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Pat Eddery won the 2, 000 Guineas three times as a jockey and saddles his first Classic runner as a trainer in Hearts Of Fire, who ended last season with a Group One victory in the Gran Criterium at San Siro in Italy.
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He will be at Newmarket in England on Saturday to saddle three horses in the famed 2, 000 Guineas.
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The Epsom Derby is England's premier "Classic" -- a series of races for three-year-olds that also comprises the 1, 000 Guineas, the 2, 000 Guineas, the Oaks and the St.
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Although the two Classic races are obviously the highlights of the Guineas meeting, there are several other valuable races on the three-day card.
BBC: Flat Classics begin
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Rock of Gibraltar had already taken the English and Irish 2000 Guineas and the St James's St Palace Stakes in three starts this season.
BBC: Gibraltar wins the Sussex
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The Classics -- the top races for three-year-old thoroughbreds -- begin with the 1, 000 Guineas for fillies and the 2, 000 Guineas for colts in early May.
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