| 2000 GUINEAS 1980 | |||
The 172nd winner of the 2000 Guineas, held on Saturday 3rd May 1980 over the Rowley Mile, was Known Fact (14/1), a bay colt by In Reality out of Tamerett, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah. Nureyev passed the post first, a neck in front of Known Fact, in 1 minute 40.4 secs, with 3/4 length back to the third. However, Nureyev was disqualified and placed last. A field of 14 runners contested the race which was worth £56,620 (Equivalent to £263,800 in 2017) KNOWN FACT SR 2092 The following 2000 Guineas 1980 clip is a 1 min 52 secs clip from Youtube |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| KNOWN FACT | Willie Carson | Jeremy Tree | Prince Khalid Abdullah 14/1 |
| POSSE | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop | O Phipps |
| NIGHT ALERT | Lester Piggott | M Vincent O'Brien | Robert Sangster |
| BRAUGHING | J Lynch | Clive Brittain | W Gredley |
| FINAL STRAW | Greville Starkey | Michael Stoute | J Wigan |
| HIGHEST BIDDER | Tony Ives | Bill O'Gorman | M Dabaghi |
| SAINT JONATHAN | Steve Cauthen | Barry Hills | R Swift |
| STAR WAY | Bruce Raymond | Paul Kelleway | G Kaye |
| SWIFT IMAGE | Paul Cook | J Winter | G Becole |
| TAUFAN | John Reid | R Johnson-Houghton | Sheikh Mohammed |
| TYRNAVOS | Edward Hide | Bruce Hobbs | G Cambanis |
| WIDD | Geoff Baxter | M Masson | T Al-Said |
| WORLD LEADER | Gianfranco Dettori | Luca Cumani | Carlo d'Alessio |
| NUREYEV | Philip Pquet | Francois Boutin | Stavros Niarchos 13/8 fav |
| Over Round N/A | |||