Godolphin confident ahead of Dewhurst bid

Godolphin needed to buy into last year’s winner of the Dubai Dewhurst Stakes but the team has found a juvenile from their own production line with a leading chance of defending today’s renewal of the key Group 1.

Jim Bolger’s Dawn Approach carried the blue silks to success before returning to the Rowley Mile this spring to take the 2000 Guineas and there are hopes the Darley-bred Outstrip can follow in his example.

Only six runners have been declared and it looks like being another battle between Godolphin and Coolmore, who send out Outstrip’s market rival War Command.