| 2000 GUINEAS 1955 | |||
The 147th winner of the 2000 Guineas, held on Wednesday 27th April 1955 over the Rowley Mile, was Our Babu (13/2), a bay colt by My Babu out of Glen Line, owned by Mr David Robinson. The winner won by a neck in 1 minute 38.83 secs, with a short head back to the third. A field of 23 runners contested the race which was worth £10,600 (Equivalent to £267,800 in 2017) OUR BABU SR 2048 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| OUR BABU | Doug Smith | Geoffrey Brooke | Mr David Robinson 13/2 |
| TAMERLANE | Scobie Breasley | N Bertie | Lord Porchester 5/1 |
| KLAIRON | J Deforge | France | Mme J Couturie 28/1 |
| ALEXANDER | W H Carr | Captain Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | HM The Queen 100/6 |
| GLADIATOR | Roger Poincelet | France | M J de Atucha 22/1 |
| GOLDEN PLANET | Eph Smith | Fred Winter | Mr P Bartholomew 28/1 |
| MARWARL | E J Cracknell | W Nightingall | Mr C W Bell 66/1 |
| BEAU PRINCE | S Boullenger | France | M G Wildenstein 66/1 |
| TIME TO REASON | Lester Piggott | Arthur Budgett | Mr R S Clark 40/1 |
| SOLEIL ROYAL | M Larraun | France | Mme J Couturie 20/1 |
| ROYAL PALM | Willie Snaith | F Armstrong | Mr J S Gerber 25/1 |
| JINKY | D L Jones | Kouvoumdjian | Mr I Guise 66/1 |
| LYCIDAS | Ken Gethin | A Smyth | Mr William Hill 40/1 |
| NOBLE CHIEFTAIN | F Barlow | H Cottrill | Major L B Holliday 66/1 |
| FACTORY | Jimmy Lindley | F Armstron | Mr Claude Leigh 66/1 |
| NONCHALANCE | W Rickaby | Jack Jarvis | Mr J A C Lilley 25/1 |
| FLYING STORY | W Nevett | Ireland | Mr J McGrath 22/1 |
| BAYYMARTIAL | J Eddery | Ireland | Mr J McGrath 100/8 |
| WINDSOR SUN | P Powell | Ireland | Mr J McGrath 50/1 |
| NUCLEUS | Manny Mercer | Jerdein | Miss Dorothy Paget 50/1 |
| MY SMOKEY | Tommy Gosling | J Watts | Mr David Robinson 66/1 |
| AMERIC | Charlie Smirke | France | Mr R B Strassburger 9/1 |
| TUDOR JINKS | J Wilson | M Feakes | Mr A J Tompsett 40/1 |
| Over Round 104% | |||