A TOP-class and international entry of 69 colts, including 15 from Ireland and five from France, are entered for the Group 1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas which takes place at Newmarket on Saturday, 5th May.

Aidan O’Brien has already won Britain’s first classic on a record eight occasions and he has numerous strong contenders among his 11 representatives, headed by the champion two-year-old, U S Navy Flag, winner of both the Group 1 Darley Dewhurst Stakes and the Group 1 Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes on the Rowley Mile last autumn.