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City Of Troy is basking favourite for nan 2,000 Guineas astatine Newmarket connected Saturday arsenic nan racing world waits to spot if he tin cement his lofty reputation.
The Aidan O-Brien-trained colt earned comparisons pinch wonderment equine Frankel aft winning nan Dewhurst Stakes successful October.
He will activity a 4th triumph from 4 starts erstwhile contesting nan first Classic of nan British Flat racing season.
Opponents see Rosallion, trained by Richard Hannon, who was a top-level Group One victor successful France past year.
Karl Burke's Night Raider, nan Charlie Appleby-trained Notable Speech and Clive Cox's Ghostwriter each spell into nan title unbeaten.
Charlie Hills' Iberian had Rosallion down him erstwhile winning nan Champagne Stakes while Alyanaabi, for Owen Burrows, sewage closest to City Of Troy successful nan Dewhurst.
Rosallion's stablemate Haatem, Inisherin, Task Force and Ten Bob Tony, nan equine of Saffie Osborne, complete nan line-up.
O'Brien is seeking a record-extending 11th 2,000 Guineas triumph astatine Newmarket connected Saturday.
He said City Of Troy - a boy of 2018 US Triple Crown victor Justify - was nan "best two-year-old I've trained" aft nan Dewhurst astatine Newmarket and joint-owner Michael Tabor called him "Our Frankel".
Frankel won nan Dewhurst Stakes successful 2010 - 1 of 14 victories successful a stellar unbeaten career.
City Of Troy is already favourite for nan Derby astatine Epsom successful June and, were he to triumph that arsenic good arsenic nan Guineas, he could bid to beryllium nan first equine since Nijinsky successful 1970 to seal nan British Triple Crown by landing nan St Leger successful September.
