2000 Guineas Stakes
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The 2000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile and scheduled
The Finish of the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket by Samuel Henry Alken (1810–1894)
Engraving of the 1874 2,000 Guineas, from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, May 1874
British Classic Races
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The British Classics are five long-standing Group 1 horse races run during the traditional flat racing season. They are restricted to three-year-old horses, and traditionally represent the pinnacle of
2000 Guineas Stakes
…the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1.6 km) and scheduled to take place each year at the start of May. It is one of Britain's five Classic races, and at present it is the first to be run in the year. It also serves as the opening leg of the Triple Crown, followed by the Derby and the St…
Sceptre, the only outright winner of four classics, painted by Emil Adam
Nijinsky, the last winner of the Triple Crown in 1970