2012 1000 Guineas

The winner was Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith's Homecoming Queen, a three-year-old bay filly trained at Ballydoyle in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Ryan Moore.

The Godolphin stable was represented by the undefeated pair Lyric of Light (Fillies' Mile) and Discourse (Sweet Solera Stakes).

[3] Homecoming Queen, the last filly to enter the stalls, broke very quickly and immediately took the lead from Alla Speranza, Lightening Pearl and Nayarra.

The order was maintained until three furlongs from the finish, at which point Ryan Moore increased the pace on Homecoming Queen and opened up a clear advantage.

None of the other fancied runners ever posed a threat, with Mashoora finishing twelfth, Moonstone Magic fifteenth, Discourse sixteenth and Lyric of Light seventeenth and last.