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Chaldean (sheepskin noseband) leads home Royal Scotsman in last season's Dewhurst Stakes on the Rowley Mile

Balding flags 2000 Guineas threat of 'exceptional' duo

Andrew Balding believes this year's Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket looks "above average" as he prepares Dewhurst winner Chaldean for the first Classic of the season.

Racing • 02 May 23

Auguste Rodin has won three of his four lifetime starts

Auguste Rodin and 14 rivals remain in 2000 Guineas

Auguste Rodin heads 15 colts confirmed for the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday.

Racing • 01 May 23

Chaldean (sheepskin noseband) won the Group One Dewhurst Stakes on his final outing as a juvenile

Chaldean reappears in Greenham Stakes at Newbury

Chaldean will attempt to follow in his sire's illustrious footsteps and enhance his Classic credentials when he lines up in Saturday's Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes at Newbury.

Racing • 21 Apr 23

Nostrum's reappearance has been delayed until at least June

No Guineas for Stoute's Nostrum

Nostrum will not run in the Qipco 2000 Guineas having been ruled out of the early part of the season with a setback.

Racing • 17 Apr 23

Noble Style will stretch his stamina to seven furlongs in the Greenham

Noble Style to reappear in Greenham Stakes at Newbury

Gimcrack winner Noble Style is to tackle seven furlongs for the first time in the Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes at Newbury as a trial for what trainer Charlie Appleby hopes will be a crack at the 2000 Guineas.

Racing • 23 Mar 23

James Doyle steers Coroebus win the Qipco 2000 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket

Coroebus bursts to 2000 Guineas victory at Newmarket

Coroebus led home stablemate and hot favourite Native Trail to provide trainer Charlie Appleby with a one-two in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.

Racing • 30 Apr 22

Native Trail will bid to stretch his unbeaten record to six races in the 2000 Guineas

Native Trail camp confident ahead of 2000 Guineas

William Buick hopes unbeaten Native Trail will keep "coming up with the goods" and justify short-priced favouritism in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday.

Racing • 29 Apr 22

Native Trail has five wins from five starts

Appleby's Native Trail heads field for 2000 Guineas

Charlie Appleby's Native Trail heads the field for 2000 Guineas but O'Brien has hope of 11th win in the first classic of the season with Luxembourg at Newmarket on Saturday

Racing • 28 Apr 22

Native Trail ridden by jockey William Buick (right) coming home to win the Classic trial

Native Trail eases to Craven Stakes victory

Ante-post 2000 Guineas favourite Native Trail maintained his unbeaten record with a cosy victory in the bet365 Craven Stakes at Newmarket.

Racing • 13 Apr 22

Poetic Flare has won four of his five lifetime starts

Poetic Flare bags 2000 Guineas for Bolger and Manning

Poetic Flare (16-1) just edged out Master Of The Seas in a thrilling finish to the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.

Racing • 01 May 21

Mutasaabeq will make just his third lifetime start in the 2000 Guineas

Mutasaabeq added to 2000 Guineas field

Coolmore and Godolphin dominate the 18 confirmations for Saturday's Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday, while Charlie Hills' Mutasaabeq has been supplemented following his taking reappearance win on the Rowley Mile.

Racing • 26 Apr 21

Thunder Moon boasts a potent turn of foot

O'Brien craves sound surface for Thunder Moon

Joseph O'Brien is one trainer who does not want the current dry spell to end as he believes it will aid Thunder Moon's chances in the Qipco 2000 Guineas.

Racing • 20 Apr 21

St Mark's Basilica held off stablemate Wembley in the Dewhurst at Newmarket in October

Guineas entries revealed

Dewhurst one-two St Mark's Basilica and Wembley are among a dozen entries for Aidan O'Brien in this year's Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.

Racing • 03 Mar 21

Siskin (C) winning The Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at The Curragh last year

Siskin heads 15 entries for Irish 2,000 Guineas

Siskin tops 15 contenders for Friday's Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh.

Racing • 08 Jun 20

Murphy and stable staff celebrate victory

Murphy basking in the glory after landmark Guineas win

Those in attendance at Newmarket on Saturday may have been few and far between - but that failed to stop Kerry's Oisín Murphy from celebrating his first Classic victory in Britain aboard Kameko in the Qipco 2000 Guineas

Racing • 06 Jun 20

Kameko stays on strongly to win 2000 Guineas

Kameko (10-1) powered to victory in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket in a record time for the race under Killarney native Oisín Murphy, edging out Wichita by a neck, with red-hot favourite Pinatubo a length back in third.

Racing • 06 Jun 20

Kinross posted eye-catching closing sectionals when shedding his maiden tag at the first attempt at Newmarket last October

2000 Guineas contender Kinross exciting Bentley

Harry Bentley believes Kinross is capable of providing him with a first Classic success in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday.

Racing • 02 Jun 20

Kameko's finest hour last season came under the lights at Newcastle in the rearranged Vertem Futurity Trophy

Kameko pleasing Balding ahead of Guineas

Andrew Balding "couldn't be happier" with Kameko as he prepares his Group One winner for the Qipco 2000 Guineas.

Racing • 26 May 20

The Classic crop has already started to bloom in Japan

Japanese Guineas whet appetite for European Classics

The Flat racing calendar in the northern hemisphere remains mired in uncertainty, but in one jurisdiction the first Classics of the season have been staged as the coronavirus pandemic rages.

Racing • 25 Apr 20

Exceptional two-year-old Pinatubo heads the ante-post market for the 2000 Guineas

Initial entries for Guineas scrapped

The cancellation of initial entries for both the 2000 Guineas and the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket in early May is the latest repercussion in British racing of the coronavirus pandemic.

Racing • 26 Mar 20

Phoenix of Spain was a dominant winner of the first classic of the season

Phoenix of Spain dominates favourites in 2000 Guineas

Phoenix Of Spain, trained by Charlie Hills and ridden by Jamie Spencer, wins the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh.

Racing • 25 May 19

Ten Sovereigns heads Aidan O'Brien's 2000 Guineas challenge

Sovereigns leads the way in 2000 Guineas

Ten Sovereigns and Magna Grecia head Aidan O'Brien's six remaining possibles among a cast list of 31 in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 4.

Racing • 24 Apr 19

Jim Crowley riding Elarqam win The Tattersalls Stakes at Newmarket

English raider Elarqam favourite to land Guineas

Aidan O'Brien will saddle four horses in the hopes of a home win at the Curragh.

Racing • 26 May 18

Donnacha O'Brien riding Saxon Warrior (R) celebrates

Saxon Warrior secures ninth 2,000 Guineas for O'Brien

Saxon Warrior gave Donnacha O'Brien a first Classic success and a ninth for father Aidan with an imperious display in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.

Racing • 05 May 18

Gustav Klimt is one of three Aidan O'Brien runners in the 2000 Guineas

Aidan O'Brien desperate for more Guineas glory

Aidan O'Brien knows what attributes a horse needs to win the Qipco 2000 Guineas and heads to Newmarket on Saturday with high hopes of adding to his record tally.

Racing • 04 May 18