| 1000 GUINEAS 1881 | |||
The 68th winner of the 1000 Guineas, held on Friday 6th May 1881 over the Rowley Mile, was Thebais (5/6 fav), a chestnut filly by Hermit out of Devotion, owned by Mr William Stirling Crawfurd. The winner won by a neck in 1 minute 50 secs, with 10 lengths back to the third. A field of 13 runners contested the race which was worth £4,750 (Equivalent to £527,300 in 2017) THEBAIS SR 1924 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| THEBAIS | George Fordham | Alec Taylor snr | Mr William S Crawfurd 5/6 |
| THORA | Watts |  |
Duke of Hamilton 100/7 |
| BAL GAL | Fred Archer | Lord Falmouth 9/2 | |
| MOLL DAVIS | Rossiter | Mr C Brewer 33/1 | |
| ANGELINA | Charles Wood | Lord Calthorpe 33/1 | |
| WANDERING NUN | John Osborne | Mr Chaplin 25/1 | |
| NAPOLI | Lemaire | Mr J H Houldsworth 33/1 | |
| STCHAISTIA | Greaves | Mr E G Ilovaisky 33/1 | |
| MARIE THERESE | Morgan | Count Frederic de Lagrange 33/1 | |
| LUCY GLITTERS | Snowden | Mr C Perkins 100/14 | |
| MYRA | Tom Cannon | Lord Rosebery 100/6 | |
| MAZURKA | Jem Goater | Lord Cadogan 33/1 | |
| METEORA | F Webb | Mr Norman 33/1 | |
| Over Round 125% | |||