Saturday at Belmont will feature the 38th running of the Belmont Guineas.
BACKGROUND
The Belmont Guineas was first staged in 1980 and won by Queen Inca, ridden by Mark Grisby and trained by Colin Webster. Elorance ran second and Given Vision placed third.
Queen Inca, who also won the Champion Fillies Stakes and the WA Oaks.
Queen Inca carried 54kg, ran 1.39.86sec., commenced from barrier nine in a field of 15 starters and was sent out as a 9/2 chance.
TRAINERS
Glenn Webster, Warren Jeffreys, Lou Luciani, Fred Kersley and Adam Durrant are two-time winners of the Belmont Guineas.
Jeffries: Advise Me (1992) & Final Impact (1993). The first trainer to win back-to-back Belmont Guineas.
Luciani: Key Target (1997) & Lady Fidelia (2000).
Kersley: Mr Diagnosis (2006) & Grand Nirvana (2009).
Webster: Executive Class (1986), Jungle Myth (1988).
JOCKEYS
Paul Harvey is the most successful rider in the Belmont Guineas with four winners: Just Jugah (1996), Siranto (1999), Mr Diagnosis (2006) & Cohort (2008).
WA Hall Of Fame inductee Rod Kemp, Peter Knuckey and Glenn Smith are next with three wins apiece.
Kemp: Art Roy (1983), Concrete (1985) & Executive Class (1986).
Knuckey: Advise Me (1992), Lady Fidelia (2000) & Volition (2005).
Smith: Lady Knockout (2002), Coppertito (2004) & Rohan (2012).
Dual Belmont Guineas winners include Ian Albuino, Stephen Miller, Mark Sestich, Troy Turner and William Pike.
Albuino: Gourmet (1987) & Marscay Boy (1990).
Stephen Miller: Perfect Answer (1989) & Final Impact (1993). Miller also won as a trainer when Variation won last year.
Sestich: Packed And Gone (1981) & Country Born (1998).
Turner: Joey Jo Jo (2007) & Tradesman (2015).
Pike: The Underworld (2011) & Tick Tick Bloom (2014).
BARRIERS
Barrier nine: 6 wins
Barrier eleven: five wins
Barrier two: four wins
Barrier three: four wins.
Barriers 10, 12 and 14 have not recorded wins.
GENDER
Geldings have won 18 editions of the Belmont Guineas including the past three years.
Fillies have been successful on 12 occasions, the previous Tick Tick Bloom (2013).