| 2000 GUINEAS 1963 | |||
The 155th winner of the 2000 Guineas, held on Wednesday 1st May 1963 over the Rowley Mile, was Only For Life (33/1), a bay colt by Chanteur out of Life Sentence, owned by Monica Sheriffe. The winner won by a short head in 1 minute 45.00 secs, with 3 lengths back to the third. A field of 21 runners contested the race which was worth £31,369 (Equivalent to £614,800 in 2017) ONLY FOR LIFE SR 1876 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| ONLY FOR LIFE | Jimmy Lindley | Jeremy Tree | Monica Sheriffe 33/1 |
| IONIAN | L Ward | T Shaw | Mrs A B Biddle 18/1 |
| CORPORA | A Mulley | F Armstrong | Mr R F Scully 100/6 |
| VIJAY | Geoff Lewis | Keith Piggott | Mr J J Chouis 28/1 |
| KING OF BABYLON | Edward Hide | W Elsey | Mr R F Dennis 9/1 |
| MOON SHOT | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless | Mrs E N Graham 25/1 |
| HAPPY OMEN | W H Carr | S James | Major L B Holliday 100/6 |
| DARANNOUR | Roger Poincelet | Alec Head (Fr) | HH Aga Khan 100/6 |
| HILL O'DOON | D Page | S McGrath (Ire) | Mrs P W McGrath 33/1 |
| GREEK HONEY | Brian Taylor | H Leader | Mrs D McNab 33/1 |
| MAGIC CARPET | Ron Hutchinson | G Smyth | Duke of Norfolk 33/1 |
| FIDELIO | W Williamson | Harry Wragg | Mr G A Oldham 25/1 |
| PROMOTHEE | M Larraus | N Pelat (Fr) | P Perelas 33/1 |
| AIGLE GRIS | J Massard | J Cunningham (Fr) | M P Reichenbach 7/1 |
| MELISO | G Bougoure | P Prendergast | Mr A E Reuben 25/1 |
| THE WILLIES | Scobie Breasley | Arthur Budgett | Mr R N Richmond-Watson 25/1 |
| CAMPAIGN | P Robinson | Jack Jarvis | Lord Rosebery 22/1 |
| THE BO'SUN | S Smith | Jack Jarvis | Lord Rosebery 10/1 |
| WILLIOTUR | Joe Sime | A Vasey | Mr G B Turnbull 33/1 |
| CROCKET | Doug Smith | G Brooke | Mr D G Van Clief 5/2 fav |
| PORTOFINO | W Rickaby | H Cottrill | Mr P Wismont 33/1 |
| Over Round 133% | |||