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The 1800-metre G3 UAE 2000 Guineas is one of two group races on the third card of the Dubai World Cup Carnival, and drew a sextet of entries led by Godolphin's Naval Crown (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). The 104-rated bay, tops for the field, has never been off the board in five starts. Listed-placed at second asking at Ascot in July, the Charlie Appleby trainee graduated by 4 1/2 lengths in a 1400-metre York maiden on Aug. 21. His final two runs of the season were both thirds-in the Sept. 6 G3 Prix la Rochette at ParisLongchamp and when tiring after setting the pace in Saint-Cloud's G3 Prix Thomas Byron on Oct. 2. The 2000 Guineas is his dirt bow.

Engraving of the 1874 2,000 Guineas, from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, May 1874 The 2000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. 2000 Guineas Odds The 2000 Guineas is the first British classic of the season for three-year-old colts, and is traditionally held on a Saturday between late April and early May at Newmarket. Like its equivalent for the fillies, the 1000 Guineas, the race is run over a distance of one mile and attracts the best colts from the UK, Ireland and beyond.

If the colt won, it would be a third UAE 2000 Guineas for Appleby, who said, “He is a solid little horse and we debated whether to keep him to turf or try the dirt, but his work at home, on dirt, has been very good, so we thought it was worth a crack.”

Next on ratings is Mouheeb (Flatter) from the yard of Nicholas Bachalard at 95. A winner at first asking at Jebel Ali in December, he was runner-up in a one-mile conditions affair locally on Jan. 14, one better than dual Meydan winner Zhou Storm (GB) (Due Diligence).

Bachalard said, “He had a very hard race in the trial, but seems to have come out of that in great shape, so we hope, he has a live chance.”

Also on Thursday is the G3 Firebreak S., which marks the return of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum's G1SW Matterhorn (Ire) (Raven's Pass). The 6-year-old entire has progressed steadily through the ranks, and, after running third in this race last year, he stretched out in trip to take the G1 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 3 by daylight on the front end in March.

Meydan veteran Kimbear (Temple City) receives a slight class break after running eighth in the G2 Al Maktoum Challenge R1 on Jan. 21. The 7-year-old Doug Watson charge is a two-time group winner in the UAE after success in the 2018 G3 Burj Nahaar and 2020 G2 Al Maktoum Challenge R1, with the re-opposing Secret Ambition (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) second both times.

Watson told the Meydan notes team, “He needed that first run, probably more than we realised, but is training very well and seems in great form. We have put a visor on him so, being drawn one, I guess we will have to be quite positive and go forward.”

The latter, who struck at the Group 3 level at Jebel Ali in January of 2019, reversed fortunes with Kimbear with a one-length score in the Listed Dubai Creek Mile in December of 2019. He is also a two-time Firebreak bridesmaid in 2019 and in 2020. Trained by Satish Seemar, the 8-year-old entire ran third in the G3 Jebel Ali Mile on Jan. 22.

Assistant trainer Bhupat Seemar said, “The Jebel Ali Mile was only 13 days ago, but he seems to have recovered well. Drawn widest of all in six is probably not ideal, but he has run well in this before and never has a bad race.”

The oversubscribed Listed Dubai Sprint is a six-furlong contest on turf, and Ekhtiyaar (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) represents the Doug Watson barn. Bearing the Shadwell colours, the gelding, a dual runner-up in the 2019/20 G3 Nad Al Sheba Turf Sprint, returned to take fourth after a 320-day break in a handicap at Meydan on Jan. 21.

Richard Barnes's Could Be King (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) has been MSP at the listed level throughout his career and he added another runner-up effort in the Listed Testimonial S. at The Curragh in October. The gelding was a one-paced fifth, one behind GSP Silver Line (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and one better than MGSP Final Song (Ire) (Dark Angel {Aus})-both of whom run for Godolphin–in the Jan. 21 G2 Al Fahidi Fort for trainer Ken Condon.

Godolphin fields the majority of the entrants in the Listed Meydan Cup over 2810 metres of sod, with seven entered. MGSW Ispolini (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) was off the board in the Jan. 21 Listed Dubai Racing Club Classic most recently and looks to rebound for Charlie Appleby. French Group 3 winner Moonlight Spirit (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and listed winner Ghostwatch (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) are also signed on for Appleby. GSP Dubai Future (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) ran second in a listed handicap here on Jan. 21 for Saeed bin Suroor, while Global Heat (Ire) (Toronado {Ire}) saluted for the same yard in a Jan. 14 handicap.

Communique (Ire) (Casamento {Ire}), second in a German Group 1 this past fall for Mark Johnston, now races for Salem bin Ghadayer and bids to improve off a 12th in a listed handicap here on Jan. 21. MSP Chouain (Fr) (Rajsaman {Fr}) represents trainer Miroslav Rulec and won a Deauville contest on Dec. 27.

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Andrew Balding believes Kameko is the best horse he’s had at Kingsclere for many years and is excited about the colt’s prospects in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on June 6.

The first Classic of the season will be a month late taking place because of the coronavirus pandemic, provided racing gets the green light to resume next week, and unusually none of the participants will have had the benefit of running in one of the traditional trials.

However, Kameko gained plenty of experience as a two-year-old and delighted his connections in a racecourse workout under Oisin Murphy last week.

He is a top-priced 14-1 with Coral to become the third successive Vertem Futurity Stakes to land the Guineas on his return, a feat achieved by Saxon Warrior and Magna Grecia in the past two years.

“He had a gallop at Kempton last week and I couldn’t be happier with the way he went,” Balding said in a press conference, held on Zoom, arranged by Qipco British Champions Series on Tuesday afternoon. “He looks magnificent and is a lovely horse to have anything to do with. I hope and think he’s the best we’ve had here for a good long while.

“We are all in the same boat [in terms of the horses all making their reappearances] but he’s had three or four serious pieces of work since mid-March, albeit at staggered times, and his preparation is as good as it could have been. We are all excited.

“He’s a big-framed horses, not the flashiest in his routine exercise but always type that every time when you ask him for a little bit more he’s given and improved for it.”

Kameko is a son of American-based sire Kitten’s Joy and is owned by Qatar Racing, just like the brilliant but ill-fated Roaring Lion before him.

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“Oisin was always saying that Roaring Lion seemed to thrive on racing and I think this horse is very similar,” Balding said.

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Asked about Pinatubo, who was exceptional as a juvenile last term and is a general 10-11 for the Guineas, the trainer added: “He’s an outstanding horse and we have huge respect for him. He will be very tough to beat but we will give. it our best shot.”

Champion jockey Murphy is still searching for his first Classic triumph and admitted the prospect of achieving it for Balding and his principal employer, Sheikh Fahad, would give him extra satisfaction.

Reflecting on the Kempton workout, he said: “We didn’t do anything silly, but he had a good blowout. He has a lovely turn of foot, as we all saw in his starts last year, but he’s also very relaxed. You can put him anywhere, so from a jockey’s point of view that is exciting as it leaves you with plenty of options. He goes there with a massive chance.”

Balding says future plans for Kameko will hinge on how he performs at Headquarters. Naturally, he would like to run him in the Investec Derby and, in an attempt to dispel stamina fears, he went out of his way to point out that Alderbook, the Champion Hurdle winner, features in his pedigree.

Meanwhile, Balding indicated that his top-class pair Fox Tal and Fox Chairman would have racecourse gallops this week before likely heading straight to Royal Ascot. Both have various options at the meeting.

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One Balding horse who will not be running at the Royal Meeting is King’s Lynn, owned by Her Majesty The Queen. He looked at a smart prospect when winning a big sales’ race at Doncaster on his second start in September but met with a setback about six weeks ago. As a consequence, he will not run until later in the year.