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Richard Hannon's 66-1 chance Billesdon Brook claimed a shock victory in the second Flat racing Classic of the season, the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket but how did such a big outsider manage to rule supreme on the day?.
[su_quote style=”carbon”]”On a cloudless day on the Rowley Mile, the filly became the biggest-priced winner in the history of the famous race, which was first run in 1814.”[/su_quote]
Jockey Sean Levey glided through the field to win the race by one and three one-quarter lengths.
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Watch 66-1 Billesdon Brook win the 1,000 Guineas
Laurens was second, with Ryan Moore third on favourite Happily .
[su_quote style=”carbon”]Aidan O'Brien's son Donnacha, who rode Saxon Warrior to the 2,000 Guineas title at Newmarket on Saturday, was last of the 15 runners on Sizzling .[/su_quote]
The trainer also finished last with Moore and Mendelssohn in the Kentucky Derby before the pair built the trip-up back across the Atlantic .
On Sunday, Moore was well placed into the final two furlongs on the 11-4 favourite, but was unable to quicken .
Charlie Appleby's well-fancied Soliloquy, ridden by William Buick, finished three and a one-quarter lengths back in sixth .
Chestnut filly Billesdon Brook, who was fourth when Soliloquy won over seven furlongs at Newmarket last month, came through from the outside to pass Fillies' Mile heroine Laurens .
[su_quote style=”carbon”]” She had a lot to find with a lot of them but she was settled throughout and then saw a turn of foot ,” Levey told . ” I kicked on fully two furlongs out, which I thought might be a bit early, but I didn't want to disappoint her . ” I've had plenty of winners and opportunities but I've always needed that Group One, so I'm delighted .”[/su_quote]
Analysis by BBC horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght
With her long odds, there will be an inclination to look for a fluky facet to Billesdon Brook's success but if, tell, Happily had won in exactly the same way, there'd be no such chats .
She won with a degree with authority and in a decent time- it didn't look like a fluke .
The importance of the win for a black jockey will be much discussed as will the fact that the owners- 23 friends calling themselves the Pall Mall Partners- are not the usual suspects; you don't necessarily have to be an Irish multi-millionaire or sheikh to win big in flat racing for once.
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