2000 Guineas Stakes

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British Classic race Group 1 race flat horse race

The 2000 Guineas Stakes is a prestigious Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain, run over one mile at Newmarket and regarded as the first of the five British Classic races.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
2000 Guineas Stakes canonical 5
2000 Guineas 3
Two Thousand Guineas 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Classic race ⓘ
Group 1 race ⓘ
flat horse race ⓘ
ageRestriction three-year-olds only ⓘ
associatedFestival Guineas Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryCode GB ⓘ
countryOfHorseBreed British Thoroughbred ⓘ
currencyOfOriginalPrizeName guinea ⓘ
distance 1 mile ⓘ
8 furlongs ⓘ
governingBody British Horseracing Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
handicap no ⓘ
hasAbbreviation 2000 Guineas NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGenderEquivalent 1000 Guineas Stakes NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVenueSince Newmarket Racecourse, 1809 ⓘ
inaugurated 1809 ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName English ⓘ
location Newmarket Racecourse NERFINISHED ⓘ
monthHeld early May ⓘ
late April ⓘ
notableFeature first leg of the English Triple Crown ⓘ
notableFor being one of the world’s oldest classic races ⓘ
organiser Jockey Club Racecourses NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalNumberOfGuineas 2000 ⓘ
partOf British Classic Races NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInSeries first British Classic of the season ⓘ
qualification three-year-old colts and fillies ⓘ
raceCategory Thoroughbred ⓘ
raceClass Pattern race ⓘ
racecourse Rowley Mile NERFINISHED ⓘ
raceDirection right-handed bend then straight (Rowley Mile configuration) ⓘ
raceType flat racing ⓘ
region England ⓘ
relatedRace 1000 Guineas Stakes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Epsom Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ
Epsom Oaks NERFINISHED ⓘ
St Leger Stakes NERFINISHED ⓘ
sponsor QIPCO NERFINISHED ⓘ
sponsorshipName QIPCO 2000 Guineas NERFINISHED ⓘ
surface turf ⓘ
timingWithinSeason early part of the British flat season ⓘ
track straight ⓘ
tripleCrownSequence 2000 Guineas Stakes–Epsom Derby–St Leger Stakes NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalSexRestriction colts ⓘ
usualDayOfWeek Saturday ⓘ
weightForAge yes ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Classics → consistsOf → 2000 Guineas Stakes ⓘ
British Classics → includesMixedSexRace → 2000 Guineas Stakes ⓘ
British Champions Series → hasPart → 2000 Guineas Stakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: QIPCO 2000 Guineas
Jockey Club Racecourses → hasNotableEvent → 2000 Guineas Stakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2000 Guineas
racehorse Ladas → raceWon → 2000 Guineas Stakes ⓘ
subject surface form: Ladas
this entity surface form: Two Thousand Guineas
racehorse Ladas → wonClassicRace → 2000 Guineas Stakes ⓘ
subject surface form: Ladas
this entity surface form: Two Thousand Guineas
Greenham Stakes → associatedClassic → 2000 Guineas Stakes ⓘ
horse racing Triple Crown → consistsOf → 2000 Guineas Stakes ⓘ
subject surface form: English Triple Crown
British flat racing calendar → includes → 2000 Guineas Stakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2000 Guineas
Newmarket Racecourse → hostsRace → 2000 Guineas Stakes ⓘ
Brigadier Gerard → wonRace → 2000 Guineas Stakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2000 Guineas
British racehorse Brigadier Gerard → wonRace → 2000 Guineas Stakes ⓘ
subject surface form: Brigadier Gerard
this entity surface form: 1970 2000 Guineas