Sport Local May 03, 2025

Ruling Court Wins the English 2000 Guineas

The horse Ruling Court, owned by Godolphin and trained by Charlie Appleby, won the English 2000 Guineas, achieving twelve victories for UAE horses in this historic race.


Ruling Court Wins the English 2000 Guineas

The second day of the British Festival "2000 Guineas" is marked by the victory of "Rolling Court" at the beginning of the trainer Charlie Appleby. This event for first-class horses "Group 1" over a distance of 1600 meters on turf took place at the historic English racecourse "Newmarket".

"Rolling Court" brings the "Godolphin" team their third victory in a row at "2000 Guineas" and the sixth in history for this team in English racing. The horse secured the 12th win for Godolphin in this historic race, starting with the victory of "Shadid" on the same racecourse in 1985.

The stars of Godolphin shone further on this day: "Mur Tangder" secured victory in the second race over a distance of 1200 meters, while "Corodus" took sixth place in the race over a distance of 2400 meters.

The top jockey William Buick managed to hold "Rolling Court" in the early stages of the race, before speeding up and outpacing the competitors, finishing in first place with a time of 1 minute 37 seconds and 28 parts of a second. The horse from Saudi Arabia "Field of Gold" under the guidance of trainers John and Tidi Gosden came in second, followed by the horses "Shadow of Light" and "Mur Tangder".

This day turned out to be successful for Godolphin, confirming their strong presence at the racecourse.