Opera Ballo follows Notable Speech in All Weather debut win at Kempton

Ian Heitman reports with news and views from the All Weather events

The 2024 2,000 Guineas winner, Notable Speech, was the only horse this century to win the race having started out on the all-weather, at Kempton on January 27.
The winner of the corresponding AW race this year, Opera Ballo, like Notable Speech owned by Godolphin and trained by Charlie Appleby, arguably put up a more impressive debut performance than his classic-winning stablemate and was introduced in the 2,000 Guineas betting as a 20/1 chance following his eight-and-a-half length win.
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