The Aidan O’Brien-trained Whistlejacket earnt quotes of 7/1 with Paddy Power for the Group 2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot, after landing the Listed Gain First Flier Stakes at the Curragh on Monday.
Whilst Richard Hannon would have been disappointed not to add a second 2000 Guineas to his CV, it could be an exciting season for the Marlborough-based trainer with both the second and third, Rosallion and Haatem, aiming for the Irish equivalent.
Friendly Soul provided trainers John and Thady Gosden with their seventh Pretty Polly success in the last eleven years when a cosy winner of Newmarket’s opener on 1000 Guineas Day