Bets for tomorrow and the Chester Cup
Field of Gold is going to be hard to beat in tomorrow's Betfred 2000 Guineas at Newmarket (3.35 p.m.). He was impressive when winning the Group 3 bet365 Craven Stakes over course and distance last month and, according to his joint trainer John Gosden, the horse was only '80 to 85 per cent' fit for that race.
However, his rating of 118 means he is not officially the best horse in the race – that honour goes to Shadow of Light. Field of Gold is the most likely winner of the race but odds of 7-4 make no appeal.
After careful consideration, Godolphin's stable jockey William Buick has decided not to ride Shadow of Light, the winner of both the Darley Dewhurst Stakes and the Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes, the two Grades 1s for two-year-olds at Newmarket last season.
Instead, Buick has opted to ride Ruling Court, also trained by Charlie Appleby for Godolphin, and this accounts for the fact that this horse has been heavily backed into 4-1 second favourite over the last couple of days.
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