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QIPCO GUINEAS FESTIVAL 3–5 May

Qipco Guineas Festival, Newmarket Racecourse, Suffolk

THE Classic generation was unwrapped in full force with Notable Speech boasting the wow factor when striking in the 2000 Guineas, before Elmalka followed up in the fillies’ equivalent during a blockbuster weekend at racing’s headquarters.

Jockey William Buick expressed his delight at finally landing Saturday’s colts’ Classic at the 14th time of asking, as he was cheered back to the winner’s enclosure in the blue silks of Godolphin for trainer Charlie Appleby.

“These races are incredibly

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