| 2000 GUINEAS 1952 | |||
The 144th winner of the 2000 Guineas, held on Wednesday 30th April 1952, was Thunderhead II (100/7), a chestnut colt by Merry Boy out of Herodiade, owned by M Eugene Constant. The winner won by 5 lengths in 1 minute 42.48 secs, with half a length back to the third. A field of 26 runners contested the race which was worth £13,400 (Equivalent to £387,300 in 2017) THUNDERHEAD II SR 1965 The following 2000 Guineas 1952 clip is a 1 min 25 secs clip from Youtube |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| THUNDERHEAD II | Roger Poincelet | Etienne Pollet | M Eugene Constant 100/7 |
| KING'S BENCH | Tommy Gosling | M Peakes | Mr A J Tompsett 22/1 |
| ARGUR | Charlie Elliott | Alec Head | M M Boussac 8/1 |
| AGITATOR | Gordon Richards | Noel Murless | Mr J A Dewar 9/4 |
| REGO | E Fordyce | Etwell | Mr B A Abbott 50/1 |
| GLOBE OF LIGHT | Stan Clayton | W Pratt | Mr R L Basse 100/1 |
| SIGNIFICATION | Tommy Lowery | J Pearce | Mr Alex Bird 50/1 |
| ORGOGLIO | Edgar Britt | Captain Charles Elsey | Mr Phil Bull 33/1 |
| CASTLETON | J Marshall | Tommy Carey | Mr T H Carey 25/1 |
| DJEBEL-HALLOUF | W R Johnstone | France | Comte de Chambure 25/1 |
| FIERY TORCH | Doug Smith | H Peacock | Mr R S Clark 66/1 |
| MAC GIN | Eph Smith | W Nightingall | Mr C W Bell 100/1 |
| PALPITATE | W Nevett | Perryman | Mr J E Ferguson 100/1 |
| MADISON | G Littlewood | H Leach | Lt-Colonel N E Friezes 100/1 |
| JOE'S FLYER | P Evans | J E Davis | Mrs M Dundas 100/1 |
| ARARAT II | J Doyasbere | France | Mr L L Lawrence 50/1 |
| SPEECHMAKER | F Barlow | Atty Persse | Major D McCalmont 100/1 |
| SUMMER RAIN | Manny Mercer | Jack Jarvis | Lord Milford 100/1 |
| CAERLAVEROCK | Frankie Durr | W Smyth | Duke of Norfolk 28/1 |
| SUPREMACY | C Spares | Peter Walwyn | Miss Dorothy Paget 100/1 |
| GAY TIME | Lester Piggott | Tom Cannon | Mrs J V Rank 25/1 |
| BOB MAJOR | W Rickaby | Jack Jarvis | Lord Rosebery 4/1 |
| CHAVEY BROWN | W H Carr | Captain Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Mr R W Sharples 40/1 |
| MERRY MINSTREL | P Maher | R Jarvis | Mr H J Simms 66/1 |
| WORDEN II | M Lollierou | France | Mr R B Strassburger 28/1 |
| KHOR-MOUSA | Ken Gethin | P Thrale | Mr S T Tate 33/1 |
| Over Round 17% | |||