THE Guineas Festival got underway yesterday with the Group 2 Betfred Jockey Club Stakes as the feature and it saw victory going to Bellum Justum (11/2) who brought up a 67/1 treble for trainer Andrew Balding.

Partnered by Oisin Murphy, the four-year-old Sea The Stars colt overhauled the 10/11 favourite Silver Knott inside the final furlong to win the mile and a half contest by a comfortable length and a half.