2000 Guineas Start Time

• 2000 Guineas Start Time

The 2000 Guineas is a Group 1 run over a mile on the Rowley Course at Newmarket and is the first Classic of the season. It usually takes place in late-April or early-May, and is also the first leg of the Flat Triple Crown, followed by the Derby at Epsom and the St Leger at Doncaster, however it is a notoriously hard feat to achieve, with Nijinsky the last horse to complete the famous treble in 1970.

MI 3.00pm, Newmarket The QIPCO 2000 Guineas Stakes; FM 3.00pm, Newmarket The QIPCO 1000 Guineas Stakes; LD 2.45pm, York The Matchbook Yorkshire Cup; View all fixtures. John Gosden confirmed what many had feared in recent days that Lord and Lady Lloyd Webber’s unbeaten colt, Too Darn Hot, has run out of time and will not run in the 2,000 Guineas Published: 20.

The 2000 Guineas is the first Classic of the 2021 horse racing season. 2000 Guineas Betting 2021 3.35pm Newmarket, Saturday, May 1 2021; TV: Live on ITV; click best odds in bold; Each-Way Place Terms: 1/5 odds 1,2,3. Record time for the race was set by Al Ain in 2017, when he won in a time of 1 minute 57.8 seconds. The race time this Sunday is 15:40 and it will be Race 11 on the Nakayama card.

The 2000 Guineas is seen by many as the best trial for the Derby, with Camelot in 2012 the last horse to do the double. The 2018 Derby winner, Masar, finished third in the 2000 Guineas.

2000 Guineas Top Trainer

Aidan O'Brien– 9 wins

King of Kings (1998), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Footstepsinthesand (2005), George Washington (2006), Henrythenavigator (2008), Camelot (2012), Gleneagles (2015), Churchill (2017), Saxon Warrior (2018)

2000 Guineas Top Jockey in recent times

Lester Piggott – 5 wins

Crepello (1957), Sir Ivor (1968), Nijinsky (1970), Shadeed (1985), Rodrigo de Triano (1992)

Kieren Fallon – 5 wins

King’s Best (2000), Golan (2001), Footstepsinthesand (2005), George Washington (2006), Night of Thunder (2014)

Aidan O’Brien – Leading Trainer in the 2000 Guineas

2000 Guineas Racecard

The 2000 Guineas is the feature race, but the supporting card has plenty of depth to it, the Jockey Club Stakes and Palace House Stakes other pattern races which often attract competitive fields. Races include:

Spring Lodge Stakes (Handicap) - A nine-furlong handicap for horses aged three and older

Palace House Stakes – A Group 3 over five furlongs for horses aged three and older

Jockey Club Stakes – A Group 2 over a mile and a half for horses aged four and older

2000 Guineas – The feature race of the day

Newmarket Stakes – A listed race over a mile and a quarter for three-year-old colts and geldings

Frankel (right) put up one of the best performances in the 2000 Guineas when running his rivals into the ground in 2011

2000 Guineas Betting

Being the first Classic of the season, there is a big interest in betting on the 2000 Guineas both with the online and betting shop bookies in the UK & Ireland. The 2000 Guineas is usually shown on ITVand a huge audience will tune in to cheer on the UK & Irish runners. Some online bookies will offer enhanced each-way terms on the day, and boosted odds, so it is advised that you shop around before placing your bets.

2000 Guineas Free Bets & Betting Offers

As with any big race, the top online bookies like Paddy Power and Betfairwill have 2000 Guineas Free Betsand 2000 Guineas Betting Offers. Often the bookies will give you an enhanced price on one of the favourites, or they may offer a Bet Through The Card – get free bets when you bet on the first race of the 2000 Guineas meeting. Either way, we have you covered here with the best sign-up offer and betting specials for the 2000 Guineas.

2000 Guineas Runners & Form

Timeform is your best bet for finding the winner of the 2000 Guineas. When the race card for 2000 Guineas Day is available over on our Races page, you will be able to find the latest form and insight on all of the 2000 Guineas runners from the team of expert tipsters at Timeform. Our 2000 Guineas runner-by-runner guides will be available on our website and on our mobile app.

2000 Guineas Tips

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2000 Guineas Latest News, Odds & Results

Follow all the build up to the 2000 Guineas on the News pages at Timeform. Whether you are after the latest betting odds, market movers, going updates and non-runners, plus the latest from the stables of the top horses for the 2000 Guineas, you’ll find it right here. Simply want to know which horse was first past the post? Then go to our Results page to get the latest2000 Guineas results.

2000 Guineas Past Winners – this Century

The first race in the QIPCO British Champions Series and the curtain-raising Classic of the British Flat season, the QIPCO 2000 Guineas is open to three-year-old colts and fillies. It’s run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket, over one mile (1,600 metres) in late April or early May.

Although they only have to carry 8st 11lbs (56kgs) compared with the 9st (57kgs) on a colt’s back, fillies very rarely contest the QIPCO 2000 Guineas nowadays. They almost invariably stick to their own equivalent event, the QIPCO 1000 Guineas, in which they don’t have to take on their male counterparts. The last filly to triumph was Garden Path in 1944.

Trial races are staged in mid-April but many contenders head for the 2000 Guineas without a warm-up run, their trainers relying on getting them fit enough and sharp enough on the training gallops. The 2000 Guineas was first run in 1809. The biggest outsider? Rockavon, at 66-1 in 1961.

In 2011, Frankel put up one of the most devastating 2000 Guineas performances of all time, destroying the opposition with a piece of front-running brilliance which took the breath away.

He had the race sewn up well before half way and passed the post six lengths clear of his nearest rival. It was jockey Tom Queally’s first Classic winner and trainer Henry Cecil’s 25th.

Aidan O’Brien has a fantastic record, winning it for a ninth time with Saxon Warrior in 2018 and a 10th time with Magna Grecia in 2019. All his winners have been making their seasonal reappearances.

Current leading jockey: Frankie Dettori, 3 wins (1996, 1999, 2016)
Current leading trainer: Aidan O’Brien, 10 wins (1998, 2002, 2005-6, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)

Previous winners

2000 Guineas Start Time