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Sunday’s 1000 Guineas promises to be an exciting renewal, with sixteen declared for the first fillies’ Classic of the season.
Karl Burke's Fallen Angel remains at the head of the market after a successful juvenile campaign, culminating with a Group 1 victory in the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh. She will be joined by the best of the Irish, the Aidan O'Brien-trained Ylang Ylang, who stamped her credentials in these conditions when taking the course and distance Group 1 Fillies' Mile in October on soft ground.
France is represented by star filly Ramatuelle, trained by Christopher Head. A multiple Group winner at two, the filly finished a head second behind Vandeek in the Group 1 Prix Morny and made a promising return to action when runner-up behind Romantic Style in the seven-furlong Group 3 Prix Imprudence at Deauville. The form of the Group 3 Nell Gwyn Stakes will be on show, with both first and second, Pretty Crystal and Dance Sequence set to step up to a mile for the first time and renew their rivalry.
Elsewhere on the card, seven line up for the Group 2 Dahlia Stakes including the Gosden's Running Lion and eight will aim to stamp their Oaks credentials in the Listed Pretty Polly Stakes over ten furlongs.
