# 2015 2000 Guineas Stakes

The 2015 2000 Guineas Stakes was the 207th running of the 2000 Guineas Stakes horse race. It was run over one mile at Newmarket Racecourse on 2 May 2015. With the favourite going off at 4/1, this was the most open renewal since 2007 where Adagio headed the field at the same price. Most of the winter ante-post market leaders met the starter at Newmarket - notable absentees being Faydhan, who disappointed in the Free Handicap, and Highland Reel who was diverted to France.

## Race details

* Sponsor: QIPCO
* Winner's prize money: £282,841
* Going: Good to Firm
* Number of runners: 18
* Winner's time: 1 minute, 37.55 seconds

## Full result

| | Dist * | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | SP |
| 1 | | Gleneagles | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | 4/1 fav |
| 2 | 2¼ | Territories | Mickael Barzalona | André Fabre | 5/1 |
| 3 | ¾ | Ivawood | Richard Hughes | Richard Hannon, Sr. | 10/1 |
| 4 | ½ | Bossy Guest | Charles Bishop | Mick Channon | 50/1 |
| 5 | 2 | Celestial Path | Luke Morris | Sir Mark Prescott | 14/1 |
| 6 | 1½ | Home Of The Brave | James Doyle | Hugo Palmer | 25/1 |
| 7 | ¾ | Dutch Connection | William Buick | Charles Hills | 25/1 |
| 8 | shd | Moheet | Frankie Dettori | Richard Hannon, Sr. | 20/1 |
| 9 | nse | Ride Like The Wind | Maxime Guyon | Freddy Head | 20/1 |
| 10 | ¾ | See Me Now | Daniel Tudhope | David O'Meara | 100/1 |
| 11 | ½ | Cappella Sansevero | Andrea Atzeni | Ger Lyons | 40/1 |
| 12 | 1 | Code Red | Martin Dwyer | William Muir | 100/1 |
| 13 | ½ | Kool Kompany | Pat Dobbs | Richard Hannon, Sr. | 20/1 |
| 14 | 1½ | Estidhkaar | Paul Hanagan | Richard Hannon, Sr. | 6/1 |
| 15 | 1 | Intilaaq | Dane O'Neill | Roger Varian | 8/1 |
| 16 | 1 | Room Key | Jimmy Fortune (jockey) | Eve Johnson Houghton | 100/1 |
| 17 | 6 | Glenalmond | Kieren Fallon | Karl Burke | 66/1 |
| 18 | 27 | Ol' Man River | Joseph O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien | 100/1 |
* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter – nk = neck

## Winner details

Further details of the winner, Gleneagles:
* Foaled: 12 January 2012, in Ireland
* Sire: Galileo; Dam: You'resothrilling (Storm Cat)
* Owner: Michael Tabor, Susan Magnier & Derrick Smith
* Breeder: Aidan O'Brien

## Form analysis
### Two-year-old races

Notable runs by the future 2000 Guineas participants as two-year-olds in 2014:
* Cappella Sansevero - 1st Marble Hill Stakes, 2nd Coventry Stakes, 3rd Phoenix Stakes, 1st Round Tower Stakes
* Celestial Path - 3rd Racing Post Trophy
* Code Red - 1st Scott Dobson Memorial Doncaster Stakes
* Dutch Connection - 1st Acomb Stakes, 3rd Vincent O'Brien National Stakes
* Estidhkaar - 1st Superlative Stakes, 1st Champagne Stakes
* Gleneagles - 1st Tyros Stakes, 1st Futurity Stakes, 1stVincent O'Brien National Stakes, 1st (placed 3rd) Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère
* Home Of The Brave - 3rd Sirenia Stakes
* Ivawood - 1st July Stakes, 1st Richmond Stakes, 2nd Middle Park Stakes
* Kool Kompany - 1st Rochestown Stakes, 1st Railway Stakes, 1st Prix Robert Papin, 2nd Phoenix Stakes
* Ol' Man River - 1st Beresford Stakes
* Room Key - 3rd Vintage Stakes
* Territories - 3rd Prix La Rochette, 2nd Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère

### The road to Newmarket

Early-season appearances in 2013, prior to running in the 2000 Guineas:
* Estidhkaar - 2nd Greenham Stakes
* Home Of The Brave - 1st European Free Handicap
* Ivawood - 3rd Greenham Stakes
* Kool Kompany - 1st Craven Stakes
* Moheet - 3rd Craven Stakes
* Ride Like The Wind - 1st Prix Djebel
* Territories - 1st Prix de Fontainebleau

### Subsequent Group 1 wins

Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the 2000 Guineas:
* Gleneagles - Irish 2,000 Guineas (2015), St James's Palace Stakes (2015)
* Territories - Prix Jean Prat (2015)

## Subsequent breeding careers

Leading progeny of participants in the 2015 2000 Guineas Stakes.
Gleneagles (1st) - Royal Dornoch (1st Royal Lodge Stakes 2019), Royal Lytham - (1st July Stakes 2019) Ivawood (3rd) - Chares (1st Criterium de Lyon 2019) Territories (2nd) - Minor flat winners Estidhkaar (14th) - Minor flat winners Ol' Man River (18th) - Offspring yet to race Kool Kompany (13th) - Exported to Spain