| 2000 GUINEAS 1899 | |||
The 91st winner of the 2000 Guineas, held on Wednesday 26th April 1899 over the Rowley Mile, was Flying Fox (5/6 fav), a bay colt by Orme out of Vampire, owned by the Duke of Westminster. The winner won by 2 lengths in 1 minute 43 secs, with a further 3 lengths back to the third. A field of 8 runners contested the race which was worth £4,250 (Equivalent to £510,000 in 2017) FLYING FOX SR 2061 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| FLYING FOX | Mornington Cannon | John Porter | Duke of Westminster 5/6 |
| CAIMAN | Tod Sloan |  |
Mr Beresford 5/1 |
| TRIDENT | Tommy Loates | Mr Leopold de Rothschild 100/14 | |
| BIRKENHEAD | Charles Wood | Mr L Brassey 10/1 | |
| DESMOND | J Hind | Lord Dunraven 40/1 | |
| MARK FORIARD | Fred Pratt | Mr W M Low 100/1 | |
| SCINTILLANT | Fred Rickaby | Mr R A Oswald 10/1 | |
| METHOD | Main | Mr J S Curtis 200/1 | |
| Note: The image opposite is shown courtesy of the issuing cigarette card company Taddy & Co. | Over Round 105% | ||