Kingman justified his status as racing's new poster boy with an emphatic win in the Irish 2.000 Guineas on Saturday. The odds-on favourite made light work of his rivals, in a strong and deep field of the first classic of the Irish flat season. Looming strongly on the 2f marker, Kingman made stylish progress and left his rivals easily behind once hitting top gear. Jockey James Doyle had an easy job and didn't have to ask the colt for everything. Yet he came home five lengths in front of runner-up Shifting Power.
Kingman Trainer John Gosden left it late to decide whether or not his stable star would go to post in the Irish 2.000 Guineas, since the ground was soft to heavy on the straight mile course at the Curragh. It says allot about Kingman's versatility considering that he ran really well in the English 2.000 Guineas at Newmarket on blistering fast ground, and that he was then able to win so easily in grim conditions yesterday. He is truly a top class colt who I would expect to turn the tables with Night of Thunder at Ascot when the two Guineas winners will clash again.
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