Dawn Approach primed for red-hot Marois

Jim Bolger is relishing the prospect of pitting his crack miler Dawn Approach against brilliant opposition in the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville on Sunday.

In what looks possibly the hottest race of the season, the 2000 Guineas and St James’s Palace Stakes winner will be meeting the likes of Intello, Moonlight Cloud, Declaration Of War and Elusive Kate.

Dawn Approach is turning out just 11 days after suffering a narrow defeat at the hands of old rival Toronado in the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood, but Bolger is not one to shirk a challenge.