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Champion trainer Richard Hannon is planning a powerful assault on both the Qipco-sponsored Guineas.

He will run impressive Nell Gwyn winner Osaila in the 1000 Guineas with Frankie Dettori especially complimentary about her chances on May 3.

Hannon also expects to field a strong team 24 hours earlier as Greenham second and third Estidhkaar and Ivawood as well as Craven first and third Kool Kompany and Moheet are in line for the 2000 Guineas.

"Osaila is a filly we like a lot. She had plenty of experience in her first season, finishing third at the Breeders Cup, having been beaten only two lengths in the Moyglare, which is arguably the strongest bit of two-year-old fillies form that was around," Hannon told www.richardhannonracing.co.uk.

"She had not come in her coat last week, so we were delighted with how well she won, especially as she was drawn wide and got all the daylight going.

"Frankie got off and told me that he thought she would definitely finish in the first three.

"She is fit, her form is rock-solid and I think she has improved since last year, so she will go back to Newmarket with every chance, while, like Osaila, all the four colts have come out of their comeback races without a problem, and all four deserve to take their chance."