History Of The Belmont Guineas
18 June, 2018
Thoroughbred
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).
- Durrant: Summah’s Touch (2013) & Tick Tick Bloom (2014).
- 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).
- Eight colts have won the Belmont Guineas
BELMONT GUINEAS
YEAR |
HORSE |
JOCKEY |
TRAINER |
2017 |
Variation |
B.Parnham |
S.Miller |
2016 |
Great Shot |
C.Staples |
R.Radford |
2015 |
Tradesman |
T.Turner |
T&R Harvey |
2014 |
Tick Tick Bloom |
W.Pike |
A.Durrant |
2013 |
Summah’s Touch |
B.Paterson |
A.Durrant |
2012 |
Rohan |
G.Smith |
V.Sigley |
2011 |
The Underworld |
W.Pike |
C.Gangemi |
2010 |
Mighty Rossa |
S.O’Donnell |
M.Grant |
2009 |
Grand Nirvana |
D.Staeck |
F.Kersley |
2008 |
Cohort |
P.Harvey |
I.Haggerty |
2007 |
Joey Jo Jo |
T.Turner |
B.Pope |
2006 |
Mr Diagnosis |
P.Harvey |
F.Kersley |
2005 |
Volition |
P.Knuckey |
P.Jordan |
2004 |
Coppertito |
G.Smith |
M.Lane |
2003 |
Creatrix |
S.McGruddy |
C.Scobie-Smith |
2002 |
Lady Knockout |
G.Smith |
W.Bradshaw |
2001 |
Shot Of Thunder |
P.King |
D.Edwards |
2000 |
Lady Fidelia |
P.Knuckey |
L.Luciani |
1999 |
Siranto |
P.Harvey |
A.Beckett |
1998 |
Country Born |
M.Sestich |
M.Williams |
1997 |
Key Target |
J.Whiting |
L.Luciani |
1996 |
Just Jugah |
P.Harvey |
K.Mifflin |
1995 |
Cranky Tikit |
P.Alderman |
S.Searle |
1994 |
Rancho Man |
C.Plumbley |
W.Mitchell |
1993 |
Final Impact |
S.Miller |
W.Jeffreys |
1992 |
Advise Me |
P.Knuckey |
W.Jeffreys |
1991 |
Packed And Gone |
M.Sestich |
T.Martinovich |
1990 |
Marscay Boy |
I.Albuino |
F.Maynard |
1989 |
Perfect Answer |
S.Miller |
S.Wallace |
1988 |
Jungle Myth |
L.Millington |
G.Webster |
1987 |
Gourmet |
I.Albuino |
L.Morton |
1986 |
Executive Class |
R.Kemp |
G.Webster |
1985 |
Concrete |
R.Kemp |
B.O’Malley |
1984 |
Enduring |
S.Newling |
S.Bates |
1983 |
Art Roy |
R.Kemp |
B.Liddelow |
1982 |
National Image |
C.Coombe |
T.Hickling |
1981 |
Wool Zone |
G.Webster |
A.Taylor |
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