Desert Flower seals Guineas double for Godolphin

To wrap up a dreamy weekend for Godolphin’s owners, Desert Flower won the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket.

After claiming his first victory in the Fillies’ Classic, jockey William Buick led Charlie Appleby’s evens favorite to victory ahead of Flight and Simmering, the Ollie Sangster duo.

The unbeaten Desert Flower won the 2000 Guineas for Buick and trainer Appleby, which came after Ruling Court’s previous victory on Saturday.

Since 2005’s victories with Virginia Waters and Foostepsinsthesands, Appleby and Buick are the first trainer and jockey duo to win the 1000 and 2000 Guineas in the same year.

What a weekend for Godolphin! I’m a very happy man, and I’m an amazing filly. I can’t express how excited I am to be a part of this,” Buick said.

“This is what dreams are made of,” he said. Being the jockey on these horses is a real privilege to me.

He added that “She’s all classy and may even go a little further” and that the Oaks at Epsom might be on the agenda for June 6th.

Desert Flower is currently priced between $25,000 and $25,000, which Buick made all the way up.

Sangster, the grandson of the late, illustrious owner-breeder Robert, was delighted with the performances of Simmering (33-1) and Flight (28-1) in his only previous training season.

“We’re delighted,” Second and third are fantastic, he said, “but we’re all here because we want to win.”

Meanwhile, Kieran Shoemark acknowledged that his team was too late to catch winner Ruling Court after misinterpreting his ride on popular Field of Gold on Saturday in the 2000 Guineas.