Horse race
The 2015 2000 Guineas Stakes was the 207th running of the 2000 Guineas Stakes horse race. It was run over one mile at Newmarket Racecourse on 2 May 2015.[1] With the favourite going off at 4/1, this was the most open renewal since 2007 where Adagio headed the field at the same price.[2] Most of the winter ante-post market leaders met the starter at Newmarket - notable absentees being Faydhan, who disappointed in the Free Handicap, and Highland Reel who was diverted to France.[3]
Race details
- Sponsor: QIPCO
- Winner's prize money: £282,841
- Going: Good to Firm
- Number of runners: 18
- Winner's time: 1 minute, 37.55 seconds[1]
Full result
* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter – nk = neck[1]
Winner details
Further details of the winner, Gleneagles:[4]
Two-year-old races
Notable runs by the future 2000 Guineas participants as two-year-olds in 2014:
- Cappella Sansevero - 1st Marble Hill Stakes, 2nd Coventry Stakes, 3rd Phoenix Stakes, 1st Round Tower Stakes
- Celestial Path - 3rd Racing Post Trophy
- Code Red - 1st Scott Dobson Memorial Doncaster Stakes
- Dutch Connection - 1st Acomb Stakes, 3rd Vincent O'Brien National Stakes
- Estidhkaar - 1st Superlative Stakes, 1st Champagne Stakes
- Gleneagles - 1st Tyros Stakes, 1st Futurity Stakes, 1stVincent O'Brien National Stakes, 1st (placed 3rd) Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère
- Home Of The Brave - 3rd Sirenia Stakes
- Ivawood - 1st July Stakes, 1st Richmond Stakes, 2nd Middle Park Stakes
- Kool Kompany - 1st Rochestown Stakes, 1st Railway Stakes, 1st Prix Robert Papin, 2nd Phoenix Stakes
- Ol' Man River - 1st Beresford Stakes
- Room Key - 3rd Vintage Stakes
- Territories - 3rd Prix La Rochette, 2nd Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère
The road to Newmarket
Early-season appearances in 2013, prior to running in the 2000 Guineas:
Subsequent Group 1 wins
Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the 2000 Guineas:
Subsequent breeding careers
Leading progeny of participants in the 2015 2000 Guineas Stakes.[5][6][7]
Gleneagles (1st) - Royal Dornoch (1st Royal Lodge Stakes 2019), Royal Lytham - (1st July Stakes 2019)
Ivawood (3rd) - Chares (1st Criterium de Lyon 2019)
Territories (2nd) - Minor flat winners
Estidhkaar (14th) - Minor flat winners
Ol' Man River (18th) - Offspring yet to race
Kool Kompany (13th) - Exported to Spain
References