This Saturday’s Grade 1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket promises to be a great one!<\/p>\n
Eleven classy 3yo’s are set for battle for a turfy mile in a race that could prove to be a springboard to superstardom for any one of these, or even many of them. The purse is a cool half-million Sim bucks, the weatherman has awarded the fans at Newmarket with clear skies (for England, anyway!) and the course is rated “Firm”.<\/p>\n
Let’s have a look at this fine field:<\/p>\n
DRUMMER<\/b><\/p>\n
This Monsun colt has only raced five times but has won a pair with three second-place runs. The blankpoin4<\/i> trainee is looking for his first stakes win and this is a tough place to get it. However, this guy has a load of talent and could very well be one to watch for in the future no matter how things go here. The scratch-bred colt goes off at 14\/1.<\/p>\n
GALICIO<\/b><\/p>\n
This colt, trained by bestobene2<\/i>, is also 2-for-5 in his career, but the three losses were all very competitive efforts in Graded stakes races. Son of Galileo goes off at 10\/1 and could be a “live” longshot. He’s improving with every start and could fire big.<\/p>\n
HYPERSTORM<\/b><\/p>\n
This guy seems to have really good days and really bad days and not too many in the middle. His last, the Grade 1 Japanese 200 Guineas, was one of his bad days. The muninn240<\/i>-trained Bernardini colt is capable of anything, and gets 9\/1 odds here.<\/p>\n
SALTPANS<\/b><\/p>\n
Hmm… Two Graded wins at the distance, ranked #10 in the division, and gets 8\/1 odds. The Malibu Moon colt has a total of four stakes wins for lopickles<\/i> and a 28-percent jock aboard. He did appear to regress last time, though the distance was a furlong further.<\/p>\n
SNATCH AWAY<\/b><\/p>\n
Everything seemed to be rolling along really nicely for this super26<\/i> trainee, but he faded in the stretch in the Grade 2 Golden Rose, then his last was a total disaster in the Grade 3 Irish 2000 Guineas Trial. Still, the Montjeu colt comes right back just four weeks later and gets 22\/1 odds. I’ve seen horses come right big and run huge after an awful race, and I’ve seen ’em back it up with another bad one…<\/p>\n
BITTER LIME<\/b><\/p>\n
This Tanino Gimlet colt goes off at 5\/1 for bsben5<\/i>, and is ranked #17 in the division due to two Graded wins and a 2nd. His loss at short odds last out may have been better-than-looked because the winner ran a monster race in his stakes debut and is favored in another allowance elsewhere today.<\/p>\n
BRISTOL BARON<\/b><\/p>\n
Colt by Pivotal has done almost nothing wrong in his 6-race career and could be any kind of good. The bristolred<\/i> trainee ran off with the Grade 3 Irish 2000 Guineas Trial last time out; a repeat of that performance will be very tough to deal with. A barely adequate rider has taken the mount on this impressive 6\/1 shot; might hurt his chances.<\/p>\n
FUTURISTIC DESIGN<\/b><\/p>\n
Goes off at 5\/1 after running 3rd behind today’s favorite in the Grade 2 South African Classic last time out. Trained by <\/i>mtklaz09<\/i>, he broke his maiden on this track last year. This Street Cry colt’s running style indicates a future in longer races to this observer…<\/p>\n
DUBAI NAVIGATOR<\/b><\/p>\n
This guy has had an interesting career thus far. The Henrythenavigator colt won half of his first six, all on the turf. This included the Grade 2 Bedford Stakes in a thrilling out-of-the-clouds finish that just managed to catch GALICIO<\/b> in the last jump. After he bombed badly in the Grade 1 BB Juvy Turf, blankpoin7<\/i> decided to try his colt on the dirt where he ran almost the same race in the Grade 3 Sam’s Town Delta Jackpot. However, he bombed out in three successive dirt tries and is back to try his hand on the grass. Gets 10\/1 odds and a solid rider… Who knows?<\/p>\n
TWO FOR FIFTY<\/b><\/p>\n
This Pentire colt is another turf-to-dirt-and-back-to-turf runner. Trained by bmoney<\/i>, his last two on the grass are promising, but he tries much tougher here in his Graded debut. The CPU sets his price at 8\/1; his rider is 2 of 47 this year. A lot of questions to answer for this one…<\/p>\n
ADVENTURES<\/b><\/p>\n
This Duke Of Marmalade colt is the 4\/1 favorite after his spectacular Grade 2 South African Classic last time out. The propertyof<\/i> trainee is looking for his 4th straight trip to the winner’s circle and ran well in a sprint stakes on this course last year. He was ridden in that sprint stakes by leading rider A Craig, who chose to ride SALTPANS<\/b> in this one.<\/p>\n
Time to try to handicap this thing…<\/p>\n
It doesn’t look like we’ve even seen BRISTOL BARON<\/b>‘s best effort yet. Speed merchant will be tested here, but my guess is that he has even more zip in reserve.<\/p>\n
ADVENTURES<\/b> should be flying in the lane, but likely will need a bit more distance to catch the fireball in the lead.<\/p>\n
SALTPANS<\/b> looks to get his game back at his preferred distance.<\/p>\n
Be sure to tune your viewer to this one!<\/p>\n
Good luck all!<\/p>\n
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