1989 General Accident 2000 Guineas Stakes

[@uhegbu]

The winner, Nashwan went on to win the Epsom Derby, Eclipse and Ascot's King George in the same year, a remarkable feat in my eyes.

[@fckem1000]

What a field that was.

[@katyevans5658]

Nashwan something else ...beautiful best of best

[@uhegbu]

Note Danehill who went on to become a legendary sire.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Looking back , seeing Nashwan drift out to 3/1 😂. Imagine how different your life would be if you were “in the know” at that point in the season about how good Nashwan really was ! Wow 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@lesblakeman]

The Channel 4 team all new about the legendary gallop at West Ilsley , the had it RIGHT off

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@lesblakeman that’s what the morning line was SUPPOSED to be about 😡
Fkrs 🤣
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[@JSB-IZ-ME]

Nashwan in front with a furlong to go over 8f was an in running gambling certainty, if only we knew how good he would continue to be that season 👊🏻

[@jcanyiam8309]

I Love THIS NAME- NASHWAN!!!!

[@mattylamb9194]

And became a sire at Shadwell, just down the road from where I grew up in Thetford, Norfolk

[@earp61able]

Remember backing this horse ante post at 25-1. It seems like yesterday never mind 25 years ago.

[@SteveMullington]

30 now!

[@jcanyiam8309]

WOW!!!

[@grahammonro6500]

What I find staggering is, that the best Miler that year, and a Great miler wasn't even in the field, Zilzal.. As great a horse as Nashwan was, he would not have beaten Zilzal..

[@mallafets]

In May he would of but not later in the year.

[@grahammonro6500]

@@mallafets Later, Zilzal was voted Horse of the Year 1989. Zilzal didn't run at 2. He would have bolted up in the 2000 Guineas. If he had been ready.

[@watfordtripod]

The runner up was a very impressive horse,very imposing pity he went to the states.

[@mattylamb9194]

Wondered why I hadn't heard of him before!

[@watfordtripod]

@@mattylamb9194 Exbourne had a hell of an engine
Shame he went across the pond

[@WHU973]

Massively underated 2000 guineas field full of group one winners . Bobby Frankel said exbourne was the best turf horse he trained.

[@peterward8308]

He was never considered a Guineas horse.

[@Limekiln100]

Nashwan or Old Vic?

[@MEECHIO]

A tough one to call, all dependant on the ground conditions.

[@Limekiln100]

For me Old Vic at Chantilly was just something else,Secretariat like.Nashwan would not have lived with him that day.

[@lybahsarwar5986]

MEECHIO

[@nightowl7459]

Limekiln100, They gave Old Vic to much lead that day plus it was soft ground, I honestly think Nashwan would have took him at the furlong Mark and win going away.

[@rayduck9175]

Nashwan beer oldvik in the eclips

[@uhegbu]

Usually, the winner of this well known flat race goes on to further glory especially in recent years with George Washington, Henrythenavigator, Sea The Stars, Frankel and 2012 winner, Camelot. I remember Cockney Rebel's 2007 shock win owned by the man of the latter pop group.

[@seanscanlon9067]

Not trying to be a dick here but this race is one of the five classics run in England each season and it has Group 1 status, meaning it's the highest level od racing and so the winner will usually go on to run in other Group 1 races as the done thing.
And Steve Harley of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel as a band starting out, pre-date the horse Cockney Rebel by about 30 years and he did not own the horse either.