Godolphin blue has been the dominant colour at the Craven meeting in recent seasons, but for the second day running Amo purple held sway here on Thursday as Indestructible entered the 2,000 Guineas reckoning as a 16-1 chance with a one-and-a-quarter lengths success in the Group Three Craven Stakes over the Classic course and distance.
The market for the 2,000 Guineas on 6 May is still headed by Aidan O’Brien’s Auguste Rodin, the Vertem Futurity winner at Doncaster in October, while Indestructible’s win was also a boost for the form of Chaldean, the Classic second favourite, who beat him by three and a half lengths in the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster last September.
