Guineas dramaas Duty delivers

SPECIAL DUTY was awarded the StanJames.com 1000 Guineas in the Newmarket stewards’ room – even though Jacqueline Quest was first past the post.

The pair pulled clear on the stands side as the field split into two groups, but it was Henry Cecil’s Jacqueline Quest who prevailed by the narrowest of margins.

However, a stewards’ inquiry was called after Cecil’s filly drifted into the middle of the track, taking the French challenger, ridden by Stephane Pasquier, with her.