The Thousand Guineas

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The Thousand Guineas
Group 1 race
Chicquita 1949 VATC One Thousand Guineas Jockey Charlie Waymouth Trainer Tony Lopes.jpg
Chicquita, 1949 winner
Location Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
Inaugurated1946
Race type Thoroughbred
Sponsor Schweppes (2022)
Race information
Distance1,600 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree year old fillies
WeightSet weights 55.5  kg
Purse $1,000,000 (2022)

The Thousand Guineas is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three year old fillies at set weights run over a distance of 1600 metres at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in early October. Total prize money for the race is A$1,000,000. [1]

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Yosei, 2010 winner wearing the winner's rug Yosei at Caulfield.jpg
Yosei, 2010 winner wearing the winner's rug

History

Prior to 1988 the race was run on the third day of the carnival on the Caulfield Cup racecard. [2] Between 1988 and 2013 the race was scheduled on the second day of the MRC Spring Carnival which is held on a Wednesday but it was moved to the first day in 2014 until 2020. From 2021 to 2022, the race was again moved onto the second day of the MRC Spring Carnival before moving to the first saturday after the Melbourne Cup Carnival, leaving the MRC Spring Carnival.

Distance

Grade

1950 racebook

Winners

† Dead heat

See also

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