Guineas glory for Queen (From Wharfedale Observer)
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Guineas glory for Queen
3:54pm Sunday 6th May 2012 in National Sport News © Press Association 2013
A general view as Mayson ridden by Paul Hanagan wins the Connaught Access Flooring Abernant Stakes on day two of the Craven Meeting at Newmarket Racecourse
Homecoming Queen stormed away with the Qipco 1000 Guineas to give trainer Aidan O'Brien a Classic double at Newmarket.
Ryan Moore was quickly away on the Ballydoyle filly (25-1) and led the field down the Rowley Mile, and when he asked her for an effort she stretched further and further clear to win in devastating fashion.
Starscope led the rest home but was a well-beaten second, nine lengths in arrears, with Homecoming Queen's stablemate Maybe taking third spot.
