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- Updated: September 22, 2016
News of the action from Newmarket where Eminent, a son of Frankel, received quotes for next year’s Qipco 2000 Guineas.
Eminent received quotes for next year’s Qipco 2000 Guineas after becoming the latest progeny of the mighty Frankel to taste victory in the John Banks Renault Cambridge EBF Stallions Maiden Stakes at Newmarket.
Despite still having plenty of growing to do to fill his sizeable frame, the Martyn Meade-trained two-year-old made the perfect start when casting his rivals aside in the mile prize to earn an opening 25/1 tag for the colts’ Classic with Sky Bet.
Although charting a wide path for much of the journey, the 6/1 shot travelled strongly into contention under title-chasing Jim Crowley before pulling impressively clear inside the final quarter of a mile, claiming victory by two and three-quarter lengths.
Meade said: “The pressure is off. He could not have done any better or anything more for us. Luckily he (Crowley) managed to pull him up before hitting the High Street.
“I was a bit worried when he was …