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| Newmarket 2000 Guineas - 30th April 2011 |
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2000 Guineas, which will mark the start of the inaugural British Champions' Series on Saturday, 30th April, at Newmarket.
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Trainer Henry Cecil's charge, who went on a thrilling sequence of four straight victories last season, is among an entry for the 350,000 contest that includes no less than seven Group One-winning colts.
Frankel stormed to success in the Group One Dubai Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket in October and his first major test in 2011 is likely to be the first British Classic of the season, staged on the historic Rowley Mile.
Cecil savoured back-to-back wins in the 2000 Guineas with Bolkonski (1975) and Wollow (1976) but so far has not been able to add to that tally.
The Khalid Abdulla-owned Frankel had Group One Shadwell Middle Park Stakes hero, the David Simcock-trained Dream Ahead, back in fifth when capturing a hot renewal of the Dubai Dewhurst Stakes. The pair were ranked as t-champion two-year-old colts according to the European Two-Year-Old Rankings, with ratings of 126.
Simcock revealed today: “Physically, I couldn’t be happier with Dream Ahead. He has had a very, very good winter – he looks fantastic. He has matured, put a lot of weight on in the right places and he has started his training very well.
“He is doing two canters up Warren Hill with his lead horse and everything is very much on course for the 2000 Guineas. He will go straight there.
“I’m quietly confident that he will see out a mile. It’s something that we won’t know until we’ve tried.”
The two-time Group One winner lost his unbeaten record when failing to fire in the Dubai Dewhurst Stakes but Simcock is unperturbed by that effort.
He added: “That wasn’t his day, it certainly wasn’t his running – and you will see a different horse in April.”
Five of the six runners from that October contest hold entries in the 2000 Guineas; the Aidan O’Brien-trained runner-up and subsequent Group One Criterium International winner Roderic O’Connor, third-placed Glor Na Mara from the Jim Bolger yard and Godolphin handler Saeed bin Suroor’s Group Two Champagne Stakes victor Saamid.
Godolphin could also be represented by seven three-year-olds trained by Mahmood Al Zarooni including Casamento and NATIVE KHAN (FR) Ibrahim Araci Ed Dunlop
212- NEEBRAS (IRE) Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni
111- PATHFORK (USA) Silverton Hill Partnership Jessica Harrington IRE
1- PETER MARTINS (USA) The Honorable Earle I Mack Jeremy Noseda
313414- REROUTED (USA) Khalid Abdulla Barry Hills
3121- RODERIC O'CONNOR (IRE) Sue Magnier/Michael Tabor/Derrick Smith/Sangster Family Aidan O'Brien IRE
116- SAAMIDD Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
432030- SHAFGAAN Saeed Manana Clive Brittain
10- SHROPSHIRE (IRE) The Hon Catherine Corbett & Chris Wright Barry Hills
561245- SLIM SHADEY Phil Cunningham Stan Moore
2(2)(1)-(2)(1) SPLASH POINT (USA) Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni
1132- STRONG SUIT (USA) Julie Wood Richard Hannon
TLAAD (USA) Saeed Manana Clive Brittain
110- TREASURY DEVIL (USA) Lord Lloyd-Webber John Gosden
122- UNEX EL GRECO Bill Gredley John Gosden
5150- UTLEY (USA) George Strawbridge John Gosden
1- WESTERN ARISTOCRAT (USA) Tom Ludt Jeremy Noseda
11111- WOOTTON BASSETT Frank Brady & The Cosmic Cases Richard Fahey
2(1)- YASEER (IRE) Hamdan Al Maktoum Marcus Tregoning
161113- ZOFFANY (IRE) Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
52 entries
8 Irish-trained
2 French-trained
1 Spanish-trained
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