An excellent day of racing with Newmarket's 2000 Guineas meeting taking centre stage. Here are the thoughts of our Racing Factors tipster.
Newmarket
J: R L Moore
T: A P O'brien
City Of Troy was the outstanding 2-year old of last season, winning all of his 3 starts and most notably slamming his rivals in the Dewhurst Stakes at this track last October. Given a rating of 125 (one of the highest ever awarded and 1lb lower than Frankel) he will be the horse they all have to beat in today's race. His trainer has an excellent record in the 2000 Guineas, winning it 10 times in the last 26 runnings. City Of Troy looks uncomplicated in terms of running style, and can make his own pace or track the leaders, and then seems to have a real telling kick at the end of his races, one that suggest he will improve significantly for being stepped up to 1 mile and maybe beyond. City Of Troy rates a 5 star win Pick.