Sent off at 9-1 for Saturday's G3 Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes, Alparslan (Dandy Man) belied the lack of market confidence to prevail in the 2,000 Guineas trial.Always prominent under Clifford Lee, Mohamed Saeed Al Shehhi's Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sales Stakes winner who was sixth in the Dewhurst stayed on strongly to deny Zavateri (Without Parole) by a length. Albert Einstein (Wootton Bassett), who was sent off the 9-4 favourite in a first-time hood, looked a dubious stayer again as he finished a further 3/4 of a length away in third.The winner's trainer Karl Burke is unsure whether to take the plunge at Newmarket in a fortnight. “It's a case of which Guineas to go for,” he said. “He's a high-class horse with a great mind–he's on the lazy side and is having a blow there so he'll definitely come on fitness-wise.”“A mile is a question mark, but in the last 50 yards there he was going away from the second and third if anything,” he added. “When he ran in the Dewhurst, he didn't really like the undulations there and came back a little bit sore but that was his third quick run so it could have been that. He's a big, heavy horse, so going round a bend at Longchamp may not be his cup of tea. The Curragh will probably suit him, but he's got time to go to the English and the Irish Guineas. He is idle, so I'm sure there's another gear there, it's just the trip that's the big question mark.”Zavateri's trainer Eve Johnson Houghton was happy with the performance of her returning Group 1 winner. “There was no pace and he had nowhere to go, but he picked up really nicely and is having a good blow so will come on a tonne,” she said. “He's grown a lot, he's trained on clearly and he'll probably get a mile, but we won't make a decision on the Guineas until next week.”ALPARSLAN proves much too good in the Greenham! @NewburyRacing | @SkySportsRacing pic.twitter.com/6s8VjldIOA— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) April 18, 2026The post Alparslan Takes The Greenham, Guineas Run In The Balance appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.