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Newmarket Racecourse – Track Analysis (2,000 Guineas Day):

The Rowley Mile Course – the battle ground for this weekend's 2,000 Guineas Day at Newmarket Racecourse – is a sprawling strip measuring 2000m in length. With a gradual ascent from 800m out, then up by a much steeper gradient with about 300m to go, a herculean effort is required of any prominently placed or exposed runner with no covers to make the call at every furlong marker – and dominate its competition all the way from gate to finish. In general, fields do generally bunch up towards the stand's side in the early goings, whereas stalking in the middle or back of the pack for a strong finish is usually a better strategy.

For the day's program, the featured 2,000 Guineas Stakes is contested over a straight mile, and except for the 2400m Jockey Club Stakes, where runners will negotiate a right-hander in the early goings, all the rest of the undercard will likewise be staged on this straight course. In the 2018 running of this prestigious prize, SAXON WARRIOR, Donnacha O'Brien up, was laying close to the pace early, then switched lanes towards the far side midway through contention, and held off the fast-closing TIP TWO WIN to take the first Classic of the English flat season, whereas MASAR and ELARQAM, who both launched their bids on the middle of the track, were late to the scene to check in third and fourth respectively.

With occasional mid-week showers in the London area that will give way back to sunny skies this Saturday, "good and firm" will be listed for the turf at Newmarket this classic weekend. That being said, last-minute track condition still rates a major bearing on race selections.

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