5 things you didn't know about Newmarket 2000 Guineas Day
May 2nd, 2013
Young Guns
In the Palace House Stakes, horses aged 7 or over have won only 1 of the last 16 renewals from 47 who have tried. That's 59% lower than expectations. There are two horses aged 7+ in this years field, Kingsgate Native and Tangerine Trees.
Good Form
In the Palace House Stakes, horse who won last time out (in the UK or IRE) have won 10 of the last 16 renewals from just 56 runners. That's an amazing 75% higher than expectations and you could have backed all 56 of them and returned a £17 profit to a £1 stake on each. The last time out winners in this years field are Sole Power, Tangerine Trees, Heeraat and Spirit Quartz.
Damn Yankee's
In the 2000 Guineas just 2 winners were USA bred horses from 72 that have contested the race in the last 16 runnings. That's 57% lower than the expected winners from this group. This year we have two USA breds, Cristoforo Colombo and George Vancouver.
Hannon Placers
In the 2000 Guineas Richard Hannon has had 25 runners in the last 13 years, without having a winner, but 5 have placed for a win and place strike rate of 20%. He has two runners this year, Toronado and Van Der Neer.
Young Guns II
In the Jockey Club Stakes all of the last 16 winners were aged 4 or 5. This is 22% above expectations. This year with have just four runners, Noble Mission and Universal are 4 year olds, while the other two are 6 year olds.