15:35 Newmarket

Saturday 2 May 2026

Premier Race Day Text
All13:1013:4514:2014:5515:3516:1016:4517:2017:55

Betfred 2000 Guineas Stakes (Group 1)

  • 3YO only  |   Class 1  |   1m  |   Good to Firm  |   14 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:37  |   Winning time: 1m 35.59s
Odds by:
The word Sky in blue and Bet in white with a red background.
Cloth number
Live Odds
Odds
2
Avicenna
18/1, 16/1, 12/1
14/1
3
Billecart
50/1
66/1
4
Bow Echo
4/1, 9/2, 4/1
9/2
5
Distant Storm
4/1, 7/2, 10/3
3/1
6
Gstaad
5/2, 11/4
3/1
7
Into The Sky
18/1
8
King's Trail
9/1, 17/2, 8/1, 15/2, 7/1, 13/2, 6/1
13/2
9
Lord Britain
150/1
10
Needle Match
18/1, 20/1
18/1
11
Oxagon
11/1
12/1
12
Padraig Dawn
40/1
13
Power Blue
33/1
28/1
14
Thesecretadversary
22/1, 25/1, 22/1, 20/1, 18/1
20/1
15
Venetian Prince
66/1
80/1
SP Book Percentage 120.44

Non-Runners

1
(4)
Horse silk
Alparslan14
Weight: 9-2|  Age: 3
T: K R Burke  J: C Lee
NR

Forecasts

Gstaad (3/1), Distant Storm (3/1), Bow Echo (9/2), King's Trail (13/2), Oxagon (12/1), Avicenna (14/1), Alparslan (14/1), Into The Sky (18/1), Needle Match (18/1), Thesecretadversary (20/1), Power Blue (28/1), Padraig Dawn (40/1), Billecart (66/1), Venetian Prince (80/1), Lord Britain (150/1)

Verdict

The Charlie Appleby stable has been the dominant force in this in recent times and that trend may continue courtesy of DISTANT STORM, who quickened up in very good style to win a 7f course Group 3 last autumn. That devastating turn of foot was missing when third (Gstaad second) in the Dewhurst but he's taken to bounce back with a bang on his return. Unbeaten Royal Lodge winner Bow Echo is second choice ahead of Gstaad and the selection's stablemate King's Trail.

  1. DISTANT STORM
  2. BOW ECHO (IRE)
  3. GSTAAD

Previous Winners

2025
Ruling Court
Weight: 9-2  |Age: 3
J: W Buick  |  T: C Appleby
9/2

Prize Money

1st: £297,728.002nd: £112,875.003rd: £56,490.004th: £28,140.005th: £14,122.006th: £7,088.00

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