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UPDATED 5:06PM, MAY 1 2021 Should Mutasaabeq maintain his unbeaten record in Saturday’s Qipco 2,000 Guineas, it will not just be for carrying the late Hamdan Al Maktoum’s blue and white epaulettes that he will evoke poignant memories. The Charlie Hills-trained colt is not only a son of Ghanaati, whom Hills’ father Barry prepared for Classic success on this very weekend 12 years ago, but a great grandson of Height Of Fashion, who was bought by Sheikh Hamdan in 1982. In a sense, he is an exemplar of everything that one of the sport’s most accomplished owner-breeders set out t...

UPDATED 7:24PM, APR 30 2021 His devoted groom Laurie Williamson describes it as the 'Mayday Massacre' and while that might be a shade unkind on Mill Reef and My Swallow, the 1971 2,000 Guineas was the first real clue that Brigadier Gerard would turn out to be one of the very best horses of the 20th century.  The meeting of the three stars at Newmarket 50 years ago had been eagerly anticipated at Dick Hern's yard ever since Brigadier Gerard had won the Middle Park in 1970 to earn a mighty official rating of 131, although the betting for the Guineas revolved around Mill Reef and My Swa...

UPDATED 7:24PM, APR 30 2021 His devoted groom Laurie Williamson describes it as the 'Mayday Massacre' and while that might be a shade unkind on Mill Reef and My Swallow, the 1971 2,000 Guineas was the first real clue that Brigadier Gerard would turn out to be one of the very best horses of the 20th century.  The meeting of the three stars at Newmarket 50 years ago had been eagerly anticipated at Dick Hern's yard ever since Brigadier Gerard had won the Middle Park in 1970 to earn a mighty official rating of 131, although the betting for the Guineas revolved around Mill Reef and My Swa...