The 2015 1000 Guineas Stakes was a

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held at Newmarket Racecourse on Sunday 3 May 2015. It was the 202nd running of the

1000 Guineas The 1000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 ...

. The winner was

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, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith's

Legatissimo Legatissimo (foaled 22 April 2012) is a British-bred Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. After showing some promise as a juvenile, she showed marked improvement in the spring of 2015 and recorded her first major success in the 1000 Guineas. On ...

, a British-bred

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trained in County Tipperary, Ireland by

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and ridden by Ryan Moore. Legatissimo's victory was the first in the race for Wachman, the second for Moore and the third for the Magnier/Tabor/Smith partnership.

The contenders

The race attracted a field of thirteen runners, nine trained in the United Kingdom and four in Ireland: there were no challengers from

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. Following the withdrawal of the ante-post favourite Found, the leading Irish contender was the Jim Bolger-trained Lucida, who had won the

Rockfel Stakes The Rockfel Stakes is a Group races, Group 2 Flat racing, flat Horse racing, horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old Filly, fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket Racecourse, New ...

in 2014 whilst the Aidan O'Brien stable was represented by the C. L. Weld Park Stakes winner

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. The County Tipperary stable of David Wachmann had two runners, Legatissimo (winner of a Listed race on her most recent appearance) and Queen Nefertiti. The British runners included

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who had been named the Champion Two-year-old Filly after wins in the Weatherbys Super Sprint,

Lowther Stakes The Lowther Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old fillies. It is run at York over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each ...

and Cheveley Park Stakes. The lightly-raced pair Redstart and Jellicle Ball, who had finished first and second ahead of Tiggy Wiggy in the Fred Darling Stakes were also in the field. The other runners included Fadhayyil (runner-up in the Rockfel Stakes), Osaila ( Nell Gwyn Stakes), Malabar (

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) and the Godolphin representative Local Time, who had won her last six races including the UAE 1000 Guineas and the UAE Oaks. The field was completed by the Listed race winners Irish Rookie (Montrose Stakes) and Terror (Bosra Sham Stakes). Lucida headed the betting at odds of 9/2 ahead of Legatissimo (13/2) with Fadhayyil and Jellicle Ball on 7/1. Next in the market were Osaila (15/2), Tiggy Wiggy (9/1) and Malabar (11/1).

The race

Redstart broke quickly and set the pace along the stands side from Tiggy Wigqy who raced in the centre of the course before moving over to join the main group. Local Time and Queen Nefertiti and were among the leaders whilst Lucida and Legatissimo were towards the rear. Two furlongs out, as the fillies reached the cut-away, the race appeared to be wide-open, with all thirteen runners closely grouped. Lucida made rapid progress on the outside and overtook Tiggy Wiggy to take the lead approaching the final furlong, but Legatissimo quickly emerged as a serious challenger. The two Irish fillies drew away from the other runners, with Legatissimo prevailing by three quarters of a length. There was a gap of four and a half lengths back to Tiggy Wiggy who took third ahead of Malabar and Fadhayyil. The winning time of 1:34.60 was the second fastest in the history of the race and almost a second faster than Gleneagles ran in the

2000 Guineas The 2000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) and scheduled to take place each year at ...

on the same course a day earlier.

Race details

* Sponsor: QIPCO * First prize: £232,511 * Surface: Turf * Going: Good to Firm * Distance: 8 furlongs * Number of runners: 13 * Winner's time:1:34.60

Full result

* 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, Legatissimo * Foaled: 22 April 2012 * Country: United Kingdom * Sire:

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; Dam: Yummy Mummy ( Montjeu) * Owner: Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier * Breeder: Newsells Park Stud

References

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