The Thousand Guineas is a Group 1 thoroughbred horse race that takes place at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne each November.
Raced over 1600m under set-weight conditions, the Thousand Guineas is one of the premier mile races on the Australian horse racing calendar.
The Thousand Guineas is for three-year-old filles and, with $1,500,000 in prize money up for grabs, it attracts the best in the land.
Here is everything you need to know about the Thousand Guineas.
The Thousand Guineas is one of the key races of Melbourne Racing Club’s Spring Carnival and takes place in November each year.
The 2024 running of the Thousand Guineas will take place on Saturday 16th November.
The exact start time for the Thousand Guineas has yet to be revealed, with the contest having been Race 6 on the card in 2023.
The Thousand Guineas is always held at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria.
The Thousand Guineas will be shown free-to-air on Channel 7 and also via the 7plus app.
The total amount of prize money for the Thousand Guineas stands at a cool $1,500,000 after being raised from $1million in 2023.
The winner of the Thousand Guineas will take home $900,000, second $270,000 and third $135,000.
The top eight all earn prize money, with sixth, seventh and eighth all taking home $30,000 for their afternoons work.
The Thousand Guineas was first raced in 1946 and was won by a horse by the name of Sweet Chime.
Back then the Thousand Guineas was a Principal Race, but it was upgraded to a Group 1 in 1979 and has remained that way since.
The Thousand Guineas is just one of two races for three-year-old fillies run over a mile to have Group 1 Status, with the Flight Stakes at Randwick the other.
It is often seen as a companion race to the Caulfield Guineas, which is open to both colts and fillies.
They are joined on a quality-laden Saturday card by the Caulfield Stakes, the Toorak Handicap and the Herbert Power Stakes.
Joliestar won the 2023 edition of the Thousand Guineas for champion trainer Chris Waller and jockey James McDonald.
Many famous fillies have won the Thousand Guineas, but arguably the most famous is Miss Finland, who also won the Golden Slipper and VRC Oaks.
Other notable winners include Global Glamour in 2016 and Atlantic Jewel in 2011.
Declichy Boulevard, Lovelycut and Matisse are all priced at 9.00 to win the 2024 edition of the Thousand Guineas.
Aeliana, Extremely Hardys, Geegees Mistruth and Too Darn Discreet can all be backed at 11.00.