Bolger warming to Dawn Approach running in Derby

Jim Bolger admits it is “more than likely” his 2000 Guineas hero Dawn Approach will be allowed to take his chance in the Investec Derby at Epsom next month.

Unbeaten in six starts as a juvenile, the son of Bolger’s 2008 Derby hero New Approach went one better than his father by storming clear in the season’s opening Classic on the Rowley Mile.

While the Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh on May 25 has not been completely ruled out, Bolger feels it is more likely the Godolphin-owned colt will instead step up to a mile and a half at Epsom the following weekend.