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Thousand Guineas

British  

noun

  1. Also known as: the One Thousand Guineas(functioning as singular) an annual horse race, restricted to fillies, run at Newmarket since 1814

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Sun Chariot, a saucy little filly, had flounced off with the Thousand Guineas and the Oaks.

From Time Magazine Archive

Big Game, a rugged, easygoing colt, had taken the Two Thousand Guineas.

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jim Broadbridge's first great match was in 1815, for Sussex against the Epsom Club, including Lambert and Lord Frederick Beauclerk, for a Thousand Guineas.

From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur

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