Bolger taking calm approach with Dawn

Jim Bolger maintains Dawn Approach is “on a par” with the best horses he has ever trained ahead of the colt’s bid for Classic glory in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday week.

A son of Bolger’s 2008 Epsom Derby hero New Approach, the strapping chestnut enjoyed a fantastic juvenile campaign, winning each of his six starts.

Snapped up by Godolphin after winning the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot, Dawn Approach went on to claim Group One honours in the National Stakes at the Curragh and the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket, ensuring his place as winter favourite for the first Classic of the 2013 season.