Saturday is 2000 Guineas Day at Newmarket and the opening Classic of the season if one of six races to be televised on ITV.
- 1:45 Newmarket: Betfred Handicap – Aramram @ 13/2
- 2:00 Goodwood: racingclub.com Conqueror Fillies’ Stakes – Protest @ 10/1
- 2:20 Newmarket: Betfred Suffolk Stakes – Hand Of God @ 3/1
- 2:35 Thirsk: Ladbrokes Thirsk Hunt Cup Handicap – Our Havana @ 6/1
- 2:55 Newmarket: Hong Kong Jockey Club World Pool Palace House Stakes – No Half Measures @ 4/1
- 3:35 Newmarket: Betfred 2000 Guineas Stakes – Shadow Of Light @ 7/1
The big race of the day is the 2000 Guineas which will be the last televised ITV race on Saturday. John and Thady Gosden’s Field Of Gold heads the market after an impressive win in the Craven Stakes at Newmarket just over two weeks ago. Charlie Appleby saddles two runners, Ruling Court and Shadow Of Light. Ruling Court won the Jumeirah 2000 Guineas at Meydan back in March, whilst Shadow Of Light won the Dewhurst and Middle Park Stakes on the Rowley Mile course last season.
Aidan O’Brien is this race’s most successful trainer with ten wins, and he will be represented this year by Expanded who was second by just a neckto Shadow Of Light in the Dewhurst in October. Other hopefuls include Joseph O’Brien’s Group 1 winner Scorthy Champ, Jessica Harrington’s Green Impact and Royal Lodge Stakes winner Wimbledon Hawkeye.
Also covered on ITV from Newmarket in the build up to the 2000 Guineas will be the Betfred Handicap, the Suffolk Stakes and the Group 3 Palace House Stakes. Joining the four Newmarket races on our screens will be the Listed Conqueror Fillies’ Stakes from Goodwood and the Thirsk Hunt Cup Handicap.