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How do you assess next year’s 2,000 Guineas after the Phoenix Stakes?

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How do you assess next year’s 2,000 Guineas after the Phoenix Stakes?

Little Big Bear is favourite for the 2,000 Guineas after his latest win at the Curragh.

Little Big Bear won the Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh. Aidan O'Brien has won it 17 times. Little Big bear has the pedigree to indicate he should stay a mile. The betting for next year's Qipco 2,000 Guineas is still at an early stage.

Aidan O'Brien has now won 17 Phoenix Stakes for Aidan O’Brien. George Washington went on to win the Classic at Newmarket. Little Big Bear is more forward at this stage of their careers.

Little Big Bear won the Prix Robert Papin. Blackbeard won Prix du Cabourg on Tuesday. Both horses are by a speed influence in No Nay Never. Black Beard is still something of a teenage rebel. His dam's side of his pedigree gives him a chance of staying a mile.

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