A total of 32 horses, including the winners of the 2024 2000 Guineas, 1000 Guineas and their Irish counterparts, have signed on for the £400,000 G1 BoyleSports Lockinge Stakes at Newbury on May 17.
Godolphin's trio is anchored by G1 2000 Guineas and G1 Sussex Stakes score Notable Speech (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) for Charlie Appleby, who also saddles graded/group winners Mysterious Night (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and Ottoman Fleet (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). Roger Varian's pair of G1 1000 Guineas victress Elmalka (GB) (Kingman {GB}) and multiple listed winner Tyrrhenian Sea (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) have both been entered.
Fallen Angel (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), successful in the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas for Karl Burke, will stand her ground for Wathnan Racing, alongside G1 Irish 2000 Guineas runner-up Haatem (Ire) (Phoenix Of Spain {Ire}), who is trained by Richard Hannon. Hannon has four other runners to go to war with, and multiple Group 1 winner Rosallion (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), who beat Haatem in the Irish 2000 Guineas, is one of them.
Said Hannon, who also runs GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hero Unquestionable (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Persica (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), and Witch Hunter (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), “We are very happy with them all and they all look great. Unquestionable, like Rosallion, wouldn't like it soft but he is a very nice addition to the yard. Witch Hunter on his day can be anything, he has been placed in the Lockinge before and is such a brave warrior. Rosallion is in very good form.”
John and Thady Gosden have four entered, including last year's surprise winner Audience (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}), who could become the first horse since Soviet Line (Ire) (Soviet Star) in 1995/96 to record consecutive scores. Their G1 Prix de l'Opera heroine Friendly Soul (GB) (Kingman {GB}), who races in the colours of George Strawbridge, is also part of their quartet.
Other top-level winners signed on include Sun Chariot Stakes heroine Tamfana (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) for David Menuisier, and Ralph Beckett's Kinross (GB) (Kingman {GB}).
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