And in the 1000 Guineas on Sunday is there a bet to be had?

Aidan O’Brien has his usual strong hand with market leader Happily his main contender and unfortunately it’s no surprise that Clemmie misses the race. Happily didn’t do much wrong as a 2 year-old until the Breeders’ Cup and you can certainly forgive a filly a bad run there at the end of a long season. O’Brien also has another leading hope in I Can Fly. Nell Gwyn winner Soliloqy and Prix Marcel Boussac victor Wild Illusion represent Charlie Appleby. I wonder if we can have a Northern clean sweep of the 2000 and 1000 Guineas? Like Mark Johnston, Karl Burke trains in Middleham and Burke will be hoping that Laurens has enough pace to win a Guineas. As I said last week, she has the classy form in the book, winning the Fillies’ Mile on her final juvenile start, but has real stamina on the dam’s side of the pedigree. She’s 8/1 with Sky Bet and that’s enough to tempt me into a small wager.