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Premio Regina Elena

Premio Regina Elena (Italian 1,000 Guineas) Group 3 race Location Capannelle Racecourse Rome, Italy Inaugurated 1907 Race type Flat / Thoroughbred Sponsor Shadwell Racing Website Capannelle Race information Distance 1,600 metres (1 mile) Surface Turf Track Right-handed Qualification Three-year-old fillies Weight 56 kg Purse €110,000 (2012) 1st: €42,500 The Premio Regina Elena is a Group 3 flat horse race in Italy open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile) at Capannelle in April or May. It is Italy's equivalent of the 1000 Guineas, a famous race in England. Contents 1 History 2 Records 3 Winners since 1985 4 Earlier winners 5 See also 6 References History The event is named after Elena of Montenegro, who became Queen of Italy when her husband acceded to the throne in 1900. It was established in 1907, and the inaugural runnin

1000 Guineas Stakes

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For races of a similar name, see Thousand Guineas (disambiguation). For the 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes, see 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes. 1000 Guineas Stakes Group 1 race Location Rowley Mile Newmarket, Suffolk, England Inaugurated 1814 Race type Flat / Thoroughbred Sponsor QIPCO Website Newmarket Race information Distance 1 mile (1,609 metres) Surface Turf Track Straight Qualification Three-year-old fillies Weight 9 st 0 lb Purse £500,000 (2018) 1st: £283,550 1000 Guineas Stakes 2018 Billesdon Brook Laurens Happily Previous years 2017 Winter Rhododendron Daban 2016 Minding Ballydoyle Alice Springs 2015 Legatissimo Lucida Tiggy Wiggy 2014 Miss France Lightning Thunder Ihtimal 2013 Sky Lantern Just The Judge Moth 2012 Homecoming Queen Starscope Maybe 2011 Blue