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
Cape Verdi (horse race) 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 won the 1000 Guineas for Godolphin in 1998. The race is restricted to female racehorses aged at least four years old, although three-year-olds bred in the southern hemisphere are also qualified. It was first contested in 2004 at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse before being transferred to Meydan in 2010. The