New Zealand 2000 Guineas
| Group I race | |
| Location |
Riccarton Park Christchurch, New Zealand |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1973 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | Riccarton Park |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1600m (1 mile) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds |
| Weight | Set-Weights |
| Purse | NZ$400,000 |
The 2000 Guineas is a set-weights Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses run over a distance of 1600 m at Riccarton Park in Christchurch, New Zealand. As of 2009, it is held on the first day of Christchurch's famous New Zealand Cup Week, which is the Saturday following the Melbourne Cup in November.
History
Until 1973, both the New Zealand Oaks and the New Zealand Derby were run at Riccarton. When those races were moved to Trentham and Ellerslie respectively, Riccarton was awarded two new classic races, the 1000 and 2000 Guineas over 1600m. These races are based on those of the same name in the United Kingdom, run at Newmarket in the first weekend in May.
Both races have quickly established themselves on the New Zealand calendar. Among the best recent winners of the 2000 Guineas are Jimmy Choux, Katie Lee, Darci Brahma, King's Chapel and Veandercross. 2012 winner Sacred Falls went on to win Sydney's Doncaster Handicap in the autumn.
Jockey Opie Bosson has won the race a record six times with Danske (1998), Buzz Lightyear (1999), King's Chapel (2003), Katie Lee (2009), Atlante (2013) and Turn Me Loose (2014).
Winners of the New Zealand 2000 Guineas
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Turn Me Loose | Opie Bosson | Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman | S Brown, L de Souza, T Hartley, J Lark, D Painter, J Robertson & P Vawdrey | 1:35.00 |
| 2013 | Atlante | Opie Bosson | Murray Baker | Ms. R. Phillippo | 1:36.47 |
| 2012 | Sacred Falls | Leith Innes | T Pike & M Donoghue | Raffles Dancers Ltd | 1:34.95 |
| 2011 | Rock 'n' Pop | Jamie Bullard | Jason Bridgman | Te Akau Rock 'n' Pop Syndicate | 1:35.62 |
| 2010 | Jimmy Choux | Jonathan Riddell | John Bary | Chouxmaani Investments Ltd. | 1:39.46 |
| 2009 | Katie Lee | Opie Bosson | G & D Rogerson | Sir Patrick & Lady Hogan | 1:34.91 |
| 2008 | Tell A Tale | Troy Harris | Mark Walker | Fortuna (No 5) Syndicate | 1:34.28 |
| 2007 | The Pooka | Lisa Cropp | John Wheeler | Markwood Lodge | 1:35.18 |
| 2006 | Magic Cape | Patrick Holmes | Shaune Ritchie | PC Alexandre et al. | 1:38.08 |
| 2005 | Darci Brahma | Michael Walker | Mark Walker | Te Akau Stud | 1:37.35 |
| 2004 | Clean Sweep | Michael Coleman | M Moroney & A Scott | MP Brown et al. | 1:34.92 |
| 2003 | King's Chapel | Opie Bosson | Mark Walker | Tauranga Syndicate | 1:36.34 |
| 2002 | Hustler | Noel Harris | Paul Harris | PW Jolly & JP Reid | 1:35.64 |
| 2001 | Master Belt | Brian Hibberd | Kevin Gray | K & KA Gray | 1:34.61 |
| 2000 | Tit For Taat | Hayden Tinsley | W & A Herbert | RI & WS Scott | 1:37.37 |
| 1999 | Buzz Lightyear | Opie Bosson | Robert Priscott | TW, MT & CE Jarvis | 1:35.09 |
| 1998 | Danske | Opie Bosson | 1:34.41 | ||
| 1997 | Foxwood | Bruce Herd | Roger James | 1:34.24 | |
| 1996 | Hero | Catherine Treymane | Jim Campin | 1:34.79 | |
| 1995 | Be Boss | Robert Vance | Jenny Vance | 1:36.02 | |
| 1994 | Avedon | Darryl Bradley | 1:36.71 | ||
| 1993 | Facing The Music | Chris Johnson | Mike Ingram | Mike Ingram | 1:35.69 |
| 1992 | Hulastrike | Lance O'Sullivan | 1:34.14 | ||
| 1991 | Veandercross | Jim Walker | 1:35.78 | ||
| 1990 | Surfers Paradise | D Lang | Dave O'Sullivan | 1:34.12 | |
| 1989 | Finnegan Fox | Larry Cassidy | 1:36.20 | ||
| 1988 | Krona | Peter Tims | 1:34.53 | ||
| 1987 | Weston Lea | Tony Allan | 1:35.54 | ||
| 1986 | Steely Dan | Gary Grylls | 1:36.85 | ||
| 1985 | Random Chance | Shane Anderton | Brian Anderton | 1:35.48 | |
| 1984 | Kingdom Bay | Noel Harris | 1:34.64 | ||
| 1983 | Gaffa | Grant Cooksley | 1:35.42 | ||
| 1982 | Clansman | A Robinson | 1:38.84 | ||
| 1981 | Altitude | Stephen Autridge | 1:36.05 | ||
| 1980 | Sir Avon | 1:41.69 | |||
| 1979 | Little Brown Jug | ||||
| 1978 | Teddy Doon | ||||
| 1977 | Uncle Remus | Robert Vance | Colin Jillings | K F Clotworthy & Mrs G M Donaldson | |
| 1976 | Vice Regal | ||||
| 1975 | Balmerino | Maurice Campbell | Brian Smith | Ralph K Stuart | |
| 1974 | Persuasian | ||||
| 1973 | Furys Order | Brent Thomson | |||