Thousand Guineas
Britishnoun
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But he showed his old touch on other occasions this season by winning the Oaks at Epsom Downs and the One Thousand Guineas at Newmarket with Sir Victor's Exhibitionist, the Irish Derby with Phideas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mid-Day Sun's best previous performance had been to place third at Newmarket this year in the Two Thousand Guineas race, which Le Ksar won.
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Sun Chariot, a saucy little filly, had flounced off with the Thousand Guineas and the Oaks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Favorite in the field of 21 three-year-olds was the Duke of Westminster's Lambert Simnel, winner of last spring's Two Thousand Guineas.
From Time Magazine Archive
He claims to be "Worth a Thousand Guineas a 'Box.'"
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 8, 1891 by Various
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