The first racing Classic of the season is coming on the weekend with the 2000 Guineas. Trainer Aidan O’Brien is looking to create some history by becoming the most successful trainer at the event by getting his eighth title. The best charge that he has out in the field for 2000 Guineas betting is Churchill who has stood firm at the head of the market and who is a 6/4 favourite at online betting site Bet365.
Churchill pretty much slots into the same profile as O’Brien previous winners of the race and that will probably be enough for some punters. He is the son of Galileo took so has great stock and he landed an impressive win in the Grade 1 Vincent O’Brien National Stakes at the back end of 2016. O’Brien last took a 2000 Guineas win back in 2015 when Gleneagle stormed the field and while he could have other contenders like Spirit of Valor, Peace Envoy Lancaster Bomber going, it is Churchill who is taking all the hype.
After all, Churchill took a win, albeit only a quarter length victory over Lancaster Bomber at Newmarket in October last year in the Dubai Dewhurst Stakes. Al Wukair trained by French master Andre Fabre is going to carry a good threat in the race and he is trading strongly as well and looking some big value at 4/1 is an option in the field. He is unbeaten at two and he was impressive in a trial in France when he crushed contender National Defence, a Group One winner.
Barney Roy has taken a lot of backing since the start of the week when a dozen colts stood ground. With a Grade 3 wins t Newbury in the Greenham Stakes, seeing off Dream Castle by a couple of lengths. So that was a good final piece of work by Richard Hannon’s runner for the Godolphin Stable. That followed on from his maiden, a victory at Haydock in September. So there are two very strong challengers there to start with. The other main runner is Eminent who is coming in at 4/1 like Al Wukair is. The 3-year-old, trained by Martyn Meade put in a winning run at the Group 3 Craven Stakes in mid-April to set himself up for the 2000 Guineas. That’s two wins over 2000 Guineas distance from two outings for Eminent, who is the son of Frankel.
200 Guineas Betting Odds
Churchill 6/4, Barney Roy 7/2, Al Wukair 4/1, Eminent 4/1, Dream castle 16/1, Lancaster Bomber 33/1, Larchmont Lad 22/1, Rivet 33/1, 50/1 bar.
So you have three unbeaten colts at the head of the market for this one, with all of them having had easy, light workouts this season ahead of the 2000 Guineas. So all the trials that have been happening while Churchill has been working out, has really thrown some question marks over the outright favourite. A couple of weeks ago, Churchill was the stand out option but now there are some seriously strong contenders coming into play. For the value and tight field, the most impressive of the trial runners was Barney Roy who may be the one to get closest to the favourite.
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