O’Brien mob handed for 2000 Guineas
Aidan O’Brien has 25 entries in the Sagitta 2000 Guineas as he attempts to lift the colts’ Classic for a third time at Newmarket in May.
Heading the team from Ballydoyle, is ante-post favourite Hold That Tiger, winner of three races last year including the Group One Grand Criterium at Longchamp in October.
The Storm Cat colt was then third to Vindication in the Grade One Bessemer Trust Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on dirt at Arlington.
Other possibles for O’Brien, successful with King Of Kings in 1998 and Rock Of Gibraltar last year, include Tomahawk, Statue Of Liberty and Van Nistelrooy.
O’Brien’s team accounts for almost a quarter of the 108 three-year-olds entered for the contest over the Rowley Mile.
Godolphin are next numerically with 18 entries. Their best could be Lateen Sails, who was an impressive winner on his only start at Newmarket in October when trained by Henry Cecil.
