Classic winner Dawn
Approach turned a nadir into triumph when rekindling the form that saw him win
the QIPCO 2,000 Guineas.
Clinging on by a
short-head from runner-up Toronado, Dawn Approach took the St James's Palace
Stakes just 17 days after finishing last in the Investec Derby at Epsom. He
gave jockey Kevin Manning a horrible ride that day, pulling uncontrollably, and
while keen today the shorter one-mile trip played to his strengths when it
mattered.
Dawn Approach is trained
by his breeder, Jim Bolger, and is part-owned by him and Sheikh Mohammed's
Godolphin operation. Asked if he was surprised when Bolger announced he wanted
to run the chesnut colt in today's race so soon after Epsom, Sheikh Mohammed
said: "Yes, but Jim bred the horse and knows him very well, so when he
said he wanted to run the owner was happy to support him. The biggest risk is
not taking any risk. Today has proved to me that this horse is the best miler
in the world."
Bolger said: "It's
the nature of the sport to take chances and sometimes they work and sometimes
they don't. Sheikh Mohammed was a very willing risk taker and I'm delighted he
was."
A stewards' enquiry looked
into an incident between the two- and one-furlong marker when several horses
were knocked sideways, including the first two, and Bolger said: "He was
fortunate to survive that, but he did and the rest is history. He's very tough
and hardy. I'm very happy, and relief plays a part in it, but I knew he wouldn't
let me down."
When Bolger decided to run
Dawn Approach in today's race he sent Godolphin's Simon Crisford a text that
said: 'Be prepared for a shock'. Bolger said: "Simon spoke to His Highness
who said he would be very happy for the horse to run. Two weeks and a couple of
days [since Epsom] isn't too soon for me and the horse ate up and was very
happy throughout that period.
"Pat O'Donovan was
very brave because he was happy to ride the horse out in a hackamore [a bitless
bridle] after Epsom for nearly a week because his mouth was quite sore. That
was the winning of today's race. To ride him in a hackamore was really
something. I didn't get low after Epsom, but I don't get too high either - I'm
in the middle. This game would tame tigers, so I would never get carried away.
We'll talk about plans but I'm not making any predictions yet - everything is
up for consideration."
Kevin Manning said:
"He took a bit of a bite again - he was a little bit keen with me -
but I got there and, once I got my head in front, Richard was fighting me but I
was always holding on. He is a real battler. I wasn't sure but I thought I had
won."
FANTASTIC
DAWN APPROACH
Simon Crisford, the Godolphin racing
manager, reacted to Dawn Approach's gutsy win over Toronado: "It is
fantastic.
"Jim (Bolger) called
every shot there and got it absolutely right. It was a magnificent call on his
part because it is the big race of the week.
"It was a high-risk
strategy and he pulled it off. Dawn Approach has achieved a phenomenal amount
as a racehorse - an unbeaten champion two-year-old, a Guineas win and success
in the St James's Palace Stakes.
"He is now destined
for great things ahead at stud. I hear he got a hefty bump and knew that the
stewards' inquiry did not involve him.
"I am sure we will
stick to this trip with Dawn Approach and we will look at the championship mile
races around Europe and further afield."
Kevin Manning has ridden Dawn Approach
in all his starts. The jockey said: "When I pulled him out, I have gone
there with plenty of horse but received a serious knock from the inside. There
was then some contact with the horse on the outside.
"I thought I had
everything very much covered when I pulled him out.
"He got to the front
and was not headed all the way to the line. He is a very gutsy and determined
horse."
HANNON
PLEASED DESPITE SECOND
Toronado had to settle for
second place after Dawn Approach was announced the short-head victor in a
thrilling renewal of the Group One St James's Palace Stake. This was after
interference inside the last two furlongs when Glory Awaits drifted to the
stands side forcing Magician, Mars, Dawn Approach and Toronado wide.
Richard Hannon, who trains
the High Chaparral colt, commented afterwards: "That's racing. At least
he's back! He's a very good horse.
"It was a shame
really that there was that interference otherwise I think we would have got it.
The winner went on to us and knocked us into the middle of the track. I don't
think it was the winner's fault he got a knock and it concertinaed onto
us."
Toronado is entered for
the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on July 6 and the Qipco Sussex Stakes at Glorious
Goodwood July 31, as is Dawn Approach, and Hannon added all options are open.
Richard Hughes, who rode
the QIPCO 2000 guineas fourth, added: "Id have won - I deliberately went
round the outside so I didn't get a bump."
3:45pm St
James's Palace Stakes (British Champions Series) (Group 1)
£350,000
total prize fund. For 3yo entire colts, 1m (rnd). Weights: 9st. Penalty value
1st £198,485.00 2nd £75,250.00 3rd £37,660.00 4th £18,760.00 5th £9,415.00 6th
£4,725.00
1) DAWN
APPROACH (IRE) (Godolphin) Jim Bolger IRE 3-9-00 Kevin Manning [5] 5/4 Fav
2)
TORONADO (IRE) (HE Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad Al Thani) Richard Hannon 3-9-00
Richard Hughes [9] 5/1
3) MARS
(IRE) (Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier) Aidan O'Brien IRE 3-9-00 Ryan
Moore [4] 10/1
4)
MSHAWISH (USA) (HE Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad Al Thani) Mikel Delzangles FR 3-9-00
Frankie Dettori [1]
5) GLORY
AWAITS (IRE) (Ahmad Abdulla Al Shaikh & Co) Kevin Ryan b3-9-00 Jamie
Spencer [6]
6)
DUNDONNELL (USA) (Khalid Abdullah) Roger Charlton 3-9-00 James Doyle [3]
7) GEORGE
VANCOUVER (USA) (Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith) Aidan O'Brien IRE
3-9-00 Seamie Heffernan [8]
8) LEITIR
MOR (IRE) (Jackie Bolger) Jim Bolger IRE tp3-9-00 Ronan Whelan [2]
9)
MAGICIAN (IRE) (Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier) Aidan O'Brien IRE
3-9-00 Joseph O'Brien [7]
9 ran
Time: 1m
39.23s
Distances:
sh, 2¾, 1¼, 1¾, ½, 3½, 2½, sh
Breeder:
Jim Bolger
Breeding:
New Approach (IRE) - Hymn Of The Dawn (USA) (Phone Trick (USA)
Tote
Win £2.10 Place £1.10
£1.50 £2.60
Exacta £8.30
Winning
Trainer:- Name: Bolger, Jim (James) Born: County Wexford, December 25, 1941
Based: Glebe House, Coolcullen, Co. Carlow, Ireland First Winner: Peaceful
Pleasure, Roscommon, September 20, 1976 Classic Winners: Vodafone Derby
(2008 New Approach), Irish Derby (1992 St. Jovite), Vodafone Oaks(1991 Jet Ski
Lady);Irish Oaks (1983 Give Thanks; 2002 Margarula), English 1000 Guineas (2007
Finsceal Beo), Irish 1000 Guineas (2007 Finsceal Beo) English 2000 Guineas
(2013 Dawn Approach) First Royal Ascot win: Coronation Stakes (June 15,
1983, Flame Of Tara) Royal Ascot wins (8): Coronation Stakes(1983Flame
Of Tara, 2008 Lush Lashes), Queen Alexandra Stakes (1991 Easy To Please, 1993
Riszard), Albany Stakes (2008 Cuis Ghaire); Ribblesdale Stakes (2011
Banimpire), Coventry Stakes (2012 Dawn Approach), St James's Palace Stakes
(2013 Dawn Approach) Other Major Wins: Emirates Airlines Champion Stakes
(2008 New Approach), Anglesey Stakes (1991 St Jovite); Cathay Pacific Hong Kong
Cup (2004 Alexander Goldrun), Craven Stakes (2005 Democratic Deficit),Criterium
International (2012 Loch Garman), Dubai Dewhurst Stakes (2006 Teofilo, 2007 New
Approach, 2008 Intense Focus, 2011 Parish Hall, 2012 Dawn Approach), Debutante
Stakes (2006 Gaudeamus); Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial (1992 St Jovite);
Futurity Stakes (1991 StJovite, 2006 Teofilo); King George VI & Queen
Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (1992 St Jovite); Meld Stakes (2006 Heliostatic);
National Stakes (2006 Teofilo, 2007 New Approach); Prix de l'Opera (2004
Alexander Goldrun); Prix Marcel Boussac (2006 Finsceal Beo); Rockfel Stakes
(2006 Finsceal Beo); Vodafone Nassau Stakes (1986 Park Express, 2005 Alexander
Goldrun), Phoenix Stakes (2007 Saoirse Abu), Moyglare Stud Stakes (2007 Saoirse
Abu), Darley Yorkshire Oaks (2008 Lush Lashes), Matron Stakes (2008 Lush
Lashes), Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes (2008 New Approach) Wins
in Britain (2005-2012): 2; 2; 2; 7; 1; 0; 2; 3 Wins in Britain this
year: 2
Winning
jockey:-Name: Manning, Kevin James Born: March 7,
1967 Based: Blackmiller Hill, Kildare, Ireland First Winner: Keynes
(The Curragh, April 23, 1983) Background: Father Jim was a sales
supervisor at the airport and used to take Kevin jump racing at weekends. While
his brother and twin sisters did not share his passion, Kevin's parents bought
him a pony and were so impressed with his natural ability in the saddle that
they sent him to Jim Bolger's yard in 1982, for whom he rode his first winner,
Keynes, at the Curragh in April, 1983. Twice champion apprentice in Ireland in
1984 and 1987. Succeeded Christy Roche as Bolger's number one jockey in 1993.
Had to wait until 2002 until his first Classic success, when he partnered
Margarula to victory in the 2002 Irish Oaks. First British winner on April 14,
2005, with Democratic Deficit in the Group Three Craven Stakes at Newmarket .
Married to Jim Bolger's daughter Una and they have two children. English
Classic Winners (3): 1,000 Guineas (2007 Finsceal Beo), Derby (2008 New
Approach), 2,000 Guineas (2013 Dawn Approach) Other Big Race Wins: Irish
Oaks (2002 Margarula); Irish 1,000 Guineas (2007 Finsceal Beo), Ballycorus
Stakes (2005 Democratic Deficit), Ballysax Stakes (2006 Rhythm N' Roots),
Brownstown Stakes (2004 Tropical Lady), Concorde Stakes (2002 Marionnaud),
Craven Stakes (2005 Democratic Deficit), DubaiDewhurst Stakes (2006 Teofilo,
2007 New Approach, 2008 Intense Focus, 2011 Parish Hall, 2012 Dawn Approach),
Debutante Stakes (2006 Gaudeamus), Emirates Airlines Champion Stakes (2008 New
Aapproach), Hong Kong Cup (2004 Alexander Goldrun), Meld Stakes (2005 Tropical
Lady, 2006 Heliostatic), Minstrel Stakes (2003 Avorado), Nassau Stakes (2005
Alexander Goldrun), Phoenix Stakes (1994 Eva Luna), Pretty Polly Stakes (2005
Alexander Goldrun), Prix de l'Opera (2004 Alexander Goldrun), Prix Marcel
Boussac (2006 Finsceal Beo), Railway Stakes (1994 Eva Luna, 2004 Democratic
Deficit), Rockfel Stakes (2006 Finsceal Beo); Round Tower Stakes (2005 Abigail
Pett), Royal Whip Stakes (2005 Tropical Lady), Darley Yorkshire Oaks (2008 Lush
Lashes) Royal Ascot Wins (5): Albany Stakes (2008 Cuis Ghaire),
Coronation Stakes (2008 Lush Lashes), Ribblesdale Stakes (2011 Banimpire),
Coventry Stakes (2012 Dawn Approach), St James's Palace Stakes (2013 Dawn
Approach) First Royal Ascot Winner: Cuis Ghaire, Albany Stakes, June 20,
2008 Wins in Britain (2005-2012): 2; 2; 3; 9; 1; 0; 2; 3 Wins
in Britain in 2013: 2
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