Newmarket Hero Cockney Rebel Is The 11-10 Favourite For Irish Guineas Bookmakers William Hill have installed this years Stan James 2000 Guineas winner Cockney Rebel as their 11-10 favourite for this Saturday´s Boylesports Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh. Geoff Huffers charge is just one of twenty entries for the race, which also includes Stan James 2000 Guineas runner-up Vital Equine, and the Aidan O´Brien pair Duke Of Marmalade and Eagle Mountain, who finished fourth and fifth in the Newmarket classic. The Ballydoyle pair could be joined by their stable mates Excellent Art, Spanish Harlem, Trinity College, Japura, but Derrinstown Stud Derby trial winner Archipenko looks set to skip the Curragh and head straight to Epsom for a crack at the Vodafone Derby. Other notable entries include Jim Bolgers´ French 2000 Guineas runner-up Creachadoir, and Kevin Prendergast´s well regarded Haatef, who will be aiming to put his poor run at Newmarket behind him. One horse that will definitely not run is Dutch Art, who was taken out of the race by his trainer Peter Chapple-Hyam on Monday afternoon.William Hill spokesman Tony Kenny commented 'If all the market principals stand their ground it should be a cracking race' He Continued 'On his English guineas run Cockney Rebel is a worthy favourite for the race, but I´m sure the home team will fancy their chances of overturning the Newmarket form'Boylesports Irish 2000 Guineas (William Hill Bet): 11-10 Cockney Rebel, 4-1 Vital Equine, 5-1 Duke Of Marmalade, Eagle Mountain, 7-1 Creachadoir, 14-1 Haatef, 20-1 Followmyfootsteps, 25-1 Ferneley, He´s A Decoy, 33-1 Fleeting Shadow, 40-1 Trinity College, 50-1 Japura, Rabatash, Spanish Harlem, Traffic Guard, 66-1 Confuchias, 200-1 Kingsdale Orion, Satu ? E/W 1/5 1-2-3
