Lockinge Stakes: Inspiral and Modern Games lead betting

Inspiral and Modern Games are the 7/2 joint-favourites in Coral’s Lockinge Stakes betting odds with 30 runners in contention for next month’s race at Newbury.

Breeders’ Cup hero Modern Games is one of several possible representatives for Godolphin along with nine-time Australian Group One winner Anamoe at 8/1.

Anamoe is trained by James Cummings and has won 14 of his 24 starts – including his last three, tasting success at Rosehill in the George Ryder Stakes most recently.

The Cox Plate hero will wave goodbye to his Aussie fans in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick on Saturday where he will have the chance to replicate the achievements of Winx and Makybe Diva and win a seventh Group One of the season.

Afterwards his sights will be pointed towards Europe where the May 20 Group One could prove a stepping stone towards Royal Ascot.

Godolphin could also be represented by Modern Games’ Charlie Appleby-trained stablemate Valiant Prince, Saeed bin Suroor’s Real World and Andre Fabre’s Tribalist – fresh from victory in the Prix Edmond Blanc.

Francis-Henri Graffard’s The Revenant was second in that Saint-Cloud event and is another possible French raider, while Aidan O’Brien’s Order Of Australia is the sole Ballydoyle representative.

The nine-time Group 1 winning Australian ANAMOE heads up a strong list of 30 entrants for the Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes (Gr1).
Other entrants include Classic winning Nashwa, last years 2nd placed Lockinge Stakes horse Real World, and Dubai World Cup 2023 Turf winner, Lord North🏆 pic.twitter.com/B82smnKmDP

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