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title: "How Many Times Has Aidan O’Brien Won The 2000 Guineas?"
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# How Many Times Has Aidan O’Brien Won The 2000 Guineas?

**The first Classic of the season takes place this weekend at Newmarket, so how many times has Aidan O’Brien won the 2000 Guineas?**

### Aidan O’Brien 2000 Guineas Winners: How Many Has The Ballydoyle Maestro Had?

Despite not winning the race since 2019, **there has been 10 Aidan O’Brien 2000 Guineas winners** – could he get an 11th this weekend?

Whilst it’s been a while in-between drinks for O’Brien, he [supplemented Gstaad for the race](https://readhorseracing.com/2026/04/27/aidan-obrien-supplements-gstaad-for-2000-guineas-ahead-of-newmarket-classic/) earlier this week.

This can give him a stronger hand in the race, and he now has four horses entered.

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### King Of Kings Was O’Brien’s First 2000 Guineas Winner In 1998

Winning the 1998 2000 Guineas with King of Kings was a milestone in O’Brien’s career given it was the first time he had won the Newmarket Classic.

King of Kings was a classy two-year-old and the world was at his feet when bolting up in the 2000 Guineas. He would head to the [Epsom Derby](https://readhorseracing.com/2026/04/13/epsom-derby-betting-odds/) next time out, but unfortunately suffered a career-ending injury and was retired to stud.

#### WATCH: King Of Kings Wins Aidan O’Brien His First 2000 Guineas

[YouTube video player (embedded)](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/QQaxX_bUCiA?si=NuKVP_FniMBvKlQa)

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### All 10 Aidan O’Brien 2000 Guineas Winners

- King of Kings – 1998
- Rock of Gibraltar – 2002
- Footstepsinthesand – 2005
- George Washington – 2006
- Henrythenavigator – 2008
- Camelot – 2012
- Gleneagles – 2015
- Churchill – 2017
- Saxon Warrior – 2018
- Magna Grecia – 2019

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### Aidan O’Brien 2000 Guineas Runners 2026

Despite **GSTAAD** being supplemented for the [2000 Guineas](https://readhorseracing.com/2026/04/28/2000-guineas-trends-newmarket-stats/), he still may not run at Newmarket – and could head to the French equivalent instead.

Coolmore paid £30,000 to get him in the race, but a final decision will be made on Thursday when final declarations close.

Gstaad was a solid two-year-old and earned £786,053 as a juvenile.

He made a successful debut at Navan last May, and followed up that success with an easy win in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot.

The son of Starspangledbanner was then a beaten favourite in Group 1 company in his next three races. However, he would head to Del Mar next and end his two-year-old campaign with a victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf.

#### WATCH: Gstaad Wins Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (1m)

[YouTube video player (embedded)](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/z_ff8N8fmIM?si=UNegl6yVwgnZ7glL)

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### 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 check out the [2000 Guineas trends](https://readhorseracing.com/2026/04/28/2000-guineas-trends-newmarket-stats/) from our expert Andy Newton.