2018 2000 Guineas Stakes 2018 2000 Guineas Stakes The 2018 2000 Guineas Stakes was the 210th running of the 2000 Guineas Stakes horse race. It was run over one mile on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket Racecourse on 5 May 2018, a hot and sunny day. The winner was the Japanese bred Saxon Warrior, trained by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by his son Donnacha O'Brien. Tip Two Win was in second place a length and a half behind and the favourite, Masar, was in third place. After the race winning jockey Donnacha O'Brien said of Saxon Warrior: "He's a very good horse, he's a
Commonwealth Cup (horse race) races in Europe. The Diamond Jubilee Stakes, run over the same course and distance at the same meeting, was closed to three-year-olds at the same time. The new race was subsequently named the Commonwealth Cup and the Buckingham Palace Stakes was removed from the Royal Ascot meeting to make room for the new race. ---- Commonwealth Cup (horse race) The Commonwealth Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years. It is the only Group 1 flat race in Great Britain exclusively for three-year-olds that allows geldings to compete and the first