Overseas Classics and Ante post markets

Early thread With the UK Guineas and Kentucky Derby just over a month away

Nyquist romping the Derby , Mohaymen the hype horse well beaten

Stayed up past midnight to see Mohaymen run. Was never in it. Precious sleep wasted lol.

Found, one of only two fillies to beat Golden Horn also got beat during the weekend.

Nyquist 9/2 for the Kentucky Derby

Air Force Blue looks a blinder for the 2000 gns

Minder looks the best for the ladies

World sports betting have priced up Ertijaal 16/1 for Qeii

Ertijaal has arrived safely and seen the track

French 1000 and 2000 guineas Replays

Gurkha the new Epsom Derby Fav

Txs Bob

Think the Gurkha is now favourite for the Derby after that display.

Baffled with Zerzal's run - his trainer always said this horse has the best turn of foot of his 3yo's yet the jockey decides to lead the field when he's clearly a hold up horse. I'm going to give him another chance in the French Derby.

What's also weird is that the 4th horse George Patton actually finished behind Zarak last time and now they reverse the form.

Report: Germany, Monday

Cologne: Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen (German 2,000 Guineas) (Group 2) 1m 3yo colts and fillies


RYAN MOORE confirmed his reputation as the world's top big-race jockey with victory on Marco Botti's Knife Edge in the German 2,000 Guineas at Cologne on Monday, following his success at Deauville on Sunday in the French equivalent with The Gurkha.

Both colts are Coolmore-owned, but while The Gurkha scored comfortably, Knife Edge only got home by a nose in a pulsating finish.

With nobody seeming to want to make the pace, Moore soon had Knife Edge in pole position and led the field, still well bunched up, into the straight, where Noor Al Hawa, in owner Jaber Abdullah's first colours, seemed the main danger with a strong challenge at the two furlong marker.

However Knife Edge kept out pulling out more and had seen him off by the distance, when Degas, owned by the race sponsors, could be seen coming with a late charge on the outside and was fastest of all in the final stages. He drew almost level, but Knife Edge was not stopping and the photo showed a narrow but clear margin of a nose.

Knife Edge was Botti's second winner of the race, after Excelebration in 2011, and he said: "I like it here in Cologne! We were hoping somebody would give us a good lead, but I gave Ryan the option of going on if nobody else wanted to, and that is what happened."

Moore added: "He was only idling in the straight and kept on finding more. He is a very nice horse, a big scopey sort and I think he is capable of a great deal of improvement."

Regarding the future plans, Botti confirmed that Knife Edge is entered in the St. James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot, but added "it is up to the owners to decide which way to go now."