The 1,000 Guineas Stakes is a Group One Flat race open to three-year-old fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile racecourse at Newmarket over a distance of one mile, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late April or early May.
It is the second of Britain’s five Classic races and was first run in 1814. The race was named according to their original prize funds —a guinea amounted to 21 shillings, or £1.05.
The 1,000 Guineas is served by trial races such as the Nell Gwyn Stakes and the Fred Darling Stakes. The 1,000 Guineas can act as a trial for the Oaks, and the last horse to win both was Love in 2020.
Top jockeys and trainers
The jockey with the most wins in the 1,000 Guineas is George Fordham, who won seven times – Mayonaise (1859), Nemesis (1861), Siberia (1865), Formosa (1868), Scottish Queen (1869), Thebais (1881), Hauteur (1883)
The winning-most trainer of this race is Robert Robson, who clocked nine wins – Corinne (1818), Catgut (1819), Rowena (1820), Zeal (1821), Whizgig (1822), Zinc (1823), Tontine (1825), Problem (1826), Arab (1827). In more recent times, Aidan O’Brien collected his eighth win in 2026 with True Love.
1,000 Guineas winners since 2016
2016: Minding, ridden by Ryan Moore, trained by Aidan O’Brien and owned by Magnier/Tabor/Smith
2017: Winter, ridden by Wayne Lordan trained by Aidan O’Brien and owned by Magnier/Tabor/Smith
2018: Billesdon Brook, ridden by Sean Levey, trained by Richard Hannon Jr. and owned by Pall Mall Partners
2019: Hermosa, ridden by Wayne Lordan, trained by Aidan O’Brien and owned by Magnier/Tabor/Smith
2020: Love, ridden by Ryan Moore, trained by Aidan O’Brien and owned by Magnier/Tabor/Smith
2021: Mother Earth, ridden by Frankie Dettori, trained by A P O’Brien and owned by Smith/Magnier/Tabor
2022: Cachet, ridden by James Doyle, trained by George Boughey and owned by Highclere
2023: Mawj, ridden by Oisin Murphy, trained by Saeed bin Suroor and owned by Godolphin
2024: Elmalka, ridden by Silvestre De Sousa, trained by Roger Varian and owned by Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum
2025: Desert Flower, ridden by William Buick, trained by Charlie Appleby and owned by Godolphin
2026: True Love, ridden by Wayne Lordan, trained by Aidan O’Brien and owned by Tabor/Smith/Magnier
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