1000 Guineas

The 1000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat race run over the distance of one mile for three-year-old fillies. 

The 1000 Guineas takes place on Sunday 7th May 2023.

The event, much like its near-namesake the 2000 Guineas Stakes, is held at Newmarket Racecourse over the Rowley Mile.

The race takes place every spring, typically the day after the aforementioned 2000 Guineas. Ordinarily, the race is run during the final week of April or, more often, early May as part of the Guineas Festival.

It is currently sponsored by Qipco and is hence known as the Qipco 1000 Guineas.

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1000 Guineas Overview

The Newmarket Guineas racing events mark the beginning of the celebrated five English Classics, this race is the second of these landmark occasions – the 2000 Guineas obviously being the first.

This prestigious race is the first race of the UK’s Fillies Triple Crown. The 1000 Guineas is followed by the Oaks and St. Leger. However, these three races are rarely attempted together.

The race has a long and eventful history, having first been run on the Rowley Mile in 1814.

1000 Guineas 2023 Odds

Here are the latest odds for the 1000 Guineas in May 2023:

1000 Guineas Tips

Our 1000 Guineas tips for 2023 are:

• We will release our tips once the odds have been published.

Some of the key performers that are expected to line up in the English Group One race in May 2023 will be racing throughout the year. So keep a watch on the market leader to see how they run or place ante-post betting odds wagers early to locate value.

For more horse racing tips on events taking place at Newmarket Racecourse, take a look at our Newmarket racing tips guide.

Key Trials for the 1000 Guineas Stakes

To pick a winner for this race many review and focus on high-performing fillies from the previous two-year-old season.

Some horses will be making their season debut in this race but will carry forward significant previous experience from the season before.

Also, take a look at time performances in the Fred Darling Stakes of that year (held at Newbury) and the Nell Gwyn Stakes (part of the Newmarket Craven Meeting). It has been some years however since a winner of one of these events has gone to 1000 Guineas success.

Back in the 1990s, however, four of ten Fred Darling Stakes winners went on to claim victory in this event including the brilliant Bosra Sham

The race also acts as a trial itself for the Oaks, which is also a group 1 event. Love completed the double in 2020, by crossing the post first in the Oaks at Epsom and later the Yorkshire Oaks held at York Racecourse.

Notable 1000 Guineas Performances

Some memorable performances include:

• The record time for winning the race is 1:34:22, achieved by Ghanaati (ridden by Richard Hills and trained by his father Barry) in 2009.
• Back in 2018, Billesdon Brook drastically upset the bookmakers and form by taking victory. This filly was priced at an eye-watering 66/1. She went on to repeat this feat at the Sun Chariot Stakes twelve months later.
• We have to travel back to 1940 to find the opposite to this. In this year, Crucifix lived up to her 1/10 odds-on betting by romping home to victory.
• Mayonnaise achieved the greatest margin of victory in 1859, winning by an impressive twenty lengths.
• Hermosa, the 2019 winner, went on to achieve further success. She followed her win at Newmarket with a comfortable victory in the Irish equivalent of this very same event.
• Love, the 2020 champion of the race, went on to win the Oaks at Epsom and Yorkshire.

Previous 1000 Guineas Winners

Other notable winners include Oh So Sharp and the brilliant Bosra Sham.

1000 Guineas Previous Result

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1000 Guineas Facts and Figures

The race was first run in 1814 with victory going to Charlotte.

In 1840 Crucifix became the shortest-ever priced Classic winner when returning at odds of 1-10.

In 1859 Mayonaise romped to a record 20 lengths winning margin.

Other significant earlier winners include Rockfel (1938), Sun Chariot (1942) and Musidora (1949), all of which have races named after them.

In more recent times the 1000 Guineas has been won by superstars like Pebbles (1984), Oh So Sharp (1985), Salsabil (1990) and Minding (2016).

Pebbles went on to become the first filly to win the Eclipse Stakes and the first British-trained winner of a Breeders’ Cup race. Oh So Sharp famously landed the fillies’ Triple Crown while Salsabil defeated the colts in the Irish Derby.

Minding was the first of four winners in five years for Aidan O’Brien, the most recent being Love in 2020.

Richard Hannon’s Billesdon Brook provided the biggest shock in the history of the race when winning at 66-1 in 2018.

The Fillies’ Triple Crown of the 1000 Guineas, Oaks and St Leger was last won by Henry Cecil’s Oh So Sharp in 1985.

Leading 1000 Guineas Jockeys

In recent years, Ryan Moore has dominated this event. This jockey has placed first on four occasions, including twice in the last five years (2016 and 2020). Ryan Moore also won the race in 2012 and 2015.

Legendary jockey Frankie Dettori also enjoys an illustrious history, winning in 1998, 2002 and 2011. Rounding out the group of notable riders are racing stalwarts are 19th Century icons Frankie Buckle and George Fordham.

Buckle placed first six times. This included a four-year winning streak between 1820 and 1823. Buckle also won in 1827 and 1818, ensuring he was just one shy of an uninterrupted five years of dominance. Fordham, meanwhile, achieved success seven times between 1859 and 1883.

Leading Trainer of the 1000 Guineas

Aidan O’Brien is the undisputed leading trainer of Guineas Newmarket racing, with six victories since 2005. Aidan O’Brien has trained four of the last five winners of the race, with Richard Hannon Jr interrupting his streak in 2018 by coaching Billesdon Brook and Sean Levey to victory.

Robert Robson was the leading trainer of the 19th Century, training nine winners in ten years between 1818 and 1827. Robson formed a formidable partnership with the aforementioned Frankie Buckle.

In more recent times, O’Brien is rivalled by Noel Murless (six winning horses between 1948 and 1973) and Henry Cecil (six victories over two decades, starting in 1979 and concluding in 1999).

Key Facts About the Qipco 1000 Guineas

• One mile distance
• Restricted to 3-year-old fillies
• run on the Rowley at Newmarket
• The first race of the fillies Triple Crown a feat achieved by the brilliant Sun Chariot in 1942
• Ran in late April or early May
• First run in 1814

1000 Guineas Betting 2023

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Summary of the 1000 Guineas Stakes

Anybody with a passion for British racing should take themselves to the Rowley Mile in May.

The 1000 Guineas is a landmark event in the British racing calendar, the first major test for the top three-year-old fillies. It is one of our favourite races here at British Raceccourses.

Just be sure to plan your trip to Newmarket in plenty of time. As this event is so popular, hotels and travel tickets can become increasingly rare as spring arrives.

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Resources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_Guineas_Stakes