Stalls in the centre for the Ultimatebet.com 2000 & 1000 Guineas The stalls will be positioned in the centre of the fresh strip of ground on the stands side of the Rowley Mile for Saturday´s UltimateBet.com 2000 Guineas and Sunday´s UltimateBet.com 1000 Guineas, Clerk of the Course, Michael Prosser, announced today. Explaining the decision, Prosser said: 'Last year we divided the course exactly as we´ve done this year, with the Craven Meeting taking place on the far side and the nearside kept for the Guineas Festival. The stalls for both Guineas were on the stands side rail. With large fields in both races (20 in the 2000 and 19 in the 1000), there were some hard luck stories for some of those drawn nearest the rail, primarily in the 2000 Guineas where the early pace was very slow.'With fields for both races likely to be in the high teens this year, putting the stalls in the centre of the 33 metre wide course seems to be the sensible option. The horses drawn lowest and highest will still be quite a long way from the rail, so there has to be a good chance that the fields won´t split which in itself can be unsatisfactory. We have an even cover of grass right across the track. It´s virgin ground everywhere and there should be no perceived advantage by taking any particular line.'Our aim is to reduce the likelihood of any hard luck stories so that there are no excuses, leaving no doubt in anyone´s mind that the best two horses on the day have won the season´s first two classics.'
