15:35 Newmarket

Saturday 2 May 2026

All13:1013:4514:2014:5515:3516:1016:4517:2017:55

Betfred 2000 Guineas Stakes (Group 1)

Off time: 15:37 | Winning time: 1m 35.59s

1^st

(15)

Bow Echo

39-2

9/2

T: G BougheyJ: Billy Loughnane

Travelled strongly, raced near side, held up in midfield, going okay 3f out, ridden and headway 2f out, soon led, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, readily op 4/1

2^nd

2 ¾

(7)

Gstaad

39-2

3/1j

T: A P O'BrienJ: R L Moore

Raced near side, prominent, ridden 3f out, headway 2f out, soon chased winner, kept on inside final furlong, no match for winner op 5/2

3^rd

(2)

Distant Storm

39-2

3/1j

T: C ApplebyJ: W Buick

Raced far side, in touch with leaders, ridden 3f out, headway 2f out, went third inside final 110yds, no match for leaders op 4/1

4^th

1 ¼

(3)

Into The Sky

39-2

18/1

T: J R BoyleJ: K Shoemark

Wore hood to post, raced far side, disputed lead, ridden and briefly led outright 2f out, soon outpaced by leaders, lost third inside final 110yds

5^th

(5)

Thesecretadversary

39-2

20/1

T: J A StackJ: Seamie Heffernan

Took keen hold, raced far side, in touch in rear, ridden 3f out, in touch with leaders 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong op 22/1 tchd 18/1 and tchd 25/1

6^th

(10)

Oxagon

39-2

12/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: Oisin Murphy

Raced near side, held up in rear, ridden 3f out, drifted right and some headway 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong op 11/1

7^th

(9)

Power Blue

39-2

28/1

T: Robson AguiarJ: D Egan

Raced near side, midfield, ridden 3f out, headway 2f out, soon faded op 33/1

8^th

(12)

Padraig Dawn

39-2

40/1

T: Charlie PikeJ: Edward Greatrex

Took keen hold, raced near side, held up in rear, ridden 3f out, kept on inside final furlong, no danger

9^th

(13)

King's Trail

39-2

13/2

T: C ApplebyJ: James Doyle

Wore hood to post, raced near side, in touch with leaders, headway 3f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace over 1f out op 9/1 tchd 6/1

10^th

5 ½

(11)

Venetian Prince

39-2

80/1

T: A M BaldingJ: P J McDonald

Wore hood to post, raced near side, led, ridden and headed 3f out, weakened 2f out op 66/1

11^th

(14)

Lord Britain

39-2

150/1

T: I MohammedJ: Benoit D L Sayette

Wore hood to post, raced near side, always behind

12^th

(6)

Billecart

39-2

66/1

T: K R BurkeJ: Rowan Scott

Raced far side, disputed lead, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened op 50/1

13^th

1 ¼

(1)

Needle Match

39-2

18/1

T: W J HaggasJ: Tom Marquand

Wore hood to post, raced far side, in touch with leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out tchd 20/1

14^th

(8)

Avicenna

39-2

14/1

T: R VarianJ: Ray Dawson

Raced near side, midfield, ridden 3f out, soon weakened op 18/1 tchd 12/1

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Non-Runners

(4)

Alparslan¹⁴

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: K R Burke J: C Lee

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.50Pl:£1.95, £1.40, £1.60EX:£18.20Trifecta:£54.50Tricast:£49.23SF:£17.54Swingers:£3.50, £4.55, £2.70

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)

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.

DISTANT STORM
BOW ECHO (IRE)
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