Poetic Flare edges to 2,000 Guineas win at Newmarket

Poetic Flare won the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket for racing’s enduring combination of jockey Kevin Manning and trainer Jim Bolger.

The winner, a son of 2013 victor Dawn Approach, edged out Master Of The Seas by a short head, with Lucky Vega third.

Manning, 54, is the oldest jockey to win a British Classic since a 56-year-old Lester Piggott won the Guineas on Rodrigo De Triano in 1992.

“I thought I would win but not that it