Sunday's best bets, by Greg Wood
A grey morning in Newmarket, but it is dry at the moment and a little less of the sense that it might pour at any moment that was in the air on Saturday. As a result, the fillies contesting the 1,000 Guineas this afternoon are likely to find the going a little less demanding than it was for the colts in the 2,000 Guineas, though only marginally so, with the going officially good-to-soft.
The GoingStick, incidentally, is showing the far side as being slightly quicker than the stands' rail, so there is a chance that the field will split as it did for yesterday's Classic, although the winner came from the larger group on the near side.
As suggested in today's Observer, my principal thought about the Guineas for betting purposes is that events – principally Camelot's win the 2,000 Guineas, and Frankie Dettori's booking for Lyric Of Light have conspired to make Discourse (3.15) a bigger price than she should be, and there is even some 11-1 available in a place this morning. Maybe, on the other hand, is attracting money steadily, and is now top-price at 6-4 with the possibility of further shrinkage to come as punters seek to climb aboard the Aidan O'Brien bandwagon.
