2000 Guineas Trends 2026

April 27, 2026
Andy Newton

The now Betfred-sponsored 2,000 Guineas is a race run over 1m and is the first of the five English Classics to be run each season - with the 1,000 Guineas run the following day.

Both races are staged at Newmarket racecourse, and for 3 year-olds only, the race is also seen as an early-season guide to that year’s Epsom Derby – the last horses to land both races in the same season were Sea The Stars (2009) and Camelot (2012).

The 2025 running of the 2000 Guineas was won by the Charlie Appleby-trained Ruling with William Buick riding. With the pair also winning the race in 2024 with Notable Speech.

Here at GEEGEEZ, we take a look back at past winners and highlights the key trends and stats ahead of the 2026 renewal – this year run on Saturday 2nd May 2026.

Key 2,000 Guineas Stat - 15 of the last 24 winners of the 2,000 Guineas came from the top 3 in the betting?

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Recent 2,000 Guineas Winners

2025 - Ruling Court (9/2)
2024 - Notable Speech (16/1)
2023 - Chaldean (7/2)
2022 - Coroebus (5/1)
2021 - Poetic Flare (16/1)
2020 – Kameko (10/1)
2019 – Magna Grecia (11/2)
2018 - Saxon Warrior (3/1)
2017 - Churchill (6/4 fav)
2016 – Galileo Gold (14/1)
2015 – Gleneagles (4/1 fav)
2014 – Night Of Thunder (40/1)
2013 – Dawn Approach (11/8 fav)
2012 – Camelot (15/8 fav)
2011 – Frankel (1/2 fav)
2010 – Makfi (33/1)
2009 – Sea The Stars (8/1)
2008 – Henrythenavigator (11/1)
2007 – Cockney Rebel (25/1)
2006 – George Washington (6/4 fav)
2005 – Footstepsinthesand (13/2)
2004 – Haafhd (11/2)
2003 – Refuse to Bend (9/2)
2002 – Rock of Gibraltar (9/1)

Note: The 2020 running was staged in June (Covid-19)

2,000 Guineas Trends & Stats

23/24 – Finished in the top 3 last time out
22/24 – Had won over at least 7f before
22/24 – Had won between 2-5 times before
20/24 – Had won a Group race before
20/24 – Drawn in stall 12 or lower
19/24 – Won last time out
19/24 – Winning distance – less than 2 lengths
16/24 – Had won just 2 or 3 times in their career before
15/24 – Having their first run of the season
15/24 – Came from the top 3 in the betting
14/24 – Placed favourites
12/24 – Won by an Irish-based yard
12/24 – Irish bred
11/24 – Had won over a mile before
9/24 – Won by trainer Aidan O’Brien (10 wins in total)
9/24 – Drawn in stalls 1 or 3
7/24 – Had won at Newmarket (Rowley) before
6/24 – Winning favourites
5/24 – Won the Dewhurst Stakes the previous season
5/24 – Won the Vincent O’Brien National Stakes
3/24 – Ran at the Curragh last time out
2/24 - Trained by Andrew Balding (2 of the last 6)
2/24 - Trained by Charlie Appleby (3 of the last 4)
10 of the last 16 winners came from stalls 6 or lower
The average winning SP in the last 24 years is 9/1

Other 2,000 Guineas Facts

- Aidan O’Brien has won the race in 1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018 & 2019
- Frankie Dettori rode the winner in 1996, 1999 & 2016
- Trainer John Gosden has never won the 2000 Guineas
- Trainer Charlie Appleby has won the last two runnings (3 of the last 4)

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