2012 2000 Guineas Stakes
# 2012 2000 Guineas Stakes

The 2012 2000 Guineas Stakes was the 204th running of the 2000 Guineas Stakes horse race. It was run over one mile at Newmarket Racecourse on 5 May 2013.

## Race details

* Sponsor: QIPCO
* Winner's prize money: £226,840
* Going: Good to Sirm
* Number of runners: 18
* Winner's time: 1 minute, 42.46 seconds

## Full result

| | Dist * | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | SP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | | Camelot | Joseph O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien | 15/8 fav |
| 2 | nk | French Fifteen | Olivier Peslier | Nicolas Clément | 12/1 |
| 3 | 2¼ | Hermival | Gregory Benoist | Mikel Delzangles | 16/1 |
| 4 | 1¼ | Trumpet Major | Richard Hughes | Richard Hannon, Sr. | 8/1 |
| 5 | nse | Coupe De Ville | Paul Hanagan | Richard Hannon, Sr. | 66/1 |
| 6 | 2 | Fencing | William Buick | John Gosden | 25/1 |
| 7 | ½ | Ptolemaic | Tom Eaves | Bryan Smart | 250/1 |
| 8 | 1½ | Abtaal | Christophe Soumillon | Jean-Claude Rouget | 7/1 |
| 9 | nk | Caspar Netscher | Shane Kelly | Alan McCabe | 22/1 |
| 10 | ¾ | Redact | Jim Crowley | Richard Hannon, Sr. | 150/1 |
| 11 | ½ | Red Duke | Tom Queally | John Quinn | 66/1 |
| 12 | ½ | Born To Sea | Johnny Murtagh | John Oxx | 10/1 |
| 13 | ¾ | Boomerang Bob | Seb Sanders | John Hills | 40/1 |
| 14 | 1½ | Saigon | Robert Havlin | James Toller | 66/1 |
| 15 | ½ | Bronterre | Jamie Spencer | Richard Hannon, Sr. | 28/1 |
| 16 | 6 | Top Offer | James Doyle | Roger Charlton | 14/1 |
| 17 | 18 | Power | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | 7/1 |
| 18 | 1¼ | Talwar | Frankie Dettori | Jeremy Noseda | 50/1 |

* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter – nk = neck

## Winner details

Further details of the winner, Camelot:

* Foaled: 5 March 2009, in Great Britain
* Sire: Montjeu; Dam: Hymn Of The Dawn (Kingmambo)
* Owner: Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor
* Breeder: Abdullah bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

## Form analysis

### Two-year-old races

Notable runs by the future 2000 Guineas participants as two-year-olds in 2011:

* Camelot - 1st Racing Post Trophy
* French Fifteen - 2nd Prix Thomas Bryon, 1st Critérium International
* Trumpet Major - 2nd Winkfield Stakes, 1st Champagne Stakes
* Coupe De Ville - 1st Stonehenge Stakes
* Fencing - 1st Washington Singer Stakes, 3rd Racing Post Trophy
* Ptolemaic - 2nd Silver Tankard Stakes
* Abtaal - 1st Prix Thomas Bryon
* Caspar Netscher - 3rd Windsor Castle Stakes, 2nd Rose Bowl Stakes, 3rd Richmond Stakes, 1st Gimcrack Stakes, 1st Mill Reef Stakes
* Redact - 2nd Mill Reef Stakes
* Red Duke - 1st Superlative Stakes, 2nd Vintage Stakes
* Born To Sea - 2nd Killavullan Stakes
* Boomerang Bob - 2nd Norfolk Stakes, 2nd Prix du Bois
* Saigon - 1st Rose Bowl Stakes, 3rd Sirenia Stakes, 3rd Mill Reef Stakes, 2nd Horris Hill Stakes
* Bronterre - 1st Stardom Stakes, 4th Dewhurst Stakes
* Power - 1st Marble Hill Stakes, 1st Coventry Stakes, 2nd Phoenix Stakes, 1st National Stakes, 2nd Dewhurst Stakes
* Talwar - 1st Winkfield Stakes, 1st Solario Stakes

### The road to Newmarket

Early-season appearances in 2012, prior to running in the 2000 Guineas:

* French Fifteen – 1st Prix Djebel
* Hermival - 3rd Prix Djebel
* Trumpet Major - 1st Craven Stakes
* Ptolemaic - 4th Craven Stakes
* Abtaal - 2nd Prix Djebel
* Caspar Netscher - 1st Greenham Stakes
* Red Duke - 5th UAE Derby
* Boomerang Bob - 2nd Greenham Stakes
* Bronterre - 3rd Greenham Stakes
* Talwar - 1st International Trial Stakes

### Subsequent Group 1 wins

Group 1 / Grade I victories after running in the 2000 Guineas:

* Camelot – Epsom Derby, Irish Derby (2012)
* Power - Irish 2,000 Guineas (2012)

## Subsequent breeding careers

Leading progeny of participants in the 2012 2000 Guineas.

### Sires of Classic winners

Camelot (1st)

* Latrobe - 1st Irish Derby (2018)
* Even So - 1st Irish Oaks (2020)
* Athena - 1st Belmont Oaks (2018)
* Sir Erec - 1st Spring Juvenile Hurdle (2019)

### Sires of Group/Grade One winners

French Fifteen (2nd)

* French King- 1st Grosser Preis von Berlin (2019)
* Sestilio Jet - 1st Prix de Saint-Georges (2019)

### Other Stallions

Born To Sea (12th) - Sea Of Grace (2nd Poule d'Essai des Pouliches 2017) Hermival (3rd) - Minor flat runner - exported to Morocco Caspar Netscher (9th) - Minor flat runner before returning to training after proving subfertile

