THE Irish Guineas can produce a new star, like Paddington in 2023, but recently the first two classics has been more about Newmarket form being confirmed and that was the way this year.

Five of the six placed horses in the two Guineas at the weekend had their last run in the Newmarket equivalents, starting with Gstaad who ran out a comfortable winner of the 2000. The pace here was decent, as two sharper ones in Power Blue and Alparslan made the running, neither getting home and that suited Gstaad who came off the bridle before more but responded typically well to pressure.