| 2000 GUINEAS 1969 | |||
The 161st winner of the 2000 Guineas, held on Wednesday 30th April 1969 over the Rowley Mile, was Right Tack (15/2), a bay colt by Hard Tack out of Polly Macaw, owned by Mr Jim Brown. The winner won by 2 1/2 lengths in 1 minute 41.65 secs, with a head back to the third. A field of 13 runners contested the race which was worth £24,757 (Equivalent to £393,600 in 2017) RIGHT TACK SR 2029 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| RIGHT TACK | Geoff Lewis | John Sitcliffe jnr | Mr Jim Brown 15/2 |
| TOWER WALK | M L (Taffy) Thomas | Geoff Barling | Mr V W Hardy 8/1 |
| WELSH PAGEANT | Sandy Barclay | Noel Murless | Mr H J Joel 13/2 |
| MURRAYFIELD | Joe Mercer | Ian Balding | Mrs Peter Hastings 50/1 |
| CHADWICK STONE | Brian Jago | A J Pitt | Mr H S Alper 200/1 |
| CALIBAN | John Gorton | Noel Murless | Mr Stanhope Joel 10/1 |
| ROCKED | W Williamson | S McGrath (Ire) | Mr Joseph McGrath 40/1 |
| TUDOR MUSIC | Frankie Durr | Michael Jarvis | Mr David Robinson 100/7 |
| THE ELK | Jimmy Lindley | Jeremy Tree | Miss M Sheriffe 40/1 |
| BURGLAR | Ron Hutchinson | John Dunlop | Colonel W Stirling 40/1 |
| YELAPA | Bill Pyers | M Zilber (Fr) | Mr Daniel Wildenstein 11/2 |
| X RAY | G Thiboeuf | Francois Boutin (Fr) | Mr H Yreux 40/1 |
| RIBOFILIO | Lester Piggott | R Johnson-Houghton | Mr Charles W Englehard 15/8 fav |
| Over Round 115% | |||