{"id":39775,"date":"2021-04-28T12:08:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T11:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/?p=39775"},"modified":"2021-04-28T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T12:27:33","slug":"2000-guineas-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/2000-guineas-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Aidan O’Brien runners in the 2000 Guineas 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday brings us the first Classic of 2021 with the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, and this year\u2019s renewal is a wide-open-looking contest. Aidan O\u2019Brien has dominated the race in recent seasons – winning it 10 times – including in 2018 with Saxon Warrior and Magna Grecia in 2019. As the big race approaches, O\u2019Brien still has five horses entered – we\u2019ve taken a closer look at each of them below and highlighted their chances of Guineas success as they look to add their names to the best 2000 Guineas winners<\/a> ever.<\/p>\n

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2000 Guineas 2021: 5 Aidan O’Brien runners<\/h3>\n

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Wembley
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Wembley will be looking to add his name alongside Churchill, Gleneagles, and Frankel as a Galileo-sired 2000 Guineas winner and he looks a fair chance in a wide-open race.<\/p>\n

The quick ground at Newmarket should play to his strengths and he\u2019ll be looking to build on 2nd place finishes in the National Stakes at the Curragh behind Thunder Moon, and in the Dewhurst behind St Mark\u2019s Basilica<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With Ryan Moore on board in the Dewhurst, he was the apparent stable first-choice and just failed to reel in stablemate St Mark\u2019s Basilica ridden by Frankie Dettori. It was hard not to be impressed with that run, he found traffic problems but ran on strongly indicating that the Guineas trip will be perfect.<\/p>\n

A son of Galileo on quick ground over 1 mile – what\u2019s not to like!<\/p>\n

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St Mark\u2019s Basilica
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The son of Siyouni ended the 2020 season in great style, landing the Group 1 Dewhurst at Newmarket from stable companion Wembley.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a shock that he\u2019s not shorter than 8\/1 in the betting at the time of writing for the 2021 version of the 2000 Guinease but, having never raced on ground this quick yet, it\u2019s a concern.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s the top-rated horse in the race with a BHA rating of 120 and the step up to a mile should see more improvement. With one of the best pieces of form in the race, it\u2019s a surprise he\u2019s so weak in the market – it will be interesting to see if he takes his chance on Saturday and, if so, what price he goes off at.<\/p>\n

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