Martyn Meade
fears only hot favourite Churchill as Eminent bids to emulate his sire, Frankel, by winning Saturday's
QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.
Frankel
memorably blitzed his rivals in the mile event back in 2011 and he will have
two sons in contention for the first Classic of the season.
Saeed bin
Suroor's Dream Castle turned in a promising effort when beaten in the Greenham,
but it is Meade's Craven Stakes hero Eminent who the bookmakers believe is
more likely to give Frankel a landmark win as a sire.
Meade was
delighted with Eminent's effort in winning the Craven, but believes a mile
would be the minimum trip for his colt already.
"He's
come out of the race very well, so I couldn't be more pleased with him at the
moment," said Meade.
"I
didn't have him absolutely primed for the Craven, but he was obviously in the
right condition to run, hence the way he did run, which was very pleasing
Irish Oaks heroine Seventh Heaven
features among six horses declared for the Dunaden Jockey Club Stakes at
Newmarket on Saturday.
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