All posts tagged "2000 Guineas"
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Newmarket: 2000 Guineas Preview
All eyes will be on Newmarket this weekend for the running of the 2000 Guineas – the first flat racing Classic of the season. Fifteen runners will head to post on Saturday afternoon, and we’ve taken a closer look at every runner in our 2000 Guineas Preview.
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Best ever 1000 Guineas Newmarket winners
It’s the 1000 Guineas this weekend at Newmarket, as some of the best fillies in training take centre-stage. And in preparation for Sunday’s big race, we’ve taken a look back at some of the best ever 1000 Guineas winners.
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5 Aidan O’Brien runners in the 2000 Guineas 2021
Saturday brings us the first Classic of 2021 with the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, and this year’s renewal is a wide-open-looking contest. Aidan O’Brien has dominated the race in recent seasons – winning it 10 times – including in 2018 with Saxon Warrior and Magna Grecia in 2019.
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2000 Guineas Betting Preview: Pinatubo to show his class
It’s 2000 Guineas day at Newmarket and Steven Dowler has his heart set on overcoming the £10,000 Place 6. Read his 2000 Guineas betting preview and join his Syndicate. 2000 Guineas Betting Preview 13.
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Seven of the best 2000 Guineas winners
Racing expert Steven Dowler gives us his list of the seven best 2000 Guineas winners so far this century. George Washington (2006) George Washington, known as “Gorgeous George” by his beloved fans, was a very talented horse who quickly developed into a top-class two-year-old having won five consecutive races between May 2005 and May 2006.
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04/05 Newmarket Preview: Madhmoon out to halt Aidan O’Brien’s Guineas march
Syndicate Captain Cheltmental brings us his views on the Rollover Win 6 pool on the first day of the Guineas Festival at Newmarket, where the 2000 Guineas is the big race of the day. 13:50 – Spring Lodge Stakes (Handicap) (Class 2) (3yo+) 1m1f Al Muffrih disappointed as favourite on his last outing but, having since been gelded, he could continue his improvement.
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The Guineas Festival: A guide to the Newmarket showpiece
The Guineas Festival is here. The annual Newmarket meeting is one of the highlights of the racing calendar. Accordingly, we put together a guide to the history of the event and a summary of the two featured races, courtesy of our resident tipster.
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Five of the greatest Guineas winners of all time
With the Guineas Festival just days away, we look back at five of the greatest horses ever to land victories in the Newmarket meeting. 1970 – Nijinsky (2000 Guineas) In 1970 Nijinsky famously became the first horse since Barham in 1935 to win the Triple Crown of the 2000 Guineas, the Epsom Derby and the St.