| 2000 GUINEAS 1959 | |||
The 151st winner of the 2000 Guineas, held on Wednesday 29th April 1959 over the Rowley Mile, was Taboun (5/2 fav), a bay colt by Tabriz out of Queen of Basrah, owned by Prince Aly Khan. The winner won by 3 lengths in 1 minute 42.42 secs, with a neck back to the third. A field of 13 runners contested the race which was worth £15,341 (Equivalent to £329,800 in 2017) TABOUN SR 1995 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| TABOUN | George Moore | Alec Head | Prince Aly Khan 5/2 |
| MASHAM | Doug Smith | Major Geoffrey Brooke | Mr A R Ellis 9/2 |
| CARNOUSTIE | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless | Lt-Colonel Giles Loder 11/2 |
| PINDARI | Eph Smith | Noel Murless | HM The Queen 6/1 |
| LINDRICK | Scobie Breasley | C Fawcus | Mr A Dormer 100/7 |
| HIEROGLYPH | W H Carr | Captain Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Mrs J W Hanes 100/6 |
| WELSH GUARD | Willie Snaith | Captain Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Mrs J W Hanes 40/1 |
| PENA | Joe Mercer | Arthur Budgett | Mr John Ismay 50/1 |
| FIRESTREAK | W Rickaby | Charles Nelson | Mr J Lewis 50/1 |
| MY ALLADIN | Stan Clayton | Walter Nightingall | Mr E Littler 100/6 |
| THREE WELLS | J Eddery | S McGrath (Ire) | Mr J McGrath 50/1 |
| CAPTAIN KIDD | Manny Mercer | Jack Jarvis | Lord Rosebery 100/7 |
| DAN CUPID | Roger Poincelet | France | Mme P A B Widener 100/7 |
| Over Round 107% | |||