Andrew Balding admits it would be a “big deal” if Chaldean could follow in the hoof prints of his mighty sire Frankel to give legendary jockey Frankie Dettori “the send-off he deserves” on his last ever QIPCO 2,000 Guineas ride at Newmarket on Saturday 6th May. The Juddmonte-owned colt will bid to double his tally […]
Richard Hannon insists it would be a ‘life goal’ for football super-agent Kia Joorabchian should he taste glory in the QIPCO 1,000 Guineas with Mammas Girl, who is reported to be looking a ‘million dollars’ ahead of her Classic assignment at Newmarket next Sunday (7th May). In what has already been a whirlwind start to
Guineas Festival 2022: It was a double Classic success for jockey James Doyle as Cachet (16/1) led throughout to win the 2022 Group One QIPCO 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket, on Sunday 1st May. For Doyle it was a second Classic success in 24 hours following the victory of Coroebus in the QIPCO 2000 Guineas. The 34
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Guineas Festival 2022: Coroebus (5/1) prevailed from his stable companion Native Trail (5/4 Favourite) in the first Classic of the season, the QIPCO 2,000 Guineas (1m) at Newmarket on Saturday 30th April. It was a fourth Classic winner for trainer Charlie Appleby following his triumphs in the Derby (2018 Masar, 2021 Adayar) and St Leger (2021
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The 2019 Champion Flat Jockey, Oisin Murphy, is the name on everyone’s lips after he secured his first victory in a Classic race on Saturday 6th June, winning the QIPCO 2,000 Guineas with Kameko. Kameko’s win set a new track record at 1min 34.72 secs, beating Mister Baileys’s time in 1994, with Aidan O’Brien-trained Wichita
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Saturday 6th June – 3:35pm – Newmarket – 1m (Row) QIPCO 2,000 Guineas Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Colts & Fillies) (Class 1) (3yo) The 2,000 Guineas Stakes was first run in 1809. The race was established by the Jockey Club under Sir Charles Bunbury who had also been responsible for co-founding The Derby
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Roger Charlton’s unbeaten filly Quadrilateral heads up a field of 15 challengers for the fillies’ Classic, the QIPCO 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket on Sunday 7th June. The Frankel filly, who will be equipped with a first-time tongue strap, won each of her three races last year, signing off with a tenacious success in the Group 1 bet365 Fillies’ Mile at Newmarket
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Roger Teal is hoping Kenzai Warrior can upstage hot favourite Pinatubo and give him a dream triumph in the QIPCO 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket (3.35pm) on Saturday 6th June. Pinatubo won his six races last year by an aggregate of 24 lengths, signing off with successive Group 1 victories under William Buick in the Goffs
The tenth edition of the QIPCO British Champions Series will start with a bang on Friday 5th June when two-time Gold Cup hero Stradivarius and last year’s Investec Derby winner, Anthony Van Dyck, will feature among a fascinating field of seven for the £110,000 Hurworth Bloodstock Coronation Cup (3.35pm). Usually, the mile-and-a-half Group 1 contest is run at
The 2,000 Guineas is the first of the Classics run in the normal racing calendar. The very nature of the Flat turf for the vast majority of owners is the dream of having a Classic or Group 1 winner. This ensures that the horse in question can be retired to stud. Top of the current
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