2016 1000 Guineas

203rd 1000 Guineas Stakes 1000 Guineas Newmarket Racecourse 1 May 2016 Minding (IRE) Ryan Moore Aidan O'Brien (IRE) Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor 2015 The 2016 1000 Guineas Stakes was a horse race held at Newmarket Racecourse on Sunday 1 May 2016. It was the 203rd running of the 1000 Guineas. The winner was Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor's Minding, an Irish-bred bay filly trained at Ballydoyle by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Ryan Moore. Minding's victory was the third in the race for Moore after Homecoming Queen (2012, trained by O'Brien) and Legatissimo (2015). O'Brien had also won the race in 1996 with Virginia Waters. The contenders The race attracted a field of sixteen runners, ten trained in the United Kingdom, five in Ireland and one in France. The favourite for the race was the Irish-trained Minding who had won the Moyglare Stud Stakes and Fillies' Mile in 2015 and had been voted Cartier Champion Two-year-old Filly. She was accompanied by her stable companions Ballydoyle, who had beaten Minding in the Debutante Stakes and won the Prix Marcel Boussac, and Alice Springs, the runner-up in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. The other two Irish runners were Turret Rocks (May Hill Stakes) and Jet Setting (Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial). France was represented by the Criquette Head-trained Midweek, who had finished second in the Prix Imprudence. The best fancied of the British contingent were Lumiere (Cheveley Park Stakes) and Nathrah (Nell Gwyn Stakes), whilst the other runners included Fireglow (Star Stakes, Montrose Stakes), Blue Bayou (Sweet Solera Stakes and Epsom Icon (Washington Singer Stakes). Minding headed the betting at odds of 11/10 ahead of Lumiere (13/2), Ballydoyle (15/2) Nathrah (8/1) and Midweek (12/1).https://www.racingpost.com/results/38/newmarket/2016-05-01/635197 1000 Guineas result, 2016 Racing Post 1 May 2016 2016-05-02 The race The starting stalls were positioned on the stand-side (the left-hand side from the jockeys' viewpoint) and the fillies raced in a single group on the stand-side throughout the race. Lumiere broke quickly and tracked to the rail to set the early pace, with Minding, Fireglow, Turret Rocks, Jet Setting and Sharja Queen close behind. As the fillies approached the cutaway two furlongs from the finish Lumiere began to struggle and dropped back quickly. Minding, racing towards the centre of the leading group, went to the front and opened up a clear advantage as Alice Springs moved into second and Ballydoyle, who had struggled to obtain a clear run, began to make rapid progress along the rail. Most of the other runners were under pressure with only Fireglow able to stay in contention with the O'Brien trio. Minding never looked in any danger of defeat in the final furlong and won by three and a half lengths from Ballydoyle with Alice Springs completing a 1-2-3 for the trainer by beating Fireglow for third. Nathra took fifth ahead of Turret Rocks and the 50/1 outsider Mix and Mingle. Lumiere finished last.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/may/01/minding-1000-guineas-derby-aidan-obrien-ryan-moore-newmarket-horse-racing Minding’s 1,000 Guineas superiority prompts talk of gatecrashing Derby 1 May 2016 Chris Cook The Guardian Race details Sponsor: QIPCO First prize: £297,018 Surface: Turf Going: Good Distance: 8 furlongs Number of runners: 16 Winner's time: 1:36.53 Full result Pos. Marg. Horse (bred) Jockey Trainer (Country) Odds 1 Minding (IRE) Ryan Moore Aidan O'Brien (IRE) 11/10 fav 2 3½ Ballydoyle (IRE) Seamie Heffernan Aidan O'Brien (IRE) 15/2 3 ½ Alice Springs (IRE) Colm O'Donoghue Aidan O'Brien (IRE) 16/1 4 nk Fireglow (GB) James Doyle Mark Johnston (GB) 40/1 5 2 Nathra (IRE) Frankie Dettori John Gosden (GB) 8/1 6 nk Turret Rocks (IRE) Kevin Manning Jim Bolger (IRE) 20/1 7 1 Mix and Mingle (IRE) Ted Durcan Chris Wall (GB) 50/1 8 hd Midweek (GB) Vincent Chemineaud Criquette Head (FR) 12/1 9 1 Jet Setting (IRE) Shane Foley Adrian Keatley (IRE) 33/1 10 3¼ Aljazzi (GB) Jim Crowley Marco Botti (GB) 100/1 11 ½ Epsom Icon (GB) Charles Bishop Mick Channon (GB) 100/1 12 4 Robanne (GB) Silvestre de Sousa William Knight (GB) 50/1 13 2¼ Blue Bayou (GB) Jimmy Fortune Brian Meehan (GB) 50/1 14 5 Illuminate (IRE) Pat Smullen Richard Hannon Jr. (GB) 25/1 15 6 Sharja Queen (GB) Andrea Atzeni Roger Varian (GB) 66/1 16 2 Lumiere (GB) William Buick Mark Johnston (GB) 13/2 Abbreviations: nse = nose; nk = neck; shd = head; hd = head; dist = distance; UR = unseated rider; DSQ = disqualified; PU = pulled up Winner's details Further details of the winner, Minding Foaled: 10 February 2013 Country: Ireland Sire: Galileo; Dam: Lillie Langtry (Danehill Dancer) Owner: Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor Breeder: Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt References 1000 Guineas 2016 Category:2016 in British sport 1000 Guineas 1000 Guineas