Wolverhampton winner Edinburgh Knight was cut from 100 to 66/1 by sponsors Stan James for the 2010 2000 Guineas after his polished success at Dunstall Park earlier this afternoon. Surely he is not in the class of the ante-post favourite;
Head of PR Charlie McCann: “Whilst a handicap success off a mark of 77 is hardly Classic form the son of Selkirk looks open to considerable improvement and trainer Paul D’Arcy suggested Newmarket was very much on the agenda in the immediate aftermath of the race.”
In other news Imperial Cup winner Qaspal as advised by Racing Diary was cut from 6s to 3/1 favourite for the Martin Pipe c/j handicap @ the Cheltenham Festival and from 12s to 5s for the Vincent O’Brien County Hurdle. Tony McCoy’s wasting to do 10st 3lb paid off with victory on Qaspal in the Paddy Power Imperial Cup. The 11-4 favourite landed a gamble and led home a one-two for trainer Philips Hobbs with Oldrik, ridden by Richard Johnson, second
StanJames.com 2000 Guineas 2010 ~ Outright Ante Post, (place terms: 1/4 the first 3)
10-3 St Nicholas Abbey
8 Canford Cliffs
9 Steinbeck
10 Awzaan
12 Arcano
14 Elusive Pimpernel
14 Workforce
14 Jan Vermeer
16 Kingsfort
20 Cape Blanco
20 Fencing Master
20 Pounced
25 Chabal
25 Poet’s Voice
25 Hearts Of Fire
25 Inler
33 Bar including
66s Edinburgh Knight (from 100)
