Bookmakers in the dark over Teofilo 2000 Guineas rumours

BOOKMAKERS were in the dark last evening over the likely participation or otherwise of the unbeaten Teofilo in the Stan James 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 5.

The Jim Bolger-trained colt drifted markedly on some of the betting exchanges, having started the day as the red-hot favourite, forcing the leading firms, including the sponsors, to suspend their ante-post markets.

Bolger could not be contacted, and Neil Morrice, media and on-course representative for Stan James, said: “We are completely in the dark.