky Fenton. Speciosa's victory was the first in the race for her owner, trainer and jockey. The race was run on soft ground. The race attracted a field of thirteen runners, ten trained in the United Kingdom and three in Ireland: there were no
Cape Verdi (horse race) Cape Verdi began as an ungraded race before being elevated to Listed class in 2006. The race was elevated to Group 3 level in 2009 and became a Group 2 event in 2011. Record time: Most wins by a jockey: Most wins by a trainer: Most wins by an owner: Cape Verdi (horse race) The Cape Verdi (sometimes known as the Cape Verdi Stakes), is a horse race run over a distance of 1,600 metres (one mile) on turf in late January or early February at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. The race is named after Cape Verdi, a horse who