2 weeks tomorrow until the 2000 Guineas.
Quite a few have pulled out after disappointing performances last weekend or slight injury setbacks. There are only 19 left now...
Clapton
Corsage
Descarado
Finderskeepers
I Am Sam
Joey Massino
Justanexcuse
Kaaptan
Katie Lee
Keyora
King's Ransom
Military Move
Numero De Lago
Slashing
Smokin' Gun
Summer Surprise
Volente
Warrentherooster
3 of those are fillies - Corsage, Katie Lee and Volente.
Keyora's still the one everyone's picking - he's 4-1 - and he deserves to be, because he's done nothing wrong at all in winning two of the main prep races (the Hawke's Bay and Wellington Guineas). Very professional, and the trainer (who usually only says stuff like "a nice stakes horse") calls him a "superstar".
King's Ransom and
Katie Lee were both very impressive in winning stakes races last weekend as well. They're both at 5-1.
The more I watch the race of
Finderskeepers for second behind Katie Lee, the more I like it. He had a really tough trip, and it was only his 3rd career race. I wouldn't be surprised if he improved heaps. He's 9-1.
Warrentherooster has done nothing wrong this season - a stakes win and two stakes placings. A really consistent horse. You can say the same about
Military Move, who has also been placed in two stakes races. They're both 12-1.
A bit of a longshot is one called
I Am Sam. He's won his last 2 in a row really easily (in weak races). He won those by big margins, but he's still at 30-1.