Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. AIDAN O’BRIEN targets a record ninth win in the QIPCO 2000 Guineas and his third in the past four years when he saddles Gustav Klimt and Saxon Warrior at Newmarket on Saturday. The pair is at the forefront of the betting for…
By Simon Jackson. Galileo Gold justified connections’ faith to land the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and provide local handler Hugo Palmer with his first British Classic victory. The son of Paco Boy raced close to the pace under the resurgent Frankie Dettori and stayed on well to score by one and a half lengths…
By Simon Jackson. Air Force Blue heads a field of 13 runners for the first Classic race of the season, the Group 1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile Racecourse on Saturday. The Aidan O’Brien-trained colt is best priced at 4-6 (Paddy Power and Coral) to land the £500,000 contest that is televised live…
By Simon Jackson. Ryan Moore completed a memorable double when landing the QIPCO 1000 Guineas on Legatissimo, 24 hours after winning the 2000 Guineas on Gleneagles. Legatissimo, trained by David Wachman in Ireland, stayed on strongly in the last half furlong to score by three quarters of a length on Newmarket’s Rowley Mile. The victory…
By Simon Jackson. Gleaneagles won the QIPCO 2000 Guineas in emphatic style to provide Aidan O’Brien with his seventh winner of the race and Ryan Moore with his first at Newmarket on Saturday. The winner was sent off the 4-1 favourite in the field of 18 runners and raced close to the pace on the…
By Simon Jackson. Richard Hannon targets back to back wins in the QIPCO 2000 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday where he is set to saddle four of the 19 runners. The champion trainer won last year’s first Classic of the season with Night Of Thunder and has entered Estidkhaar, Ivawood, Kool Kompany and Moheet in the feature…
By Simon Jackson. Richard Hannon has described the feeling of winning the QIPCO 2000 Guineas with 40-1 shot Night Of Thunder at Newmarket on Saturday as ‘the stuff of dreams.’ Night Of Thunder’s victory under Kieren Fallon was the first season trainer’s first win in a Classic, having taken over the licence from his championship…
By Simon Jackson. Australia is now as short as 5-4 (Boylesports) for the Investec Derby on June 7 after finishing a close third to Night of Thunder in the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday. The Aidan O’Brien-trained colt was unbeaten in three starts in Ireland ahead of the first Classic of the season…
By Simon Jackson. John Gosden believes there is still more improvement to come from Kingman, the 6-4 favourite for the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday. The son of Invincible Spirit blew away his nine opponents to score by four and a half lengths in the Group 3 Greenham Stakes at Newbury, at his…
By Simon Jackson. Paddy Power has cut the price of Kingman into 6-4 for the QIPCO 2000 Guineas after bullish comments from trainer John Gosden following an emphatic win in the Aon Greenham Stakes. Kingman’s supporters had little cause for concern throughout the Group 3 contest at Newbury on Saturday, as Kingman tracked the leaders…
