Godolphin and trainer Charlie Appleby will have a clean sweep of Europe’s major 2, 000 Guineas prizes in their sights at the Curragh this Saturday.
Following Coroebus’s success at Newmarket just over a fortnight ago, Modern Games landed the Emirates Poule D’Essai des Poulains at Longchamp with some authority under jockey William Buick on Sunday.
The 7-4 favourite hadn’t run since scoring at the Breeders’ Cup in November but made light of the lengthy absence to run out a ready winner from a 66-1 outsider, Texas.
Aidan O’Brien’s hope The Acropolis failed to land a blow in the mile colt’s classic while the Irish trainer’s Toy was also out of the money in …
- May 16, 2022
