2000 Guineas Stakes | |
Location | Newmarket Racecourse |
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Date | 2 May 2015 |
Winning horse | Gleneagles |
Starting price | 4/1 fav |
Jockey | Ryan Moore |
Trainer | Aidan O'Brien |
Owner | Michael Tabor, Susan Magnier & Derrick Smith |
Conditions | Good to firm |
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]
Dist * | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | SP | |
1 | Gleneagles | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | 4/1 fav | |
2 | 2¼ | Territories | Mickael Barzalona | André Fabre | 5/1 |
3 | ¾ | Ivawood | Richard Hughes | Richard Hannon, Sr. | 10/1 |
4 | ½ | Bossy Guest | Charles Bishop | Mick Channon | 50/1 |
5 | 2 | Celestial Path | Luke Morris | Sir Mark Prescott | 14/1 |
6 | 1½ | Home Of The Brave | James Doyle | Hugo Palmer | 25/1 |
7 | ¾ | Dutch Connection | William Buick | Charles Hills | 25/1 |
8 | shd | Moheet | Frankie Dettori | Richard Hannon, Sr. | 20/1 |
9 | nse | Ride Like The Wind | Maxime Guyon | Freddy Head | 20/1 |
10 | ¾ | See Me Now | Daniel Tudhope | David O'Meara | 100/1 |
11 | ½ | Cappella Sansevero | Andrea Atzeni | Ger Lyons | 40/1 |
12 | 1 | Code Red | Martin Dwyer | William Muir | 100/1 |
13 | ½ | Kool Kompany | Pat Dobbs | Richard Hannon, Sr. | 20/1 |
14 | 1½ | Estidhkaar | Paul Hanagan | Richard Hannon, Sr. | 6/1 |
15 | 1 | Intilaaq | Dane O'Neill | Roger Varian | 8/1 |
16 | 1 | Room Key | Jimmy Fortune (jockey) | Eve Johnson Houghton | 100/1 |
17 | 6 | Glenalmond | Kieren Fallon | Karl Burke | 66/1 |
18 | 27 | Ol' Man River | Joseph O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien | 100/1 |
* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter – nk = neck [1]
Further details of the winner, Gleneagles: [4]
Notable runs by the future 2000 Guineas participants as two-year-olds in 2014:
Early-season appearances in 2013, prior to running in the 2000 Guineas:
Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the 2000 Guineas:
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
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