| 1000 GUINEAS 1878 | |||
The 65th winner of the 1000 Guineas, held on Friday 10th May 1878 over the Rowley Mile, was Pilgrimage (4/5 fav), a chestnut filly by The Palmer (or The Earl) out of Lady Audley, owned by the 4th Earl of Lonsdale. The winner won by 3/4 length in 2 minutes, with 2 lengths back to the third. A field of 9 runners contested the race which was worth £4,500 (Equivalent to £481,500 in 2017) PILGRIMAGE SR 1904 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| PILGRIMAGE | Tom Cannon snr | Joe Cannon | 4th Earl of Lonsdale 4/5 |
| JANETTE | Fred Archer |  |
Lord Falmouth 25/1 |
| CLEMENTINE | Jem Goater | Count Frederic de Lagrange 5/2 | |
| BEL ANGE | Morris | Prince Batthyany 40/1 | |
| BLUE RIDGE | Charlie Maidment | Lord Bradford 40/1 | |
| BELLICENT | Constable | Lord Rosebery 50/1 | |
| TIGER LILY | Tom Chaloner | Mr J Snarry 40/1 | |
| LADY LUMLEY | John Osborne | Mr Wadlow 20/1 | |
| STRATHFLEET | F Webb | Duke of Westminster 6/1 | |
| Over Round 115% | |||