Perfect ten: Magna Grecia streaks clear to give Aidan O’Brien his tenth win in the 2000 Guineas

MAGNA Grecia stormed clear to give Aidan O'Brien an incredible TENTH win in the 2000 Guineas.

The 11-2 shot sprinted away to win impressively under Donnacha O'Brien in the first Classic of the season.

Magna Grecia was given a lovely tow into the race by Shine So Bright (16-1), who set a strong gallop on the stands rail.

And once O'Brien shook the reins approaching the final furlong it was game over as the winner shot clear, with 66-1 rag King Of Change an excellent second. Skardu was third at 8-1.

The Irish 1000 Guineas and a trip to Royal Ascot for the St James's Palace Stakes now looks on the cards for the son of Invincible Spirit.

O'Brien said: "We are delighted with that, he has been a very solid horse.

"We knew last year that this would be the race he would start off in.

"John (Magnier) has been saying it to me all winter that he was going to be a miler, and that coming here and then to the Curragh and then on to Ascot would be the plan.

"At halfway it looked like there was more pace on the stands side. Donnacha gave him a lovely straightforward ride.

"When the rain came it was probably against Ten Sovereigns (fifth), he ran a great race and we'll probably drop him back to six furlongs."

Two decades of dominance

In saddling his 10th Guineas winner, the unstoppable O'Brien has achieved another incredible milestone.

His saddled his first winner, King Of Kings, way back in 1998 when his son and winning rider Donnacha wasn't even born.

O'Brien has won the Newmarket Classic with some true stars of the turf, including Rock Of Gibraltar (2002), Henrythenavigator (2008), Camelot (2012) and Churchill (2017).

The top trainer, who has now won four of the last five Guineas, has used six different jockey's to bring up his terrific ten, including two of his children.

Mick Kinane, Jonny Murtagh, Kieren Fallon, Joseph O'Brien, Ryan Moore and Donnacha have all been the beneficiary of the master trainer's magic touch.