The red, blue and white colours of Favourites Racing were in the winner’s enclosure for the fourth time from their last six runners as Crosspeace took the honours in the opening contest on UltimatePoker.com 1000 Guineas Day at Newmarket today.

Classic potential was unveiled as Kempton opened the turf Flat season for the first time in 16 years today but it was Paul Webber, more familiar as a jumps trainer, who took away the biggest prize.