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Darius (Foaled 1951) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic 2000 Guineas in 1954. In a racing career which lasted from the spring of 1953 until November 1955 he ran twenty-one times won nine races and was placed on ten occasions. He was one of the best British two-year-olds of his generation winning four races including the July Stakes and the Champagne Stakes. In the following year he won the 2000 Guineas and the St.