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
Cresta Run (horse) of Champions", based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Cresta Run an "average" winner of the 1000 Guineas. Cresta Run run was retired from racing to become a broodmare but produced only one named foal, namely Gold Race, a brown filly, foaled in 1930, sired by Colorado. Gold Race had little success as a racehorse but had considerable influence as a broodmare, with her female-line descendants including Jupiter Island, Precocious and Grand Lodge. Cresta Run (horse) Cresta Run (1924 – after 1930) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. As a two-year-old in 1926 she