2,000 Guineas: Native Trail heads line-up for Saturday at Newmarket
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Native Trail was an impressive winner of the Craven Stakes at Newmarket
Qipco 2,000 Guineas |
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Venue: Newmarket Racecourse Date: Saturday, 30 April Time: 15:35 BST |
Also: 1,000 Guineas, Sunday, 1 May at 15:35 Coverage: Updates on BBC Radio 5 Live |
The unbeaten colt Native Trail heads 15 contenders for Saturday's 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket.
Last year's champion two-year-old, trained by Charlie Appleby for Godolphin, won the Craven Stakes at the track last time out.
William Buick will ride Native Trail with James Doyle on stablemate Coroebus.
Aidan O'Brien saddles Luxembourg and Point Lonsdale, while Perfect Power and Dubawi Legend are among other runners.
"We go in there with two live chances and we are very much looking forward to it," said Appleby.
While the Newmarket trainer is seeking his first victory in the season's opening Classic, O'Brien is looking for an 11th 2,000 Guineas win.
Luxembourg, a son of 2012 Guineas and Derby winner Camelot making his seasonal debut, appears his main hope.
"Obviously it is a big ask to start him off in the Guineas and he is looking like he will be a middle-distance horse, but we started similar horses like Camelot and Australia in the Guineas," said O'Brien.
Hugo Palmer - who won the Guineas with Galileo Gold in 2016 - runs Dubawi Gold, runner-up by two lengths to Native Trail in last season's Dewhurst Stakes.
Perfect Power represents Richard Fahey after winning the Greenham Stakes at Newbury, while Roger Varian has Feilden Stakes winner Eydon.
Tenebrism leads 1,000 Guineas runners
Tenebrism is poised to take on 13 rivals when she puts her unbeaten record on the line in Sunday's 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket.
The Cheveley Park Stakes winner is tackling a mile for the first time as trainer O'Brien seeks a fourth consecutive victory, and eighth overall, in the fillies' Classic.
Ryan Moore takes the ride, with Frankie Dettori aboard stablemate Tuesday.
Discoveries, who beat Tuesday narrowly at the Curragh in June for trainer Jessica Harrington, is among her rivals.
Godolphin's Fred Darling Stakes winner Wild Beauty and the French pair of Malavath and Zellie are other leading hopes.
1,000 Guineas declarations
Ameynah, Cachet, Discoveries, Flash Betty, Hello You, Juncture, Malavath, Mise En Scene, Prosperous Voyage, Sandrine, Tenebrism, Tuesday, Wild Beauty, Zellie.