St Nicholas Abbey shortens again Aidan O'Brien's St Nicholas Abbey could well go off at odds-on for this afternoon's Stanjames.com 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. The unbeaten colt's price has been contracting over recent days and he is now a best price of 11/10 to win the first Classic of the season. Boylesports are taking no chances this morning and have gone a shade of odds-on about the Racing Post Trophy winner landing his second Group 1 prize. "St Nicholas Abbey seems to be in good form, his preparation has gone well and he has thrived through the winter," the trainer reports on his website www.aidanobrien.ie. "Obviously it is his first run of the season and like all of our horses he should improve from the run but he is naturally a very fit, athletic horse and we are looking forward to seeing him run." The Mark Johnson trained Awzaan is the only other colt attracting support at this stage.
