He's the Kingpin
BOOKMAKERS expect Kingman to confirm his dominance at the head of the market for next season’s 2,000 Guineas at Sandown on Saturday.
They were saying the same thing about Dawn Approach last season and look what he went on to win.
Trainer John Gosden has insisted the colt’s current 5-1 quote for the classic as being “for the theatre of the absurd”. But Ladbrokes PR David Williams said: “The public have laid into him and it would be commercially imprudent of us to keep him at big odds. The public expect him to win the Solario Stakes – and win it well.”
He added: “They were saying the same thing about Dawn Approach last season and look what he went on to win. He will start a short favourite at Sandown but how short will depend on who he is up against.”
Williams said 1,000 Guineas favourite Kiyoshi would be around 6-4 ahead of Tapestry (7-4) in a star-studded Moyglare Stakes at The Curragh on Sunday.