1993 2000 Guineas Stakes

Date: Saturday 1st May 1993 |
Course: Newmarket |
Distance: 1m |
Going: Good |
Winning Time: 1m 35.32s |
Winner: Zafonic (Pat Eddery) [A Fabre] |
Runners: 14

[@RevJock]

Oh wow remember this so well ☺what a great horse Zafonic was.

[@MEECHIO]

Zafonic was electrifying on this day. Barathea went on to win the Breeder's Cup Mile yet was made to look very ordinary as Pat Eddery sent Zafonic about his business. Fantastic commentary from GG as well....5*stars

[@mrk24107]

Supersonic Zafonic, he was just brilliant this day.

[@tonybees1238]

Zafonic truly would take on all the great milers of any generation a tremendous racehorse.

[@mrvillan6951]

On his day.

[@terrydavidson5052]

The best I’ve seen

[@moyajanko6642]

I was there. Thank you for a quality upload, espmadrid. The full vid includes ME around the paddock. :)

[@terrydavidson5052]

Me too. The fastest horse I’ve seen. Brilliant

[@danbrown67]

I saw Zafonic and Rainbow Quest at Sheikh Mohammed's yard when they were both at stud, circa 1998.

[@seanbryant9371]

What a race it would be to have Dancing Brave, Zafonic, Frankel, Sea the Stars, Nashwan, Pennekamp, Nijinsky, El Gran Senor, Rodrigo De Triano, Rock of Gibralter, Kameko and Brigadier Gerrard in it...The question is....who would win? Forget the times of their respective races....just on their respective performances in the race.

[@zipfer30]

Superstar miler with a brilliant turn of foot.

[@scottlee2832]

Zafonic was a brilliant horse, but let’s no forget the brilliant commentary from the great Graham Good. One of the finest ever.

[@edmondscott7444]

Race very well described by Graham Goode.

[@coco2142]

Such a great and fantastic horse ! ps..... listen to the commentary....... fantastic too :)

[@uhegbu]

Very impressive. Note no sponsorship here in this '93 renewal. It started in 1984 with an insurance company, General Accident.

[@Laytonia1977]

Until Frankel come along, the best 2000 Guineas winner that I'd seen.

[@tomconway2377]

For me better than Frankel on the day.

[@seanscanlon9067]

Dancing Brave?

[@mrvillan6951]

@@tomconway2377 Seriously?????????

[@terrydavidson5052]

Sea the Stars the best flat horse I’ve seen. Awesome

[@beverleymorris167]

@@seanscanlon9067 not over a mile

[@darren2514fv]

No Raleigh Gilbert on commentary at the start just Graham Goode for the full race

[@michaeligoe3935]

Love how you structure these great videos, espmadrid. Thank you.

[@goonervillegonad3662]

Barathea was no mug either. Glad that horse got his day in the sun in the BC mile.

[@philipraiswell3570]

I was there! Even in the paddock he seemed to be intimidating the other horses.

[@gezzaf6912]

superb horse and commentary

[@madgpol]

Zafonic had a wonderful turn of pace

[@johnrobertson6770]

Explosive like Pegasus

[@charlesnelson7781]

Brilliant horse 👍👍👍👍

[@anthonyryan5122]

Amazing horse best miler since Tudor Minstrel

[@StephenSmall-sf5um]

After el gran senor

[@anthonyryan5122]

Super horse probably in the top 5 of milers ever, with Kris, Frankel,Tudor Minstrel,Bahram

[@GeorgeFreeman55]

Mark of esteem and dubai millennium also

[@beverleymorris167]

@@GeorgeFreeman55 no!!!!!!!!!

[@tonybees1238]

Must include El gran senor 1984

[@roberthartley6629]

There are many people talking up a lot of horses to give Frankel a race. IMHO this is the only guineas horse I've seen to have given Frankel a problem. Not perhaps in the Queen Anne but in his guineas...... Zafonic had that ability to cruise fast and lick off it.

[@seanscanlon9067]

Dancing Brave?

[@roberthartley6629]

@@seanscanlon9067 I was a massive DB fan and inded he could kick off a fast pace. I don't beleive Quealy when he said there was more in Frankel's tank at the end of the guineas and DB with a long run up and his stamina would be probably be there as well.

[@raborian]

El Gran Senor ?

[@anatchuv]

Second favourite Guineas of all time. Strange to think that Kingman is at best the 3rd best miler that the Prince has ever owned. And that would annoy fans of Dancing Brave, Zilzal and Warning.

[@robmac5579]

Zilzal wasn't an Abdullah horse! Mana al Maktoum I think!

[@anatchuv]

Rob Mac You're right of course. Not sure what I was thinking. Helluva horse too.

[@seanscanlon9067]

Dancing Brave would have beaten Kingman.