Ten offspring of Kingman bidding to go one better in the Guineas

Five years after Kingman and Australia filled the placings behind Night Of Thunder in the 2,000 Guineas, one in every eight entries for this season's opening Classics hails from the first-crop of either sire.

Kingman is the most heavily represented, with ten entries split across both races - six in the colt's Classic and four in the fillies' race - while Australia has four in the 2,000 Guineas and two in the 1,000 Guineas.

Kingman holds a strong hand in first race, with sons Calyx and Persian King vying for second-favouritism behind the market leader Too Darn Hot, though Andre Fabre has mentioned keeping Persian King in France this year.

Bell Rock, Headman, Raakib Alhawa and Sangarius are other sons of Kingman who have shown enough ability to warrant an entry.

While none of his four daughters in the 1,000 Guineas feature near the top of the betting, Moyglare Stud Farm's homebred filly Kiss For A Jewel, out of British Champions Fillies' and Mares' Stakes scorer Sapphire, could be worth siding with following her promise-filled second on debut at Galway in October.

Sandown Listed scorer Look Around could also enter the equation in the George Strawbridge colours, while novice scorer Nausha and Clerisy are other potential runners for the Banstead Manor Stud resident.

Coolmore will be hoping Australia can field a first-crop Classic winner, and Ballydoyle will launch a three-pronged assault on the 2,000 Guineas with the Group 1-placed trio Broome, Sydney Opera House and Western Australia among those who could star on the Rowley Mile.

Joining them could be the 500,000gns Almania, a Sandown winner on his latest start for Sir Michael Stoute and Saeed Suhail.

Australia's entries on the Sunday, meanwhile, are last-time-out winners Ardiente and I Remember You.

Charm Spirit, who was fifth behind Night Of Thunder in the colts' Classic, could be represented in this year's contest by impressive Newmarket winner Kick On, who was sixth to Magna Grecia at Doncaster.

Toronado, who was fourth to Dawn Approach in the 2,000 Guineas of 2013, has a trio of entries for this year's edition, with runaway Leicester winner Watan and Almufti both featuring among the Al Shaqab squad.

Sheikh Joaan Al Thani's operation also has Alhakmah - second on her two previous starts - in the reckoning for the 1,000 Guineas. The filly is by No Nay Never, last year's leading first-season sire and the progenitor of 2,000 Guineas entries Ten Sovereigns and The Irish Rover.

Middle Park Stakes scorer Ten Sovereigns could bid to end an almost 30-year hiatus since a winner of that race followed up in the Guineas.

Iridessa could play her part in the 1,000 Guineas after the daughter of Ruler Of The World emerged victorious in the Fillies' Mile - a race which has consistently produced winners that have been there or thereabouts in the following year's Classic, including Minding and runners-up Rhododendron and Laurens in the past three years.

Other second-season sires with entries in the Guineas include Slade Power, whose Mick Channon-trained son Chairmanoftheboard was fourth in a Kentucky Derby trial at Kempton, and War Command, whose Mark Johnston-handled son Victory Command features among the entries for the 2,000 Guineas.

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