The race to win the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday could look
more like a cavalry charge after 30 horses were declared for the first
English horse racing Classic of the season, which will be shown live
on Ten Sports. The 2,000 Guineas favourite Teofilo will be ridden by
his big-race jockey Kevin Manning. 3 year old Teofilo, last year's
champion juvenile, is unbeaten and is the latest to bear the burden of
being a supposed wonder horse. For Teofilo, the son of Galileo,
Saturday is the first step on a three-stop road to attempt to win the
Triple Crown - the Guineas, the Derby and the St Leger - in the
hoofprints of the legend Nijinsky, 37 years ago. Teofilo's closest
market rival is the Craven Stakes winner Adagio trained by Michael
Stoute.
On Sunday the channel will broadcast live coverage of the 1,000
Guineas from the same course, and the favourite from the 25 fillies
for Sunday's 194th running is Teofilo's stablemate from the Jim Bolger
yard, Finsceal Beo. She has been a leading fancy since winning the
group one Prix Marcel Boussac at Longchamp last October and is now
favourite.
Ten Sports broadcasts all the top races from England, Dubai and India
as well as the weekly magazine show "Winning Post" throughout the
year.
