A wide-open G1 Betfred 2,000 Guineas on paper turned into a two-horse race approaching the final furlong and then a singular domination from Bow Echo (Night Of Thunder) as he dismissed his only threat Gstaad (Starspangledbanner) with a mighty display on Newmarket's Rowley Mile.Delivering poignancy as well as class carrying the colours of the late Sheikh Mohammed Obaid, the 9-2 shot brushed aside the 3-1 joint-favourite Gstaad heading to the closing stages and powered to an emphatic 2 3/4-length victory in a fast 1:35.59. There was an astonishing eight-length margin back to Distant Storm (Night Of Thunder) in third.The 20-year-old Billy “the Kid” Loughnane, riding his first Classic winner, was understandably elated. “I can't put it into words,” he said. “I'm very fortunate to ride him–he's a superstar and a dream to ride, what a feeling! He'd had a perfect preparation into the race and George is a genius.”“I felt like we'd gone overboard beforehand, but we thought he was a good one so that wasn't a huge surprise,” trainer George Boughey said of the unbeaten homebred TDN Rising Star from the family of Dubawi who had long been the ante-post favourite after his G2 Royal Lodge Stakes success over the course and distance. “I thought he might do that and he's as good as we thought he was. He and Billy are two stars and it's so special to do it at home. His work was telling us he could go over six, but his is a miling family and at the moment that's where we'll be looking.”STLL UNBEATEN is a DOMINANT winner of the @Betfred 2,000 Guineas.It's a first success in the race for @gbougheyracing and @loughnane_billy @WorldPool | @NewmarketRace pic.twitter.com/JaCVks9lSO— Racing TV (@RacingTV) May 2, 2026 The post ‘He’s As Good As We Thought He Was’: Boughey Basks In Bow Echo’s Guineas Glory appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.