2000 Guineas
 

on this Saturday.. For a few hours at least, the winner can lay claim to the best 3yo in the world...:) ...

a maximum field for 30 is in for the 5 day decs, but 3 or 4 may still drop out..

No. Form Horse Wgt Sire Dam Dam's Sire OR
1 17-1 Adagio 3 c 9-0 Grand Lodge (USA) Lalindi (IRE) Cadeaux Genereux 115
2 01-4 Al Shemali 3 c 9-0 Medicean Bathilde (IRE) Generous (IRE) 92
3 2125-6 Big Robert 3 c 9-0 Medicean Top Flight Queen Mark Of Esteem (IRE) 106
4 123- Cockney Rebel (IRE) 3 c 9-0 Val Royal (FR) Factice (USA) Known Fact (USA) 115
5 816-85 Danum Dancer 3 c 9-0 Allied Forces (USA) Branston Dancer Rudimentary (USA) 88
6 2-1 Diamond Tycoon (USA) 3 c 9-0 Johannesburg (USA) Palacoona (FR) Last Tycoon 105
7 1255-4 Drayton (IRE) 3 c 9-0 Danetime (IRE) Exponent (USA) Exbourne (USA)
8 212- Duke Of Marmalade (IRE) 3 c 9-0 Danehill (USA) Love Me True (USA) Kingmambo (USA)
9 1111-2 Dutch Art 3 c 9-0 Medicean Halland Park Lass (IRE) Spectrum (IRE) 121
10 12214- Eagle Mountain 3 c 9-0 Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) Masskana (IRE) Darshaan
11 6184-3 Evens And Odds (IRE) 3 c 9-0 Johannesburg (USA) Coeur De La Mer (IRE) Caerleon (USA) 97
12 058-73 Fishforcompliments 3 c 9-0 Royal Applause Flyfisher (USA) Riverman (USA) 100
13 14- Haatef (USA) 3 c 9-0 Danzig (USA) Sayedat Alhadh (USA) Mr Prospector (USA)
14 110-3 Halicarnassus (IRE) 3 c 9-0 Cape Cross (IRE) Launch Time (USA) Relaunch (USA) 116
15 111-32 Hurricane Spirit (IRE) 3 c 9-0 Invincible Spirit (IRE) Gale Warning (IRE) Last Tycoon 102
16 25183- Jo´Burg (USA) 3 c 9-0 Johannesburg (USA) La Martina Atraf 97
17 12-1 Major Cadeaux 3 c 9-0 Cadeaux Genereux Maine Lobster (USA) Woodman (USA) 117
18 1-2144 Mastership (IRE) 3 c 9-0 Best Of The Bests (IRE) Shady Point (IRE) Unfuwain (USA) 102
19 2-1 Mofarij 3 c 9-0 Bering Pastorale Nureyev (USA)
20 211- Mount Nelson 3 c 9-0 Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) Independence Selkirk (USA)
21 301-21 Prime Defender 3 c 9-0 Bertolini (USA) Arian Da Superlative 109
22 0436-0 Slaney Time (IRE) 3 c 9-0 Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) Aretha (IRE) Indian Ridge
23 114-2 Sonny Red (IRE) 3 c 9-0 Redback Magic Melody Petong 109
24 15113- Strategic Prince 3 c 9-0 Dansili Ausherra (USA) Diesis 117
25 11111- Teofilo (IRE) 3 c 9-0 Galileo (IRE) Speirbhean (IRE) Danehill (USA)
26 1126-2 Tobosa 3 c 9-0 Tobougg (IRE) Sovereign Abbey (IRE) Royal Academy (USA) 104
27 1-2 Truly Royal 3 c 9-0 Noverre (USA) Her Ladyship Polish Precedent (USA) 104
28 111-1 US Ranger (USA) 3 c 9-0 Danzig (USA) My Annette (USA) Red Ransom (USA)
29 11358- Vital Equine (IRE) 3 c 9-0 Danetime (IRE) Bayalika (IRE) Selkirk (USA) 116
30 173-5 Yellowstone (IRE) 3 c 9-0 Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) Love And Affection (USA) Exclusive Era (USA)
It'll be interesting to see if Teofilo has gotten over his slight setback from 2 weeks ago. I dont think I can bet on a horse that short (2-1 ish) in a race like this with such a cloud hanging over him. Theres been big gambles on US Ranger (Tabor's horse) and Diamond Tycoon and both have looked very good in their performances this season. Im interested in Strategic Prince and Hateef (both 14-1) who both ran OK in the Dewhurst last year and could make into nice 3yos..

a few races to look at if anyone's interested.
Last Year's Dewhurst featured Teofilo (1st), Strategic Prince (3rd), Haatef (4th), Vital Equine (5th), Adagio (7th), He's A Decoy (8th), Dubai Builder (10th), Halicarnassus (14th) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBXV4LTlnhk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRretL1NQ3k - US Rangers win where he looks unbelievably impressive..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALwLWS9HC8I - The Greenham with Major Cadeaux beating previously unbeaten Dutch Art

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWhtanObfhA - Adagio winning the Craven.

MOFARIJ!!!!! :cool:

Love Eagle Mountain, Yellowstone and Truly Royal too, but.....

Where's Snowdrops? We run his fan-base together. :D

doubtful if Iffraaj's bro will run (450-1 on Betfair at the moment!!),

Well if he DOES, watch out world! :p

Last update on the Godolphin site was that he's in..... we shall see. :)

you not a Teofilo fan???

I know how good he is. Loved HRE..... he would have been my pick.

Aaaah well if he wins i shall cheer BUT I still hope my boy is entered and shows a little glimmer of his brother's brilliance.

Can you tell i miss Iffraaj?

just getting a rise off you.. Id love Teo to destroy the field but the setback just scares me....shame HRE isnt there, but we got George back at least...

heres something from racingpost:

FFRAAJ will shuttle to the Auckland-based Haunui Stud in New Zealand for the upcoming southern hemisphere season, where he will stand for NZ$12,000 (£4,454/€6,523) + GST.

The six-year-old son of Zafonic is currently serving a book of 150 mares at a fee of €12,000 in his first northern hemisphere season at Darley's Kildangan Stud.

“We had been made aware that Iffraaj was available and the more we found out about the horse, the harder it was to find any other that matched his credentials,” Mark Chitty of Haunui Farm told New Zealand Thoroughbred Update.

“He scored a tick in every box of our stallion section criteria and when we compared him to other horses that were available, there was just no contest.”

Iffraaj's finest moment came when defeating a high-class field by four lengths in the Group 2 Lennox Stakes. He also registered back-to-back victories in the Group 2 Park Stakes and finished a head second to Les Arcs in the Group 1 July Cup.

From the immediate family of Cape Cross, Diktat and Russian Rhythm, Iffraaj will be limited to 120 mares.

Rags To Riches- Oaks
US Ranger- Guineas
Circular Quay-Derby

Tabor wins all three classics within 24 hours in my opinion.

Oh thanks so much for posting that!

Always nice to read about the brilliant one. :)

Yeah, at least we have George back...

upbeat quote on Teo from Jim Bolger

"I'm very happy with him and he worked exceptionally well on Saturday morning for Kevin Manning over six and a half furlongs on our wood chip gallop, the gallop we do most of our work on," said Bolger.

I don't think the 'setback' is anything to worry about. Have you seen the interview with Bolger on ATR?? He is very confident, and the horse looked as fit as a flea.

I think he will win, i'd be worried about something coming fast and wide though. He looks in the same mould as Giant's Causeway, he will fight off all battles that he can see in time.

I've backed Haatef though, i backed him at the end of January and got 33's, so i'm happy with that. He finished fourth in a very hot Dewhurst on only his second start!!!! And he should have finished 3rd.

Yeah, good article...good to now how Iffraaj is doing :). Love love LOVE him!

And yeah, definately going for Mofarij and Teofilo all the way...because they're awesome like that :).

Katy

Crap they're both out now katy. Poor Mofarij.

Let's go spank the Godolphin guys. :D :eek: :p

Truly Royal, Yellowstone, Eagle Mountain, US Ranger..... stuck between those three now. You?

Cockney Rebel payes $105!!!!

thats some price!! awful race it turned out to be.. all my picks were the far side and just ended up being an unsatisfactory race.. the winner though would have been very tough to beat though by anyone, huge last to first move.. i feel a bit sorry for dutch art though!