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There should be a great weekends racing at Newmarket with the first of the season's Classics, the Two Thousand Guineas, to be run on Saturday and the One Thousand on Sunday.

Likely favourite for the Saturday showpiece is the Irish trained New Approach, closely followed by the Godolphin trained Ibn Khaldun and the John Gosden trained Ravens Pass, The former Manton handler could also have a hand in the One Thousand Guineas on Sunday with his charge Infallible.

The 200th running of the Two Thousand Guineas has again attracted some top class entries for the one mile trip and the going could have a major effect on the result.

Clerk of the course Michael Prosser said that there is a fair bit of rain forecast and the going is likely to be eased from good to firm to good for the weekend.

If the ground is on the soft side it could favour the favourite New Approach who won a Group 2 contest at the Curragh last season.

However any ease in the ground could prove to be a disadvantage for Ravens Pass who failed by a short head to beat Twice Over in the Craven Stakes and failed to show his usual dash in last seasons Dewhurst Stakes on a soft surface.

The Aidan O'Brien runners Jupiter Pluvius and Henry The Navigator both favour fast ground with the latter, winner of the Coventry Stakes last season, held in high regard by his trainer.

Godolphin's leading player won on good to soft at Ascot last year and the forecast conditions should not worry him too much.

In a very competitive guineas the selection is for Ravens Pass to lift the valuable prize for trainer John Gosden and jockey Jimmy Fortune, before his defeat in the Craven the trainer said his charge was not fully wound up but ran a good race before going down by a short head.

Likely danger and perhaps an each way interest could be Henrythenavigator.

Sundays One Thousand Guineas would look to be at the mercy of French challenger Natagora with her two principal rivals Infallible and Muthabara both in with a shout to chase the French star home.

Trainer Pascal Bary was said to be delighted with his filly after a recent gallop and was reported as saying the he was convinced she would stay a mile at Newmarket as she proved her stamina on heavy ground over seven furlongs when winning in France.

Winner of the Nell Gwyn Stakes Infallible has also pleased connections and Cheveley Park Stud managing director Chris Richardson told At The Races that he thought she would stay the mile adding : " The nice thing about her is that she has a wonderful temperament , she settles well in her races and takes everything in her stride.

The columns selection is for the French raider Natagora to prevail.

Saturdays star studded card also includes the Group 3 Dahlia Stakes that could see recent winner Heaven Sent back in the winners enclosure, however better value could come from an each way interest on the Ogbourne trained Harvet Queen, the mount of Seb Sanders for trainer Peter Makin.

The Listed Newmarket Stakes later in the afternoon could go to the Mick Channon trained Siberian Tiger at a reasonable price.

Other meetings on Saturday are at Thirsk where their feature race is the totesport.com Thirsk Hunt Cup run over a mile a tentative selection for the tricky handicap is Newmarket raider Very Wise, trained by William Haggas and ridden by Paul Mulrennan.

The meeting at Goodwood kicks off at 2.30 where their Listed event the Conqueror Stakes could go to Perfect Star.

There is an evening meeting at Doncaster and jumping fans are catered for at Uttoxeter and Hexham.

9:55am Thursday 1st May 2008

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