Dawn Approach has emerged a surprise contender for Tuesday’s St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

So, are you a player or a layer when it comes to Dawn Approach in this afternoon’s 2000 Guineas at Newmarket?

With Frankel’s final hurrah seemingly only hours away, his retirement will leave a big hole in the racing fraternity.

Godolphin have bought a majority share in Jim Bolger’s unbeaten juvenile Dawn Approach, the ante-post favourite for next season’s Qipco 2000 Guineas.

Remember some of the press reports about Dawn Approach, after the horse had beaten Mister Marc by two and three quarter lengths at Naas last month?