2000 Guineas | Newmarket Racecourse St Leger 2000 Guineas History The 2000 Guineas is of course one of the classics of British flat Racing and it is one of the most exciting races of the season with the very best three year-olds battling over the straight course on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket. The race tends to take place at the start of May each season and it gives punters the chance to run the rule over the stars of the season as we see many of them for the first time as three-year-old horses. The list of winners of the 2000 Guineas really are the cream of the crop, and it opens the way to potential runs in the Epsom Derby as well as big races at Royal Ascot and Glorious Goodwood so it really is a race to get involved with each season.

The 2000 Guineas is the first leg of the Triple Crown along with the Derby and the St Leger so it can be the start of the a magic season for the winner of the race, the last horse to capture the Triple Crown was Nijinksy in 1970 and he will be remembered as a great 2000 Guineas winner. There have been a number since then as well with all of the top yards sending their big guns to Newmarket at the start of each season, with the likes of Saeed Bin Suroor, Sir Michael Stoute and Aidan O’Brien all having multiple winners of the race over the past 10 to 15 years. The Guineas is one of the most prestigious flat races in the world and connections are always eager to get their horses to the race fit and well to see how their star juveniles have progressed over the winter ahead of the all-important three-year-old season.

Since the turn of the 21st Century we have seen some of the best winners of the race with household names like Rock Of Gibraltar in 2002, George Washington in 2006, Henrythenavigator in 2008 and of course the great Sea The Stars in 2009 winning the race in recent times. We all remember Sea the Stars going through a perfect season as a three-year-old but the 2000 Guineas was the race where he served notice of his brilliance, he followed the race win at Newmarket up with wins in the Epsom Derby, the Coral Eclipse and the Arc among others. The 2000 Guineas is always an exciting race with the runners taking on the straight mile and the draw can prove important to a horses chances, the course staff will always try to even out the draw bias but inevitably there is some advantages that show out over the two days of the Guineas meeting.

Recent Winners of the 2000 Guineas ��� 2000 - King's Best Big Race History: 2,000 Guineas - Course Specialist Big Race History: 2,000 Guineas Published April 27, 2014 | Posted by Andrew Pelis Kings Best beating Giants Causeway in 2000 Image reproduced with the kind permission of Newmarket Racecourse The 2,000 Guineas Stakes forms the first leg of the English Triple Crown for colts and is the first of the five English Classics to be run each year. As befits its standing, the Guineas is a Group 1 flat horse race open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile and takes place each year at the end of April or first Saturday in May. The race roll of honour is a pantheon of the thoroughbred greats stretching back to 1809 when the race first took place and was named after its original prize fund.

The first renewal was won by a horse called Wizard and the race’s magic quickly caught on; by the mid-1860’s the 2,000 Guineas was considered Britain’s premier race for the Classic generation with other countries introducing their own versions of the race. Part of the attraction of the 2,000 Guineas is the mixture of different horse types it attracts. It is often the first major target of the season for horses likely to tackle longer middle distance races later in the year, but perhaps have sufficient speed for a mile. Then there are the specialist milers, who in theory ought to be in their element at this distance. There are also sprinters, who are tried over the Rowley Mile in the hope that they might just last out the distance. Then there are the champion two year olds from the season before, attempting to prove that they have developed over the winter and still retain their position at the head of their generation.

In those formative years of the 2,000 Guineas, jockey Jem Robinson established a record 9 victories which stands to this day, successful with the following horses: Enamel (1825), Cadland (1828), Riddlesworth (1831), Clearwell (1833), Glencoe (1834), Ibrahim (1835), Bay Middleton (1836), Conyngham (1847), Flatcatcher (1848). That century also saw John Scott become the most successful trainer in the race with seven wins: Meteor (1842), Cotherstone (1843), Nunnykirk (1849), West Australian (1853), Fazzoletto (1856), The Wizard (1860), The Marquis (1862).

For the most successful owner in the history of the race one does not have to travel back in time however, as Sue Magnier has been associated with seven winners of the race thus far: Entrepreneur (1997), King of Kings (1998), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Footstepsinthesand (2005), George Washington (2006), Henrythenavigator (2008), Camelot (2012). There have been some extraordinary performances down the years and two stand out visually: Tudor Minstrel was a brilliantly fast horse who in 1947 annihilated his rivals by 8 lengths, giving the great jockey Gordon Richards his third victory in the race. Kings Best strolls away from Giant’s Causeway Image reproduced with the kind permission of Newmarket Racecourse However, for many there will never be a performance to match that of Frankel in 2011, a race played out in glorious Technicolor and seen around the world. Frankel scorched up the Rowley Mile from the outset setting pace-making sectional times which would finish most racehorses after a few furlongs.

However this remarkable colt maintained his gallop establishing an enormous lead and only conceding a few lengths as he was eased down inside the final furlong. It was a devastating performance and set the mark by which he continued to excel during his 14 race unbeaten career for the legendary Sir Henry Cecil. In 1868 there was a dead-heat between Formosa and Moslem. Other notable horses down the years included Ormonde, the 1868 winner and Atlantic in 1874, who gave Fred Archer the first of his three victories in the race. Topically Disraeli won the Guineas in 1898 while the brilliant filly Sceptre in 1902, became the only horse in history to win four English Classics, claiming the 2,000 Guineas and then following up in the fillies’ equivalent the 1,000 Guineas two days later. A bruised foot interrupted her preparations for the Epsom Derby where she finished fourth but she then won the Oaks and St Leger. The following year Rock Sand became the tenth colt to win the English Triple Crown.

Bahram was another notable Triple Crown winner in 1935 and Blue Peter (1939) and Djebel (1940) were renowned winners during a golden era for British racing. Crepello in 1957 became a first Guineas winner for Lester Piggott and would go on to Epsom glory. The late 1960s saw a couple of horses who won two legs of the Triple Crown as first Royal Palace (1967) and then a year later Sir Ivor won at Newmarket and followed up in the Epsom Derby. Bother horses were top draw but if Vincent O’Brien’s Sir Ivor had won two legs, by 1970 he had a champion who would become the first colt to win the Triple Crown in 35 years. Island Sands winning the 1999 2000 Guineas from Enrique Image reproduced with the kind permission of Newmarket Racecourse That horse was a son of the mighty Northern Dancer and his name was Nijinsky.

In a glorious career, Nijinsky had dominated the two year old rankings in 1969 and returned with success over the famous National Hunt stallion Deep Run in the Gladness Stakes. At Newmarket he ambled to an easy two and a half length victory over Yellow God at odds-on, before brilliantly winning the Derby and scrambling home in the St Leger. No horse since has won the colt’s Triple Crown. Island Sands and Frankie Dettori return after winning the 1999 Guineas on the July Course Image reproduced with the kind permission of Newmarket Racecourse Yet for all of Nijinsky’s brilliance, his Guineas performance was usurped just a year later by arguably the greatest ever 2,000 Guineas – and there were only 6 runners! The 1971 Guineas saw the re-match of Europe’s top two juveniles of 1970 as the prolific colt My Swallow took on the little horse he had beaten as part of his unbeaten run of seven victories that year: Mill Reef.

My Swallow extended that run to eight on his seasonal bow in 1971 while Mill Reef proved an outstanding two year old winning the Gimcrack Stakes by 10 lengths and the Dewhurst Stakes by 4 lengths. Mill Reef sauntered to victory in the Greenham Stakes and was then race-fit for Newmarket. The Middle Park Stakes had been won by another unbeaten colt who was less well regarded in Brigadier Gerard, who was trained by Major Dick Hern for the Guineas without a preparatory race. Nijinsky’s brother Minsky also contested the race but was beaten with a full quarter of a mile to run. At that stage those two great rivals My Swallow and Mill Reef had taken the field along at a scintillating pace and had most of their rivals in trouble. Inside the last two furlongs the dual down the centre of the course suddenly became a three-way fight as Brigadier Gerard on the stands side joined and then incredibly passed the two colts as if they were average, galloping on but drifting across to the stand rail.

In the end he won by an easy three lengths and would go through a remarkable career which yielded 17 wins from his 18 starts. Mill Reef was never beaten again and would go on to win the Epsom Derby, Eclipse Stakes, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Arc de Triomphe and Coronation Cup. Sea The Stars wins the 2009 Guineas Image reproduced with the kind permission of Newmarket Racecourse High Top took the next running of the race and in 1973 Mon Fils gave Richard Hannon his first Classic winner. In 1975 and 1976 Henry Cecil had his first English Classic wins thanks to Bolkonski and Wollow with these colts ridden by Gianfranco Dettori, father of Lanfranco Dettori. These victories heralded lift-off for perhaps the most celebrated training career of them all but Sir Henry (as he was by 2011) did not train another 2,000 Guineas winner until Frankel came along.

However the 1975 race was also memorable for a stable lads’ strike which caused the start of the race to be moved forwards meaning the Guineas was run over less than a mile and failed to suit subsequent Derby winner Grundy. In 1979 the 2,000 Guineas was the launch pad for another stellar career as Steve Cauthen (whose career would intertwine with Sir Henry’s) rode the outsider Tap On Wood to defeat Cecil’s Kris just days after the teenage rider had arrived in Britain to become a glittering career. 1980 brought controversy as the brilliant unbeaten colt Nureyev barged his way through to finish first past the post before becoming the only horse in the race’s history to be disqualified. He had almost brought Pat Eddery and Posse down and that colt stayed on strongly to finish a close-up third. Meanwhile on the stands rail, Known Fact and Willie Carson were out of trouble and finished second past the post, only to be awarded the race on the French trained colt’s demotion.

In 1981 To-Agori-Mou proved a classy winner of the race as he made amends for a shock defeat by Kind Of Hush in the Craven Stakes two weeks earlier. It was a narrow win however as Mattaboy forced the favourite into a photograph finish. The 1983 renewal went the way of Vincent O’Brien with the powerhouse owner of that era Robert Sangster. However victory for Lomond was somewhat unexpected as he proved an able deputy following the failure of Danzatore on his three year old return to action. A year later the O’Brien/Sangster/Eddery team were back again as El Gran Senor beat a strong field including Chief Singer, Lear Fan and Rainbow Quest. Lester Piggott recorded his fourth victory in the 2,000 Guineas in 1985 as Shadeed narrowly outpointed Bairn and went on to prove himself an outstanding miler. The following year another of the great horses of the last half century claimed the Guineas as Dancing Brave powerfully careered out of the Dip to defeat Champion Sprinter Green Desert before suffering a narrow defeat in the Epsom Derby.

By season’s end Dancing Brave was heralded as the champion colt of 1986 following victories in the Eclipse Stakes, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and Arc de Triomphe. Don’t Forget Me’s 1987 win was a second for Richard Hannon and came after an eleventh hour scare when the horse injured a foot on the morning of the race. Two years later Dick Hern repeated his preparation tactics with the unbeaten Nashwan, who became the first Guineas winner without a preparation race since Brigadier Gerard all those years before. Nashwan enjoyed a glorious summer, his Guineas win came against the smart Danehill and he went on to win at Epsom, the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park and then the King George. Tirol became a third Guineas winner for Richard Hannon in 1990 as the hot favourite from France Machiavellian got into traffic problems. A year later France was again denied victory as Clive Brittain’s admirable grey Mystiko got the better of Lycius in a driving finish.

Makfi returns after winning the 2010 Guineas Image reproduced with the kind permission of Newmarket Racecourse Then in 1992 Lester Piggott, by now aged 56, was reunited with the Robert Sangster colours he had ridden in with such distinction during the 1970s – and won the 2,000 Guineas aboard Rodrigo de Triano. A year on and the race finally had a French winner again, as Pat Eddery rode the electrifying Zafonic to a devastating victory over Barathea as thunder and lightning crashed around the Rowley Mile. In 1994 there was a large field which raced in two groups and the race eventually played out on the far rail with Mister Baileys beating Grand Lodge in a race record time. The 1995 renewal provided a thrilling spectacle as two outstanding unbeaten colts duelled in a dramatic race. The French colt Pennekamp – trained by the irrepressible Andre Fabre just got the verdict over the brilliant Celtic Swing, with champion miler Bahri back in third place.

Mark Of Esteem took the 1996 race in a dramatic three-way photo and the following year saw the start of Sue Magnier’s success as Entrepreneur repelled the late challenge of Revoque. In 1998 Magnier tasted further success as Aidan O’Brien trained his first winner of the race courtesy of King Of Kings, who defeated the hot French favourite Xaar. In 2000 Coolmore and O’Brien had another strong fancy in Giant’s Causeway but in a huge field, it was King’s Best, ridden coolly by Kieren Fallon, who weaved a path through and defeated the Iron Horse who promptly went on to win five successive Group Ones. Golan proved a smart winner of the race in 2001 although in time his successes came over longer distances. However Rock Of Gibraltar was very much a specialist miler and won seven successive Group One races in the colours of Sir Alex Ferguson. Haafhd was a slightly surprising winner of the race in 2004 despite having won the Craven Stakes beforehand.

However he beat a top class field including Irish Derby winner Grey Swallow and the top class Azamour – and crowned his career with victory in the Champion Stakes back at Newmarket. Aidan O’Brien took the race the next two years with Footstepsinthesand in 2005 and then the mercurial George Washington in 2006. O’Brien was successful again in 2008 as Henrythenavigator demonstrated he was a brilliant miler in defeating subsequent Derby and Champion Stakes winner New Approach. Then in 2009 the race went the way of a horse who had looked all promise beforehand, albeit most likely over longer distances. This was the year that Sea The Stars came to the fore and John Oxx’s colt stamped his class on the Guineas before claiming the Derby, Eclipse, Juddmonte International, Irish Champion Stakes and Arc de Triomphe in an astonishing career. In 2010 the portents suggested that Aidan O’Brien had another Guineas winner in the form of St Nicholas Abbey, whilst Richard Hannon was hopeful of big runs from Canford Cliffs and Dick Turpin.

In the event the race went the way of another French raider as Makfi heralded the arrival of trainer Mikael Delzangles in the big time. After Frankel’s extraordinary rout in 2011, the following year yielded hopes of a Triple Crown winner at long last. Camelot had been a leading two year old but was another horse expected to excel over longer distances. However, he won the 2,000 Guineas with a late burst of speed and then claimed the Derby and Irish Derby, only to be denied at Doncaster in the St Leger. The 2013 renewal went the way of Dawn Approach, who avenged the defeat of his sire New Approach with a fabulous performance. The QIPCO 2000 Guineas Stakes | QIPCO British Champions Series The QIPCO 2000 Guineas Stakes - Newmarket The Course History The first race in the QIPCO British Champions Series and the curtain-raising Classic of the British Flat season, the QIPCO 2000 Guineas is open to three-year-old colts and fillies.

It’s run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket, over one mile (1,600 metres) in late April or early May. Although they only have to carry 8st 11lbs (56kgs) compared with the 9st (57kgs) on a colt’s back, fillies very rarely contest the QIPCO 2000 Guineas nowadays. They almost invariably stick to their own equivalent event, the QIPCO 1000 Guineas, in which they don’t have to take on their male counterparts. The last filly to triumph was Garden Path in 1944. In 2011, Frankel put up one of the most devastating 2000 Guineas performances of all time, destroying the opposition with a piece of front-running brilliance which literally took the breath away. He had the race sewn up well before half way and passed the post six lengths clear of his nearest rival. It was jockey Tom Queally’s first Classic winner and trainer Henry Cecil’s 25th.

Trial races are staged in mid-April but many contenders head for the 2000 Guineas without a warm-up run, their trainers relying on getting them fit enough and sharp enough on the training gallops. The 2000 Guineas was first run in 1809. The biggest outsider? Rockavon, at 66-1 in 1961. Current leading jockey: Kieren Fallon, 5 wins (2000-1, 2005-6, 2014) Current leading trainer: Aidan O’Brien, 7 wins (1998, 2002, 2005-6, 2008, 2012, 2015) Previous winners / 2016 Hugo Palmer hailed the brilliance of Frankie Dettori after the world’s most charismatic jockey had guided Galileo Gold to a stunning victory in the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket . Always prominent, Dettori initially raced in the centre of the track from an awkward draw in stall 1 before gradually bringing Galileo Gold over to the stands’ rail.

The combination, sent off at 14-1, took the opposition out of their comfort zones with a decisive kick about two furlongs from home and Galileo Gold kept on strongly to beat Massaat by a length and a half, with Ribchester another two lengths further back in third. Air Vice Marshal was fourth and the unconsidered Kentuckyconnection, a 100-1 chance, fifth. Despite the ground being on the easy side of good, the winning time was less than a second outside standard. “It was a masterful ride by one of the world’s best jockeys on a wonderful horse,” Palmer said after saddling his first British Classic winner. “Anyone who listened to me talk about this animal for last three weeks will have got a sense of belief that has been building in the yard about him. “Not only my belief in the horse, but the horse’s belief in himself. I’ve heard Aidan [O’Brien] talk about arrogant horses before – like Muhammed Ali saying ‘I am the greatest’.

A good horse believes that.” The build-up to the first race in the QIPCO British Champions Series had revolved around Air Force Blue, the triple Group 1 winner who had been crowned Europe’s champion two-year-old of last season. However, the 4-5 favourite never threatened to get involved and beat only one home. Indeed the first three in the betting – the other pair were Storm Antarctic and Marcel – filled the last three places. Instead it was Dettori, for the umpteenth time in his decorated career, who stole the show. “Every time we win a nice race I wake up the next morning and the first thing I do is check the Racing Post to make sure it happened,” Palmer said. “I’ll be doing that tomorrow and dreading this has been a dream.” It was only five years ago that Palmer began training and up until 12 months ago Galileo Gold, a 33,000 euro purchase, still belonged to him. He now carries the colours of Al Shaqab Racing, who purchased him shortly before he won at Goodwood last summer. Suffice to say, he is now worth considerably more. And Dettori? He remains priceless.

Results The 2,000 Guineas Stakes - Details of History and Betting Thoroughbreds only History of the 2,000 Guineas Stakes The 2,000 Guineas Stakes was established in 1809 by Sir Charles Banbury. He was Steward of the Jockey Club at the time, and he had previously been involved in creating the Epsom Derby. The race was named after the amount of prize money that was awarded back then. Its inaugural running was won by a horse named Wizard. During the first few years, the 2,000 Guineas was dominated by a small number of trainers who consistently did well. It was a very competitive race, as it is today, and by the middle of the 19th century it was considered one of the most important for three year old Thoroughbreds. It was about this time that the term British Classics was introduced as a collective description for the 2,000 Guineas and four other key flat races. The 2,000 Guineas Stakes Today The race is run annually in late April or early May, not long after the flat season has started.

Although served by trial races including the Craven Stakes and the Greenham Stakes, for many three year olds it is the first race of the season. It takes place on the Rowley Mile course at Newmarket, and has a prize pool of around £350,000. It is one of three races that make up the English Triple Crown (the others being the Epsom Derby and the St. Leger Stakes), and the first of them to be run each year. Betting on the 2,000 Guineas Stakes As it is particularly competitive and comes early in the season, the 2,000 Guineas Stakes can be a tough race to bet on. There are several factors that you need to look at when making a selection and this includes looking at the two year old form of horses. It’s also a good idea to look at the ante-post market and see what’s happening to the odds. Most bookmakers offer an ante-post betting market on this race, and many do choose to place wagers some time in advance of the race to try and get better odds.

This means that a clear favorite will often start to emerge and following the money is not a bad strategy if you’re struggling to find your own pick. Studying movements in the odds in advance will certainly help you gain some idea about the respective chances of the field. If you’re looking to place a wager on the 2,000 Guineas Stakes then we would advise using one of our recommended online betting sites. These offer several advantages, including sign up bonuses and competitive odds. Horse Racing Race Preview | 15:45 Qipco 2000 Guineas Stakes | Newmarket | Sky Sports Horse Racing Classic acid test for Air Force Blue in 2000 Guineas Last Updated: 29/04/16 9:07pm Air Force Blue: Acid test in the Guineas Views from connections ahead of the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday. Air Force Blue faces the "acid test" of his Classic credentials in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday.

The Aidan O'Brien-trained son of War Front enjoyed a spectacular juvenile campaign, winning four of his five starts including a hat-trick of Group One triumphs to ensure he was crowned the season's champion two-year-old. His spectacular performance in October's Dewhurst Stakes confirmed he would head into the winter as hot favourite for the first Classic of 2016 on the Rowley Mile and his price has continued to contract in recent weeks, to the stage where he is now odds-on across the board. O'Brien, who saddled a joint-record seventh Guineas winner when Gleneagles struck gold 12 months ago, has never made any secret of the regard in which he holds the latest Ballydoyle superstar, but admits only time will tell whether the stiff mile at Headquarters will be within his compass. "He's always been very quick and has a lot of natural speed, that's why we are hoping he gets a mile," said O'Brien, whose charge has eased slightly in some places after rain turned the Rowley Mile good to soft on Friday morning. "Obviously this will be the acid test as it's his first run over a mile, we'll probably learn a lot about him.

"Those seven-furlong two-year-old races are like enhanced sprints and it is a searching mile at Newmarket. You'd have to be hopeful that he will get it, but you can never be sure until they do it on the day. "He's a good, fast horse. He's a horse who loves his work, enjoys his work and wants to please all the time. He's a very easy horse to train and I suppose the problem we have with him is over-training him. "So far everything has gone well. Everyone saw last year he's a good traveller who quickens well. "He's very relaxed and not influenced by anything at home, he's a nice independent thinker and is not a heavy-bodied horse. He covers the ground easily and economically. "He really is a joy to train." While Air Force Blue is very much the number one hope for the O'Brien-Coolmore team, they are also represented by Air Vice Marshal, who has not been seen since finishing second in Newmarket's Superlative Stakes last July. Kevin Buckley, the UK representative for Coolmore, said: "Aidan has always said Air Vice Marshal should make into a nice Guineas horse.

He just had a minor setback after his last run and the ground went against him. "He has been training well with the Guineas in mind. Whether this might just come a little too soon, that remains to be seen." Heading the home team is the runaway Craven scorer Stormy Antarctic, who rounded off 2015 by finishing a close second to O'Brien's Johannes Vermeer in the Criterium International at Saint-Cloud. Trainer Ed Walker respects Air Force Blue and has also identified Racing Post Trophy hero Marcel as a danger. He said: "I think it is a wide-open race. Air Force Blue is daunting opposition, as he is a three-time a Group One winner, but it is much more open than the betting suggests. "I fear Peter Chapple-Hyam's horse, Marcel. He is an exceptional trainer and he is unbelievable at getting a horse ready for the big day. "He was sort of the forgotten horse in the Racing Post Trophy and he is sort of the forgotten horse again. His form is rock solid and I think he is over priced." Stormy Antarctic has done almost all his running with plenty of give in the ground, but Walker feels he can be equally as effective on a much sounder surface.

"I don't think soft ground is vital at all as he is a very good moving horse. It is by default rather than design that he has run on soft ground so much," the trainer added. "He copes with it very well, but I don't think it is a necessity. It will help if the rain turns up before the race as it will test the stamina of two exceptional horses in Air Force Blue and Buratino." Walker will move from Newmarket to train in Lambourn later this year and added: "It would be a great way to leave Newmarket. "I had two major goals that I set out when I started, the first was to have more than 50 horses in my string by the third year and the other was to win a Group One by the end of my fifth year, which we failed by a head, so hopefully we can put that right. "Newmarket has been a great place to start my career and I will be sad to go for many reasons, but it is an exciting new chapter and I am looking forward to it. "You only dream about having horses like this and it is great for the yard." Marcel has not been seen in competitive action since his shock Group One victory at Doncaster last October.

Chapple-Hyam said: "I've been very happy with him over the winter but he does need to improve and he needs to find a bit more speed. "I watched Air Force Blue win the Dewhurst the other day and it did make me choke on my tea, but beside him it's an open race." Pat Smullen gets the leg-up on Marcel for the first time on the racecourse proper. He said: "Air Force Blue is the horse to beat as he was very impressive last year, but it's a horse race, at the end of the day, and anything can happen and I could not be more pleased with the one I'm going to ride in the race. "I think he would get further but there's no doubt he's not short of pace. I think a mile at the moment is ideal for him. "Going into the race without a run holds no fears at all, as we know Peter can ready one for the day." The Mark Johnston-trainer Buratino claimed Air Force Blue's scalp in last season's Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot, but the tables were turned in the Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh two months later.

Buratino was last seen finishing a close second to Shalaa in the Middle Park Stakes and Johnston is looking forward to testing his charge over a mile for the first time. He said: "He won the Coventry over six furlongs at Royal Ascot, but I never saw him as an out-and-out sprinter. "He has been working well since his first gallops early in the year. He is a very easy horse. "He has done very well in a couple of racecourse gallops, over seven furlongs and a mile." Buratino is one of three Godolphin representatives in the 13-strong field along with Jim Bolger's Herald The Dawn and the Richard Fahey-trained Ribchester. Fahey told Racing UK: "He's very fit and very well. We've got the favourite to beat, but take him out and it's probably just a Group Two, so we'll take our chance and see what happens.

"I think we'll go on any ground and I think he is on a par with Wootton Bassett (former Group One-winning two-year-old for the yard) - we do like him." Frankie Dettori will be on board Hugo Palmer's Galileo Gold, a winner at Glorious Goodwood last season. "I'm very pleased with the progress Galileo Gold has made throughout the winter and I'm expecting him to run a big race and hopefully run into a place, at least," Dettori told his Ladbrokes blog. "Of course, on last year's form Air Force Blue stands out. He was by far the best two-year-old but if there's anything amiss with the favourite then we've got a great chance." Former jumps jockey Owen Burrows, who acted as assistant to five-time 2000 Guineas-winning trainer Sir Michael Stoute for 12 years, recently took over the licence from Barry Hills to train at Kingwood House in Lambourn and inherited the exciting Massaat. The Teofilo colt chased home Air Force Blue in the Dewhurst last autumn.

Burrows said: "Air Force Blue beat him by three and a quarter lengths in the Dewhurst but the winner was match-hardened then, having already won a Group One and been to Royal Ascot, while Massaat was big and raw and was coming straight from a maiden race. "I would like to think that we will at least be able to narrow the gap on Saturday. "It is hard to say what Massaat's ideal trip will be at this stage as he has such a good temperament and relaxes in his races, so I'm sure that he will get 10 furlongs if we need him to. "Paul (Hanagan) is adamant he has the speed needed to be competitive over a mile. "Good ground would be perfect for him but he won his maiden on good to soft, so if it was good to soft again on Saturday I wouldn't be too worried." Clive Cox is keeping his fingers crossed the ground does not deteriorate further for Zonderland. The Dutch Art colt made a big impression when making a successful debut on the all-weather at Kempton last September and was far from disgraced when finishing a close-up fourth in Newmarket's Somerville Tattersall Stakes later that month.

Cox feels his charge was inconvenienced by the more demanding conditions on his final juvenile start, when fifth in the Horris Hill Stakes at Newbury. He said: "Hopefully the ground won't get too bad. "Physically, he was a very impressive two-year-old and he's grown into that frame. "We didn't really have a suitable opportunity to run him in a trial as the going was on the easy side everywhere a couple of weeks ago. "We've been very happy with his preparation and we think he's an exciting prospect." Share: Racecard 15:50 Newmarket | May 3 2014 | Qipco 2000 Guineas Stakes (206th Running) (British Champions Series) (Group 1) | Horse Racing Betting Tips | Racecards, Live Results & News | Sporting Life In depth Verdict A splendid renewal for the opening Classic of the season in which KINGMAN is taken to preserve his unbeaten record, although whether he represents acceptable betting value is open to question as he faces a collection of potentially high-class opponents.

However, John Gosden has been effusive in praise of his unbeaten colt who is taken to post another Classic success for the Juddmonte operation after a stunning return to action when routing his field in the Greenham Stakes. Ballydoyle unleash two powerful opponents against the market leader with Dewhurst winner War Command and the talking horse of the winter, Australia. The latter only landed a Group 3 after breaking his maiden but his demolition of Dermot Weld's highly regarded Free Eagle was an outstanding effort. He possibly looks more of a Derby horse but a strong effort is expected all the same. Kingston Hill also looks more of an Epsom type but the unbeaten Toormore is a potent first Classic runner for Richard Hannon. Only workmanlike on his successful Craven Stakes reappearance, there'll surely be more to come here and he was very impressive when landing the Group 1 National Stakes at the Curragh last season.

Formwatch Night Of Thunder (IRE) 11-4 (9-0) Close up, ridden 2f out, chase winner inside final furlong, no pace of winner, 2nd of 10, 4 1/2l behind Kingman (9-0) at Newbury 7f 3yo Grp 3 (1) gd in Apr. Kingman 15-8fav (9-0) Held up in touch, smooth headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, shaken up and quickened clear, very impressive, won at Newbury 7f 3yo Grp 3 (1) gd in Apr beating Night Of Thunder (9-0) by 4 1/2l, 10 ran.

Australia 5-2 (9-3) Niggled along in last early, 3rd after 2f, improved to lead and ridden 1 1/2f out, soon went clear, stayed on well, easily, won at Leopardstown 1m 2yo Grp 3 (1) gd in Sep beating Free Eagle (9-3) by 6l, 4 ran. Shifting Power 13-8fav (9-1) Prominent, ridden and slightly outpaced over 2f out, rallied to press leaders over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, led final strides, won at Newmarket 7f (1) gd in Apr beating Mushir (8-10) by hd, 6 ran. Charm Spirit (IRE) (9-2) won at Maisons-Laffitte(FR) 7f 3yo Grp 3 (1) gs in Apr beating Kiram (9-2) by shd, 7 ran. Noozhoh Canarias (SPA) (9-2) won at La Zarzuela(SPA) 7f con stks sft in Mar, 3 ran.

Toormore (IRE) Evensfav (9-3) Keen early, led over 6f out, joined 3f out, headed narrowly 2f out, shaken up and led again approaching final furlong, ridden and ran on, won at Newmarket 1m 3yo Grp 3 (1) gd in Apr beating The Grey Gatsby (9-0) by 2l, 6 ran. Kingston Hill 7-2fav (9-0) In touch, headway to lead over 1f out, ridden and ran on, impressive, won at Doncaster 1m 2yo Grp 1 (1) sft in Oct beating Johann Strauss (9-0) by 4 1/2l, 11 ran. War Command (USA) 10-11fav (9-1) Close up, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, ran on, won at Newmarket 7f 2yo Grp 1 (1) gs in Oct beating Cable Bay (9-1) by 1 1/4l, 6 ran.

The Grey Gatsby (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Led, headed over 6f out, tracked winner, joined winner 3f out, ridden to lead narrowly 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, driven and soon hung right, stayed on, 2nd of 6, 2l behind Toormore (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 3yo Grp 3 (1) gd in Apr. Bookrunner (USA) (9-2) 4th of 7, hd behind Charm Spirit (9-2) at Maisons-Laffitte(FR) 7f 3yo Grp 3 (1) gs in Apr. Master The World (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 10, 30l behind True Story (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 1f 3yo lst stk (1) gd in Apr.

Ertijaal (IRE) 4-5fav (9-5) Dwelt, keen early, close up, headway to lead entering final furlong, ridden and ran on, won at Lingfield 7f cond stks (2) pol in Apr beating Passing Star (9-5) by 3/4l, 14 ran. Outstrip 6-1 (8-10) Came out str,rallied, won at Santa Anita(USA) 1m 2yo Grp 1 (1) gd in Nov beating Giovanni Boldini (8-10) by 1/2l, 13 ran. 2,000 Guineas Stake Betting - Top Horse Racing Sites 2017 Play Now Getting to Know the 2000 Guineas Stakes Held annually at the Newmarket Racecourse in Suffolk, England, the one-mile contest has delighted horseracing fans since 1809. The race, which kicks off the Triple Crown, is held annually in late April or early May.

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John Gosden trains the horse and he’s in great form, as is jockey James Doyle, who has produced some superb rides over the last couple of weeks. This is without doubt the toughest test yet for Kingman, but we could be seeing a special horse here and the price looks appealing. Next in the betting is Australia, who can be backed at 3/1 and will run for the first time this campaign. This horse has two wins from three races and one of those was over this distance. Some may be concerned that the three-year-old hasn’t yet run this campaign, but with Aidan O’Brien’s comments saying he is one of the best horses he’s trained, he could be a massive price. Joseph O’Brien is the man on board and there’s no doubt Australia is a big contender. Toormore can then be backed at 8/1 and that could be a very good EW price. The horse was impressive when winning the Group 3 Craven Stakes over this course and distance earlier in the month.

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Question: The 2000 Guineas Horse Race is run at which British race course?
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