2000 Guineas winners list: Every winner since 1809
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We’ve produced an extensive list of 2000 Guineas winners all the way back to the inaugural running of the Classic contest in 1809.
The race is run over the famous Rowley Mile at Newmarket and has been won by some of the sport’s most famous horses, jockeys and trainers.
Wizard was the first winner, while jockey Jem Robinson dominated in the early days, claiming a record nine victories between 1825 and 1848.
In modern times, Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien has been the man to follow, sending over 10 scorers from his Ballydoyle base since King Of Kings passed the post first in 1998.
O’Brien’s second victor Rock Of Gibraltar sparked wild scenes of celebration in 2002, as that colt was part-owned by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
The biggest-priced of all the 2000 Guineas winners was Rockavon at 66/1 in 1961, but many more memorable Newmarket heroes prevailed as favourites for Classic glory.
Henry Cecil’s mighty colt Frankel stands out among this century’s best performances at HQ, as he blazed a trail from the outset and came home six lengths clear in 2011.
🐴 Frankel 🐴
An awesome display in the QIPCO 2000 Guineas in 2011. Where did you watch it all unfold?@JuddmonteFarms @NewmarketRace pic.twitter.com/ckNhAb1uvV
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) April 30, 2022
Two years earlier, Sea The Stars outbattled Delegator to secure the first of six Group One triumphs in as many months.
French raiders often fare well, with the classy Zafonic powering clear of Barathea to win in a then-record time in 1993.
In the 1980s, Flat legends like Dancing Brave and Nashwan did the business at Newmarket before going on to further success in other elite races.
Brigadier Gerard was a brilliant winner in 1971, getting the better of Mill Reef in what still remains the most outstanding renewal in many eyes.
1971 2000 Guineas – Brigadier Gerard #brigadiergerard pic.twitter.com/RVysnQpPr3
— History of Horse Racing (@horsevault) October 17, 2021
A year earlier, Nijinsky cruised to victory under the legendary Lester Piggott before going on to become the last Triple Crown hero by adding Derby and St Leger victories.
There has been one dead-heat, between Formosa and Moslem way back in 1868.
2000 Guineas winners list
Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Winning Time |
2023 | Chaldean | Frankie Dettori | Andrew Balding | 1:41.64 |
2022 | Coroebus | James Doyle | Charlie Appleby | 1:36.27 |
2021 | Poetic Flare | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | 1:35.69 |
2020 | Kameko | Oisin Murphy | Andrew Balding | 1:34.72 |
2019 | Magna Grecia | Donnacha O’Brien | Aidan O’Brien | 1:36.84 |
2018 | Saxon Warrior | Donnacha O’Brien | Aidan O’Brien | 1:36.55 |
2017 | Churchill | Ryan Moore | Aidan O’Brien | 1:36.61 |
2016 | Galileo Gold | Frankie Dettori | Hugo Palmer | 1:35.91 |
2015 | Gleneagles | Ryan Moore | Aidan O’Brien | 1:37.55 |
2014 | Night Of Thunder | Kieren Fallon | Richard Hannon Jr | 1:36.61 |
2013 | Dawn Approach | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | 1:35.84 |
2012 | Camelot | Joseph O’Brien | Aidan O’Brien | 1:42.46 |
2011 | Frankel | Tom Queally | Henry Cecil | 1:37.30 |
2010 | Makfi | Christophe Lemaire | Mikel Delzangles | 1:36.35 |
2009 | Sea The Stars | Michael Kinane | John Oxx | 1:35.88 |
2008 | Henrythenavigator | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O’Brien | 1:39.14 |
2007 | Cockney Rebel | Olivier Peslier | Geoff Huffer | 1:35.28 |
2006 | George Washington | Kieren Fallon | Aidan O’Brien | 1:36.86 |
2005 | Footstepsinthesand | Kieren Fallon | Aidan O’Brien | 1:36.10 |
2004 | Haafhd | Richard Hills | Barry Hills | 1:36.64 |
2003 | Refuse To Bend | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 1:37.98 |
2002 | Rock Of Gibraltar | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O’Brien | 1:36.50 |
2001 | Golan | Kieren Fallon | Sir Michael Stoute | 1:37.48 |
2000 | King’s Best | Kieren Fallon | Sir Michael Stoute | 1:37.77 |
1999 | Island Sands | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:37.14 |
1998 | King Of Kings | Michael Kinane | Aidan O’Brien | 1:39.25 |
1997 | Entrepreneur | Michael Kinane | Sir Michael Stoute | 1:35.64 |
1996 | Mark Of Esteem | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:37.59 |
1995 | Pennekamp | Thierry Jarnet | Andre Fabre | 1:35.32 |
1994 | Mister Baileys | Jason Weaver | Mark Johnston | 1:35.08 |
1993 | Zafonic | Pat Eddery | Andre Fabre | 1:35.32 |
1992 | Rodrigo De Triano | Lester Piggott | Peter Chapple-Hyam | 1:38.37 |
1991 | Mystiko | Michael Roberts | Clive Brittain | 1:37.83 |
1990 | Tirol | Michael Kinane | Richard Hannon Sr | 1:35.84 |
1989 | Nashwan | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | 1:36.44 |
1988 | Doyoun | Walter Swinburn | Sir Michael Stoute | 1:41.73 |
1987 | Don’t Forget Me | Willie Carson | Richard Hannon Sr | 1:36.74 |
1986 | Dancing Brave | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood | 1:40.00 |
1985 | Shadeed | Lester Piggott | Sir Michael Stoute | 1:37.41 |
1984 | El Gran Senor | Pat Eddery | Vincent O’Brien | 1:37.41 |
1983 | Lomond | Pat Eddery | Vincent O’Brien | 1:43.87 |
1982 | Zino | Freddy Head | Francois Boutin | 1:37.13 |
1981 | To-Agori-Mou | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood | 1:41.43 |
1980 | Known Fact | Willie Carson | Jeremy Tree | 1:40.46 |
1979 | Tap On Wood | Steve Cauthen | Barry Hills | 1:43.60 |
1978 | Roland Gardens | Frankie Durr | Duncan Sasse | 1:47.33 |
1977 | Nebbiolo | Gabriel Curran | Kevin Prendergast | 1:38.54 |
1976 | Wollow | Gianfranco Dettori | Henry Cecil | 1:38.09 |
1975 | Bolkonski | Gianfranco Dettori | Henry Cecil | 1:39.49 |
1974 | Nonoalco | Yves Saint-Martin | Francois Boutin | 1:39.58 |
1973 | Mon Fils | Frankie Durr | Richard Hannon Sr | 1:42.97 |
1972 | High Top | Willie Carson | Bernard van Cutsem | 1:40.82 |
1971 | Bridadier Gerard | Joe Mercer | Dick Hern | 1:39.20 |
1970 | Nijinsky | Lester Piggott | Vincent O’Brien | 1:41.54 |
1969 | Right Track | Geoff Lewis | John Sutcliffe Jr | 1:41.65 |
1968 | Sir Ivor | Lester Piggott | Vincent O’Brien | 1:39.26 |
1967 | Royal Palace | George Moore | Noel Murless | 1:39.37 |
1966 | Kashmir | Jimmy Lindley | Mick Bartholomew | 1:40.68 |
1965 | Niksar | Duncan Keith | Walyer Nightingall | 1:43.31 |
1964 | Baldric | Bill Pyers | Ernie Fellows | 1:38.44 |
1963 | Only For Life | Jimmy Lindley | Jeremy Tree | 1:45.00 |
1962 | Privy Councillor | Bill Rickaby | Tom Waugh | 1:38.74 |
1961 | Rockavon | Norman Stirk | George Boyd | 1:39.46 |
1960 | Martial | Rob Hutchinson | Paddy Prendergast | 1:38.33 |
1959 | Taboun | George Moore | Alec Head | 1:42.42 |
1958 | Pall Mall | Doug Smith | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | 1:39.43 |
1957 | Crepello | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless | 1:38.24 |
1956 | Gilles De Retz | Frank Barlow | Helen Johnson-Houghton | 1:38.76 |
1955 | Our Babu | Doug Smith | Geoffrey Brooke | 1:38.83 |
1954 | Darius | Manny Mercer | Harry Wragg | 1:39.54 |
1953 | Nearula | Edgar Britt | Charles Elsey | 1:38.26 |
1952 | Thunderhead | Roger Poincelet | Etienne Polet | 1:42.48 |
1951 | Ki Ming | Scobie Breasley | Michael Beary | 1:42.00 |
1950 | Palestine | Charlie Smirke | Marcus Marsh | 1:36.80 |
1949 | Nimbus | Charlie Elliott | George Colling | 1:38.00 |
1948 | My Babu | Charlie Smirke | Sam Armstrong | 1:35.80 |
1947 | Tudor Minstrel | Gordon Richards | Fred Darling | 1:37.80 |
1946 | Happy Knight | Tommy Weston | Henri Jelliss | 1:38.20 |
1945 | Court Martial | Cliff Richards | Joseph Lawson | 1:40.80 |
1944 | Garden Path | Harry Wragg | Walter Earl | 1:39.60 |
1943 | Kingsway | Sam Wragg | Joseph Lawson | 1:37.60 |
1942 | Big Game | Gordon Richards | Fred Darling | 1:40.80 |
1941 | Lambert Simnel | Charlie Elliott | Fred Templeman | 1:42.60 |
1940 | Djebel | Charlie Elliott | Albert Swann | 1:42.60 |
1939 | Blue Peter | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | 1:39.40 |
1938 | Pasch | Gordon Richards | Fred Darling | 1:38.80 |
1937 | Le Ksar | Charles Semblat | Frank Carter | 1:44.60 |
1936 | Pay Up | Bobby Dick | Joseph Lawson | 1:39.60 |
1935 | Bahram | Freddie Fox | Frank Butters | 1:41.40 |
1934 | Colombo | Rae Johnstone | Thomas Hogg | 1:40.00 |
1933 | Rodosto | Roger Brethes | Henry Count | 1:40.40 |
1932 | Orwell | Bobby Jones | Joseph Lawson | 1:42.40 |
1931 | Cameronian | Joe Childs | Fred Darling | 1:39.40 |
1930 | Diolite | Freddie Fox | Fred Templeman | 1:42.40 |
1929 | Mr Jinks | Harry Beasley | Atty Persse | 1:39.80 |
1928 | Flamingo | Charlie Elliott | Jack Jarvis | 1:38.80 |
1927 | Adam’s Apple | Jack Leach | Harry Cottrill | 1:38.20 |
1926 | Colorado | Tommy Weston | George Lambton | 1:43.60 |
1925 | Manna | Steve Donoghue | Fred Darling | 1:39.40 |
1924 | Diophon | George Hulme | Dick Dawson | 1:39.00 |
1923 | Ellangowan | Charlie Elliott | Jack Jarvis | 1:37.80 |
1922 | St Louis | George Archibald | Peter Gilpin | 1:43.60 |
1921 | Craig An Eran | John Brennan | Alec Taylor Jr | 1:41.60 |
1920 | Tetratema | Brownie Carslake | Atty Persse | 1:43.20 |
1919 | The Panther | Dick Cooper | George Manser | 1:44.40 |
1918 | Gainsborough | Joe Childs | Alec Taylor Jr | 1:44.60 |
1917 | Gay Crusader | Steve Donoghue | Alec Taylor Jr | 1:40.80 |
1916 | Clarissimus | Jimmy Clark | Willie Waugh | 1:39.60 |
1915 | Pommern | Steve Donoghue | Charles Peck | 1:43.40 |
1914 | Kennymore | George Stern | Alec Taylor Jr | 1:38.00 |
1913 | Louvois | Johnny Reiff | Dawson Waugh | 1:38.80 |
1912 | Sweeper | Danny Maher | Atty Persse | 1:38.40 |
1911 | Sunstar | George Stern | Charles Morton | 1:37.60 |
1910 | Neil Gow | Danny Maher | Percy Peck | 1:40.40 |
1909 | Minoru | Herbert Jones | Richard Marsh | 1:37.80 |
1908 | Norman | Otto Madden | John Watson | 1:44.60 |
1907 | Slieve Gallion | Billy Higgs | Sam Darling | 1:41.80 |
1906 | Gorgos | Herbert Jones | Richard Marsh | 1:43.80 |
1905 | Vedas | Herbert Jones | Jack Robinson | 1:41.20 |
1904 | St Amant | Kempton Cannon | Alfred Hayhoe | 1:38.80 |
1903 | Rock Sand | Skeets Martin | George Blackwell | 1:42.00 |
1902 | Sceptre | Herbert Randall | Bob Sievier | 1:39.00 |
1901 | Handicapper | Bill Halsey | Fred Day | 1:43.00 |
1900 | Diamond Jubilee | Herbert Jones | Richard Marsh | 1:41.60 |
1899 | Flying Fox | Morny Cannon | John Porter | 1:43.00 |
1898 | Disraeli | Sam Loates | John Dawson Sr | 1:41.80 |
1897 | Galtee More | Charles Wood | Sam Darling | 1:40.60 |
1896 | St Frusquin | Tommy Loates | Alfred Hayhoe | 1:43.60 |
1895 | Kirkconnel | John Watts | Jos Day | 1:42.40 |
1894 | Ladas | John Watts | Matthew Dawson | 1:44.20 |
1893 | Isinglass | Tommy Loates | James Jewitt | 1:42.40 |
1892 | Bona Vista | Jack Robinson | William Arthur Jarvis | 1:54.00 |
1891 | Common | George Barrett | John Porter | 1:47.00 |
1890 | Surefoot | John Liddiard | Charles Jousiffe | 1:49.80 |
1889 | Enthusiast | Tom Cannon Sr | James Ryan | 1:45.20 |
1888 | Ayrshire | John Osborne Jr | George Dawson | 1:52.20 |
1887 | Enterprise | Tom Cannon Sr | James Ryan | 1:45.60 |
1886 | Ormonde | George Barrett | John Porter | 1:46.80 |
1885 | Paradox | Fred Archer | John Porter | 1:51.40 |
1884 | Scot Free | Billy Platt | Tom Chaloner | 1:48.00 |
1883 | Galliard | Fred Archer | Matthew Dawson | 1:50.40 |
1882 | Shotover | Tom Cannon Sr | John Porter | 1:53.40 |
1881 | Peregrine | Fred Webb | Robert Peck | 1:49.00 |
1880 | Petronel | George Fordham | Joe Cannon | 1:52.00 |
1879 | Charibert | Fred Archer | Matthew Dawson | 1:51.00 |
1878 | Pilgrimage | Tom Cannon Sr | Joe Cannon | 1:56.00 |
1877 | Chamant | Jem Goater | Tom Jennings Sr | 1:50.00 |
1876 | Petrarch | Harry Luke | John Dawson Sr | |
1875 | Camballo | John Osborne Jr | Matthew Dawson | |
1874 | Atlantic | Fred Archer | Matthew Dawson | |
1873 | Gang Forward | Tom Chaloner | Alec Taylor Sr | 1:46.00 |
1872 | Prince Charlie | John Osborne Jr | Joseph Dawson | |
1871 | Bothwell | John Osborne Jr | Tom Dawson | |
1870 | Macgregor | John Daley | J Waugh | |
1869 | Pretender | John Osborne Jr | Tom Dawson | |
1868 | Formosa* | George Fordham | Henry Woolcott | |
1868 | Moslem* | Tom Chaloner | Alec Taylor Sr | |
1867 | Vauban | George Fordham | John Day | |
1866 | Lord Lyon | R Thomas | James Dover | |
1865 | Gladiateur | Harry Grimshaw | Tom Jennings Sr | |
1864 | General Peel | Tom Aldcroft | Tom Dawson | 1:48.50 |
1863 | Macaroni | Tom Chaloner | James Godding | |
1862 | The Marquis | Tom Ashmall | John Scott | |
1861 | Diophantus | Arthur Edwards | Joseph Dawson | 1:43.00 |
1860 | The Wizard | Tom Ashmall | John Scott | |
1859 | The Promised Land | Alfred Day | William Day | |
1858 | Fitz-Roland | John Wells | George Manning | |
1857 | Vedette | John Osborne Jr | George Abdale | 1:51.00 |
1856 | Fazzoletto | Nat Flatman | John Scott | |
1855 | Lord Of The Isles | Tom Aldcroft | William Day | |
1854 | The Hermit | Alfred Day | John Day | |
1853 | West Australian | Frank Butler | John Scott | |
1852 | Stockwell | John Norman | William Harlock | |
1851 | Hernandez | Nat Flatman | John Kent Jr | |
1850 | Pitsford | Alfred Day | John Day | |
1849 | Nunnykirk | Frank Butler | John Scott | |
1848 | Flatcatcher | Jem Robinson | Henry Stebbing | |
1847 | Conyngham | Jem Robinson | John Day | |
1846 | Sir Tatton Sykes | Bill Scott | William Oates | |
1845 | Idas | Nat Flatman | Robert Boyce Jr | |
1844 | The Ugly Buck | John Day | John Barham Day | |
1843 | Cotherstone | Bill Scott | John Scott | |
1842 | Meteor | Bill Scott | John Scott | |
1841 | Ralph | John Barham Day | W Edwards | |
1840 | Crucifix | John Barham Day | John Barham Day | |
1839 | The Corsair | Bill Wakefield | John Doe | |
1838 | Grey Momus | John Barham Day | John Barham Day | |
1837 | Achmet | Edward Edwards | James Edwards | |
1836 | Bay Middleton | Jem Robinson | James Edwards | |
1835 | Ibrahim | Jem Robinson | James Edwards | |
1834 | Glencoe | Jem Robinson | James Edwards | |
1833 | Clearwell | Jem Robinson | ||
1832 | Archibald | Arthur Pervis | ||
1831 | Riddlesworth | Jem Robinson | James Edwards | |
1830 | Augustus | Patrick Conolly | Charles Marson | |
1829 | Patron | Frank Boyce | Charles Marson | |
1828 | Cadland | Jem Robinson | Dixon Boyce | |
1827 | Turcoman | Frank Buckle | Robert Robson | |
1826 | Dervise | John Barham Day | Robert Robson | |
1825 | Enamel | Jem Robinson | Charles Marson | |
1824 | Schahriar | Will Wheatley | ||
1823 | Nicolo | Will Wheatley | Joe Rogers | |
1822 | Pastille | Frank Buckle | Robert Robson | |
1821 | Reginald | Frank Buckle | Robert Robson | |
1820 | Pindarrie | Frank Buckle | Robert Robson | |
1819 | Antar | Edward Edwards | James Edwards | |
1818 | Interpreter | Bill Clift | Richard Prince | |
1817 | Manfred | Will Wheatley | Robert Stephenson | |
1816 | Nectar | Bill Arnull | Dixon Boyce | |
1815 | Tigris | Bill Arnull | Dixon Boyce | |
1814 | Olive | Bill Arnull | Dixon Boyce | |
1813 | Smolensko | H Miller | Crouch | |
1812 | Cwrw | Sam Chifney Jr | William Chifney | |
1811 | Trophonius | Sam Barnard | Dixon Boyce | |
1810 | Hephestion | Frank Buckle | Robert Robson | |
1809 | Wizard | Bill Clift | Tom Perren |
