Guineas in a sentence

Ethan Brown suffered a fall in the Australian Guineas at Flemington earlier this month.

Oisin Murphy, who was aboard Mawj for the first time in the One Thousand Guineas, has the mount here Saturday.

The McEvoy father-and-son training team felt Veight did not quite see out the 1600m of the Caulfield Guineas but believe in the autumn the trip won’t pose a problem.

At Scope, in The Guineas, the tricksters visited three times in one day, on each occasion using a £20 note to pay for items costing two or three pounds, a loss to the shop of £51.

He went on: “I’m just delighted as he showed so much as a two-year-old, but we got a few things wrong on the day in the Guineas.

In contrast to City Of Troy, who looked a potential superstar last year before his high-profile failure to justify odds-on favouritism in the 2,000 Guineas earlier this month, Los Angeles has made quiet but steady progress into the Derby picture.

McEvoy said they “tossed up” a number of immediate options for Veight after the Australian Guineas, including features in either Adelaide or Brisbane, before deciding on the weight-for-age George Ryder.

Alligator Blood arrived at the racecourse by police escort and almost missed the start of the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas.

Blue Diamond winner Tagaloa is set to peak third-up in Saturday's Caulfield Guineas, a race he's been set for from a long way out according to co-trainer Trent Busuttin.

Brant Dunshea, the BHA’s Head of Raceday Operations, said post-2000 Guineas: “Pinatubo has taken his third late load ticket in the space of 12 months so he is required to take a stalls test before he runs.

Champion jockey Oisin Murphy enjoyed a fantastic weekend, backing up 2000 Guineas success on Kameko on Saturday with a treble on Sunday, but the well-fancied Millisle was never in contention and finished seventh.

Crosshaven took the lead inside the final 200 metres to win in the sort of style which suggested the extra 200 metres of the Guineas should be within his scope.

Jake Noonan and Florent cause a boilover at $51 in the Vobis Sires Guineas.

Once they jumped in the Guineas, Alligator Blood took control in a stalking position fifth, one off the fence, and in the straight he quickly put his rivals away in the way punters who were able to get $1.80 expected.

Pinatubo had been aiming to rebound from his first ever defeat in the 2000 Guineas but failed to find another gear once he was passed by the winner.

Rated highly enough by his connections to tackle the Gr.1 New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas (1600m) as a maiden, Lightning Jack’s confidence was high after securing his first career success at his most recent start.

Vandyke will enjoy Alligator Blood's Guineas victory for the next week before plotting a course for the autumn.

We're already talking about the Guineas.

But Eustace said Dubious, who has form around Yes Yes Yes and The Bostonian as a two-year-old before pushing Caulfield Guineas favourite Dalasan in the Danehill last start, would be fitter third-up on Wednesday.

Capping a spring highlighted by Cape Of Good Hope’s Caulfield Stakes and Super Seth’s Caulfield Guineas triumphs, Zahra has notched 10 winners from his past 42 mounts.