The 1,000 Guineas produced a surprise winner on Sunday as Ghanaati romped to victory in the season’s second Classic.

The Barry Hills trained filly surged to the front of the field over the final three furlongs of the race, and then held on to the lead to deny second placed Cuis Ghare. Super Sleuth finished the race in the third place.

The unexpected win took jockey Richard Hills to his third 1,000 Guineas title, and delighted both Hills and his father.

“I’m very lucky, I get all the glory by doing the steering,” Richard Hills said after the race. “The ones at home do all the work and I’m appreciative of them all.”

The hot pre-race favourite, Rainbow View, put in a disappointing performance, coming home fourth after struggling to make an impression on ground too soft for her liking. It was the filly’s first defeat in five races.

“She was in good form. She’d worked well,” trainer John Gosden said. “She hated the ground. It’s nobody’s fault. We’ve had an incredibly dry spring here. It was just good to firm yesterday.”

Trainer Brian Meehan will run Super Sleuth in the 1,000 Guineas on Sunday despite the presence of overwhelming favourite, Rainbow View, in the field.

Super Sleuth stood her ground in the final forfeit stage for the 1,000 Guineas and will be one of 15 runners to take on Newmarket’s Rowley Mile in the opening fillies’ Classic of the season.

Super Sleuth’s participation in the race sets Meehan up for a possible Newmarket Guineas double, with his Delegator the favourite to win Saturday’s 2,000 Guineas.

“Super Sleuth ran a fabulous race at Newbury and deserves to have a crack at the Guineas,” Meechan said on his webiste. “We thought she would just need that first run of the season and she should improve. We are looking forward to seeing how she gets on and I am sure she will not let us down.”

Aidan O’Brein also has a runner in the mix, in the form of Heart Shaped Box, with Jim Bolger’s Cuis Ghare and Kevin Prendergrast’s Shimah rounding off the Irish challengers.

Thoroughbred trainer, Mick Channon, is upbeat about his prospects of achieving success in Sunday’s 1,000 Guineas after watching Lahaleeb complete her training at West Ilsley.

Lahaleeb, who most recently won at the Dubai Duty Free Stakes, performed well in training with stablemate Please Sing despite her famous aversion to training work.

Channon’s entry will be one of the most experienced fillies on the park come Sunday, boasting 10 starts, four of which have ended in a win.

“I think it looks a good Guineas,” Channon said on his website. “John Gosden’s filly is the yardstick and the Cheveley Park form with Rae Guest’s filly  is solid, but we’ve beaten Alan Bailey’s filly and so the form is in the book.”

“We’re a high-class filly and have got to go and do it. A lot of my fillies have improved from two to three over the years and she’s one of them.”

Priced 14/1 by William Hill, Lahaleeb looks like an excellent each way betting option for the 1,000 Guineas on Sunday.