| 1000 GUINEAS 1949 | ||||
The 136th winner of the 1000 Guineas, held on Friday 29th April 1949 over the Rowley Mile, was Musidora (100/8), a bay filly by Nasrullah out of Painted Vale, owned by Mr Norman Donaldson. The winner won by 1 1/2 lengths in 1 minute 41 secs, with 2 lengths back to the third. A field of 19 runners contested the race which was worth £12,433 (Equivalent to £415,300 in 2017) MUSIDORA SR 1966 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting | |
| MUSIDORA | Edgar Britt | Captain Charles Elsey | Mr Norman Donaldson 100/8 | |
| UNKNOWN QUANTITY | W Rickaby |  |
Jack Jarvis | Mr D H Wills 7/2 |
| SOLAR MYTH | T Gosling | Barling | Mr P Beatty 100/8 | |
| AVILA | M Beary | Boyd-Rochfort | HM The King 6/1 | |
| JET PLANE | P Evans | Lawson | Lord Astor 10/1 | |
| TAPIOLA | T F Burn | T Leader | Mr J S Barrington 20/1 | |
| RECKLESS LADY | Arthur Wragg | M A Leach | Mrs M Benson 50/1 | |
| LADY OF LEISURE | Tommy Lowrey | H Blagrave | Mr H Blagrave 20/1 | |
| MASSILIA | Charlie Elliott | France | M M Boussac 8/1 | |
| THEO II | P Blane | France | Mme P Boynvin 50/1 | |
| DOUBLE DEAL | J Sirett | T Carey | Mr T H Carey 50/1 | |
| BALLISLAND | W Johnstone | Wardon | Lady Maud Fitzwilliam 100/7 | |
| FAIR DEBIT | T Wallace | Ireland | Mr J Ismay 25/1 | |
| QUEEN OF BASRAH | Gordon Richards | Frank Butters | HH Aga Khan 100/6 | |
| RUN HONEY | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | Lord Milford 25/1 | |
| VINEYARD | W T Evans | Norman Bertie | Sir Victor Sassoon 50/1 | |
| THREE WEEKS | W Cook | Captain Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Sir R Sykes 10/1 | |
| VALE OF TOWY | Charlie Smirke | E Williams | Miss P Vaughan 7/1 | |
| PRINCESS ROSE II | W Markland | R Johnson-Houghton | Colonel A Scott 50/1 | |
| Over Round 134% | ||||