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
2014 2000 Guineas Stakes best European horse of the 20th Century. As can be seen from below, an astonishing nine of the fourteen horses in the 2014 running, were Group One winners, while two of the other five were dual Group One placed. The strength in depth of the field was exemplified on British Champions Day 2014, in Europe's richest mile race: the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. First, second and third all ran in the 2014 2000 Guineas: 1st - Charm Spirit (5th in 2000 Guineas); 2nd - Night of Thunder (1st in 2000 Guineas); 3rd - Toormore (7th in 2000 Guineas). On Racing