The season’s first Classic takes place this Saturday at Newmarket, but who won last year’s 2000 Guineas? See all you need to know about recent 2000 Guineas winners including the 2025 renewal.
2000 Guineas Winners – Who Won The Race Last Year?
Last year’s 2000 Guineas was won by RULING COURT for Charlie Appleby with William Buick in the saddle.
The Godolphin-owned horse won at odds of 9/2 and it was a third Guineas win in four years for trainer Appleby. He won it the year before that (2024) with Notable Speech too and in 2022 with Coroebus.
Ruling Court beat favourite Field Of Gold by half-a-length in a huge success for the yard.
Appleby and Buick would also combine for the 1000 Guineas the next day with Desert Flower.
WATCH: Ruling Court Wins 2000 Guineas
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Ruling Court didn’t win again after his success in the 2000 Guineas and he was a non-runner in the Epsom Derby.
He would not join the iconic list of horses that won the 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby – with just four horses doing so since 1970.
The son of Justify was third in both the St James’s Palace at Royal Ascot and the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown.
And sadly, he passed away as a three-year-old following problems with a hoof disease called laminitis.
Last 10 2000 Guineas Winners
- 2025 – Ruling Court 9/2 (Charlie Appleby)
- 2024 – Notable Speech 16/1 (Charlie Appleby)
- 2023 – Chaldean 7/2 (Andrew Balding)
- 2022 – Coroebus 5/1 (Charlie Appleby)
- 2021 – Poetic Flare 16/1 (Jim Bolger)
- 2020 – Kameko 10/1 (Andrew Balding)
- 2019 – Magna Grecia 11/2 (Aidan O’Brien)
- 2018 – Saxon Warrior 3/1 (Aidan O’Brien)
- 2017 – Churchill 6/4 (Aidan O’Brien)
- 2016 – Galileo Gold 14/1 (Hugo Palmer)
2000 Guineas Race Details
📅 Date: Saturday, 2nd May 2026
⌚ Time: 3:35pm
🏇 Racecourse: Newmarket
🔄 Trip: 1m
💷 Winner: £297,728
📺 TV: ITV Racing / Racing TV
Godolphin Have Great Chance To Win ANOTHER 2000 Guineas
Last year’s winning connections once again have a solid chance at 2000 Guineas glory.
The yard will run both DISTANT STORM and KING’S TRAIL on Saturday at Newmarket.
Distant Storm was a Group 3 winner last year and wasn’t beaten far in the Dewhurst. Can relish the step up to a mile and is heavily respected.
They also have King’s Trail in the race and being by 2000 Guineas winner Sea the Stars, he also entitles respect like his stablemate.
King’s Trail has only raced twice and both were easy enough wins at Kempton. It’s worth noting he won the same Kempton race that Notable Speech did en route to winning the Guineas in 2024.
WATCH: King’s Trail Wins At Kempton
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— French and International Horse Racing (@Vincenzo0612) March 28, 2026
Latest 2000 Guineas Betting Odds
- Bow Echo 11/4 (George Boughey)
- Distant Storm 9/2 (Charlie Appleby)
- Gstaad 5/1 (Aidan O’Brien)
- King’s Trail 8/1 (Charlie Appleby)
- Oxagon 12/1 (John & Thady Gosden)
- Avicenna 16/1 (Roger Varian)
- Alpaslan 20/1 (Karl Burke)
- Needle Match 25/1 (William Haggas)
- Thesecretadversary 28/1 (J A Stack)
- Into The Sky 33/1 (Jim Boyle)
- Padraig Dawn 40/1 (Charlie Pike)
- Power Blue 66/1 (Robson De Aguiar)
- Venetian Prince 150/1 (Andrew Balding)
- Billecart 200/1 (Karl Burke)
- Lord Britain 250/1 (Ismail Mohammed)
Also see our 2000 Guineas trends put together by Andy Newton.
