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Newmarket Guineas Festival 2012

Top Rated Colts Head Classic Betting 11/01/12
Camelot is the 4-1 favourite with Coral for the Qipco 2,000 Guineas, and 3- 1 market leader for the Investec Derby, after the Racing Post Trophy winner was rated the joint-top two-year-old in the World Thoroughbred Rankings. [more]

Born To Sea Eased for Guineas After Leopardstown Reverse
31/10/11
Coral has eased Born To Sea to 10-1 (from 7-1) for next year's Qipco 2,000 Guineas, after the half-brother to Sea The Stars lost his unbeaten record at Leopardstown yesterday afternoon. His conqueror at the Irish track, Nephrite, is also 10-1 for the colts' Classsic. [more]

Frankel's Brother Sunk by Swedish Sailor 25/10/11
Noble Mission performed with plenty of credit on his much-anticipated debut at Yarmouth to finish second to Godolphin newcomer Swedish Sailor. [more]

Impressive Deauville Winner Gets 14-1 Guineas Quote 21/08/11
Coral has introduced Dabirsim into their Qipco 2,000 Guineas betting at 14- 1, after the colt maintained his unbeaten record in this afternoon's Prix Morny at Deauville. [more]

Superhorse Frankel Destroys 2000 Guineas Field 30/04/11
Frankel took the QIPCO 2000 Guineas in devastating style as jockey Tom Queally blazed ahead of his rivals to eventually finish six lengths clear. [more]

Broox Primed to Oppose Frankel in QIPCO 2000 Guineas 29/04/11
Eoghan O’Neill went close to QIPCO 2000 Guineas glory four years ago when he saddled 33/1 shot Vital Equine to finish runner-up behind Cockney Rebel and the French-based Irishman has another talented outsider for this year’s running of the £350,000 Classic in the shape of Broox. [more]

Frankel Now as Short as 1-2 for the 2,000 Guineas 25/04/11
Frankel will face a maximum of 14 rivals when he puts his unbeaten status on the line in Saturday’s Qipco 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket. Henry Cecil’s charge is poised to be sent off one of the shortest-priced favourites for the first colts’ Classic in living memory, with some firms now going just 1-2 about the son of Galileo. [more]

Gold Strike Could Prompt 2000 Guineas Bid 21/04/11
Richard Hannon’s Dubawi Gold put up an impressive performance at Lingfield to land the (Listed) International Trial Stakes and place himself in line for a crack at the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on April 30. [more]

Craven Winner Native Khan Could Bypass 2000 Guineas 15/04/11
Native Khan, trained by Ed Dunlop was the first of the 2000 Guineas contenders to strut his stuff this season, when he took on a competitive looking field in the Group Three, Craven Stakes over the eight furlongs of the Rowley Mile course at Newmarket earlier this week. [more]

Fahey in Race Against Time to Have Bassett Ready for 2000 Guineas
12/04/11
Richard Fahey has issued a warning to punters considering backing his unbeaten Wootton Bassett for the Qipco 2000 Guineas on April 30, suggesting that his stable star is only 50-50 to make the line-up for the big race. [more]

Frankel and Dream Ahead Top 2000 Guineas Entries 07/03/11
Unbeaten colt Frankel heads a 52-strong entry for this year's Group One 2000 Guineas, which will mark the start of the inaugural British Champions' Series on Saturday, 30th April, at Newmarket. [more]

Makfi Springs 33/1 Surprise in 2000 Guineas 01/05/10
All the talk before today’s StanJames.com 2000 Guineas was of St Nicholas Abbey, who was sent off Evens favourite for the Classic, but he could finish only sixth as a new star emerged on the Rowley Mile in French raider Makfi who stormed to a length and a quarter victory at odds of 33/1. [more]

Inler Excites Best 28/04/10
Kent-based trainer John Best has not yet tasted Classic success but has a live contender for Saturday’s StanJames.com 2000 Guineas at Newmarket in the shape of Inler. [more]

Arcano Puts Classic Credentials on the Line 14/04/10
With the exception of the brilliant St Nicholas Abbey, currently 9/4 favourite for the 2,000 Guineas, Arcano was arguably the most impressive juvenile colt of the 2009 season. [more]

Bumper Entries for StanJames.com 2000 Guineas 05/02/10
Xtension has already exhibited top-class form on Newmarket’s Rowley Mile course and last season’s Group One Jumeirah Dewhurst Stakes third has pleased trainer Clive Cox with the progress he has made this winter ahead of a planned tilt at the StanJames.com 2000 Guineas. [more]

Sea The New Star 02/05/09
Sea The Stars lit up the Rowley Mile to land the 2009 stanjames.com 2000 Guineas in spectacular style. [more]

Delegator Among 29 Colts in Search of stanjames.com 2000 Guineas Glory 22/04/09
A total of 29 colts stood their ground for May 2's stanjames.com 2000 Guineas after today's first scratching deadline. [more]

Henry Navigates to 2000 Guineas Victory 03/05/08
Trainer Aidan O’Brien landed his fifth stanjamesuk.com 2000 Guineas when winning the 200th running of the Classic after Henrythenavigator battled to beat the 11/8 favourite New Approach by a nose. [more]

30 Go Forward for 2000 Guineas 23/04/08
Stimulation is one of 30 horses going forward after yesterday’s forfeit stage for what promises to be a fantastic renewal of the £375,000 stanjamesuk.com 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday, May 3, and trainer Hughie Morrison believes there is more to come from the Choisir colt. [more]

Oxx Could Run Red Eye Express in Craven Stakes
14/04/08
Irish trainer John Oxx is considering running Red Eye Express in the £50,000 Group Three banshahousestables.com Craven Stakes (3.45pm), run over a mile at Newmarket on Thursday, April 17, the second day of the Craven Meeting. [more]

Henry Gallops to Guineas Favouritism 19/06/07
It may be nearly 11 months away but the Aidan O’Brien-trained Henrythenavigator is as short as 5/1 (with Boylesports) for next year’s 2000 Guineas after winning the opening Coventry Stakes in scintillating fashion. [more]

Teofilo Heads 38 for Stan James 2000 Guineas 25/04/07
Teofilo, unbeaten in five races as a two-year-old and talked of as a possible Triple Crown contender this season by his trainer, heads 38 cracking entries who remain in the £350,000 Group One Stan James 2000 Guineas after the forfeit stage. [more]

Brilliant George powers to Guineas glory 06/05/06
George Washington lit up the NatWest Rowley Mile course with a fantastic performance to land the Stan James 2000 Guineas in style. [more]

Arise, Sir Percy 06/05/06
Marcus Tregoning was thinking about the Vodafone Derby within moments of Sir Percy’s second behind George Washington in the Stan James 2000 Guineas. [more]

Great Quality Stan James 2000 Guineas In Prospect 04/05/06
A total of 14 horses have been declared for the first Classic of the 2006 Flat turf season, the £330,000 Stan James 2000 Guineas, run over the NatWest Rowley Mile at Newmarket on Saturday, May 6. [more]

Smart Eyes Guineas Glory With Star Colts 30/03/06
Yorkshire trainer Bryan Smart today reported his two Stan James 2000 Guineas hopefuls Sir Xaar and Misu Bond to be in great shape and on course for the Classic on Saturday, May 6. [more]

Wachman Targets El Fuego At Stan James 2000 Guineas
23/03/06
Irish handler David Wachman has confirmed that El Fuego is in top shape and on course to contest the Stan James 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. [more]

Nakheel Heads Mark Johnston’s Stan James 2000 Guineas Team
03/03/06
Nakheel, trained by Mark Johnston, is “looking fantastic” and on course for a crack at the Stan James 2000 Guineas, the first Classic of the 2006 Flat season. [more]

Sir Percy Set For Stan James 2000 Guineas Return
Sir Percy, who finished his two-year-old campaign unbeaten after four starts, is reported in "great form" and, according to trainer Marcus Tregoning, on course to reappear in the £330,000 Stan James 2000 Guineas at the NatWest Rowley Mile on Saturday, May 6, the first Classic of the 2006 Flat season. [more]