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2,000 Guineas Stakes - Form Comments

05/06/2020 15:32

G1 – 1600m – Turf

1 Al Suhail Plenty of first class efforts in 2019, and only just outgunned in a G3 over this course and distance on his final start. Soft ground may not have been ideal then.
2 Arizona Highlights of a fine first season included a G2 Royal Ascot win and when leading most of the way only finding Pinatubo too strong in a 1400m Newmarket G1.
3 Cepheus The surprise winner of a 1400m Newmarket maiden last August. Stamina worries, but probably not up to this task anyhow.
4 Juan Elcano Chances that he’ll have stamina for this trip and, though an outsider here, very little wrong with his three 2019 starts, twice close to the winner in G2 company.
5 Kameko Oisin Murphy’s mount improved throughout 2019, giving the impression he’d be even better at three. A brilliant G1 winner on Newcastle’s all-weather track on his last 2019 start.
6 Kenzai Warrior From a smaller stable, he won both starts and rallied bravely to beat a collection of in-form rivals in a heavy ground Newmarket G3 in November. No trip worries.
7 Kinross Blew his rivals away with a brilliant Newmarket debut win. Then favourite for an all-weather G1 at Newcastle but inexperience let him down in that rough race.
8 Military March May need further than this to really shine but beautifully bred and unbeaten in two starts latterly when leading and then rallying to win a G3 here in October.
9 Mums Tipple Barely believable the way he thrashed 20 runners by 11 lengths and upwards in a ‘Sales’ race at York last August. But he’s never been beyond about 1200m.
10 New World Tapestry Judged on achievements so far this colt looks the least likely winner of his trainer’s four runners in this. His sole win was in maiden company here.
11 Persuasion Two good runs out of three in 2019 and runner-up in a 1400m G3 here on his final start, though soundly beaten by the winner.
12 Pinatubo The winner of all six starts with one brilliant performance following another even though he had to work a bit harder when encountering soft ground to win a 1400m G1 here in October. The one to beat.
13 Royal Dornoch On his seventh and final 2019 start he put up by far his best performance when narrowly beating a subsequent G1 winner in a G2 over this course and distance.
14 Starcat Has only competed once and that was on an all-weather surface. However this tall colt did show good speed to win then, over this distance at Kempton.
15 Wichita A decisive G3 winner over 1400m here and then looked unhappy on the soft ground – 3rd to Pinatubo in a G1. Stable have a terrific record in this.