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Tue 04 Apr 2007Weld keeps options openThe 2,000 Guineas and Derby favourite Teofilo will have his first start of the season in the Newmarket classic but his absence from Saturday's Guineas Trial at Leopardstown could leave the way open for a "dark horse" such as Consul General to make an early-season impact.Dermot Weld's colt, an impressive seven-length winner on his Cork debut last September, features among the entries for the one-mile Group Three event that the trainer won in 2003 with the subsequent Guineas winner Refuse To Bend.