Zoom in on Zafeen

ZAFEEN is a hopeful choice to give Mick Channon a first ever classic success in this afternoon’s Entenmann’s Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh.

The selection ran the race of his life in the English equivalent at Newmarket, finishing three parts of a length second behind Epsom Derby market leader, Refuse To Bend.

There were numerous hard-luck stories, in what was a very rough race, and Zafeen was one of those who had far from a clear run.