Awzaan masters Middle rivals

Mark Johnston moved a step closer to a second stanjames.com 2000 Guineas success as Awzaan maintained his unbeaten record with a powerful display in the Shadwell Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket.

Fifteen years on from Mister Baileys’ triumph on the Rowley Mile, Johnston has another live candidate for the colts’ Classic with Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum’s four-time winner.