COVENTRY S.-G2, £85,000, Ascot, 6-19, 2yo, 6fT, 1:13.64, gd/sf.
1–@DAWN APPROACH (IRE), 127, c, 2, by New Approach (Ire)
        1st Dam: Hymn of the Dawn, by Phone Trick
        2nd Dam: Colonial Debut, by Pleasant Colony
        3rd Dam: Kittihawk Miss, by Alydar
O-Mrs J S Bolger & J P Spain; B/T-Jim Bolger; J-Kevin Manning; £48,204. Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, £99,391. *First graded-stakes winner for freshman sire (by Galileo {Ire}). Werk Nick Rating: D+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Olympic Glory (Ire), 127, c, 2, Choisir (Aus)--Acidanthera (GB), by Alzao. (£65,000 yrl '11 DONAUG). O-Mrs Julie Wood; B-Denis McDonnell; T-Richard Hannon; £18,275.
3--Cristoforo Colombo, 127, c, 2, Henrythenavigator--La Traviata, by Johannesburg. O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-La Traviata Syndicate; T-Aidan O'Brien; £9,146.
Margins: 3/4, NK, 2HF. Odds: 7-2, 20-1, 13-2.
Also Ran: Sir Prancealot (Ire), Artigiano, Lines of Battle, Leitir Mor (Ire), Indian Jade (GB), Master of War (GB), The Taj (GB), Heavy Metal (GB), Dark Emerald (Ire), Baddilini (GB), Whitfield, Englishman (GB), Living Desert (GB), King Dragon (Ire), New Pearl (Ire), Funk Soul Brother (GB), Top Boy (GB), Party Royal (GB), Mrs Brown's Boy (GB). Scratched: Jubilee Brig (GB).
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   Unbeaten in three starts in his native Ireland, "TDN Rising Star" Dawn Approach (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) continued the thread with a gutsy win in a strong-looking renewal of the G2 Coventry S. at Royal Ascot yesterday. Keen early racing close to the pace, Jim Bolger's homebred who was sent off the 7-2 second favorite put his race-hardening to full use after hitting the front with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining and duly held Olympic Glory (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}) to score by 3/4 of a length. "He's as good as I've had," commented his owner, breeder and trainer, who steered his sire and also Teofilo (Ire) through unbeaten campaigns as juveniles. "He has everything. He has pace, he has stamina, he has the looks and he has the temperament. There are no holes in this fellow."
   Having won the very first juvenile maiden to be staged in Ireland this year, Dawn Approach followed that five-furlong win at The Curragh with two more over a more suitable six at Naas. After a 5 1/2-length romp in a May 16 conditions event, the homebred was put to the test by a typically tenacious Richard Hannon raider in Mister Marc (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), but dealt with that rival en route to a 2 3/4-length score in the June 4 Listed Rochestown S. Over-racing early while tracking his stable companion Leitir Mor (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), the blazed-faced chestnut was driven past his barnmate and The Taj (GB) (Street Cry {Ire}) approaching the final furlong. Brought around in front, he found extra as he felt Olympic Glory threaten his dominion with Ballydoyle's Cristoforo Colombo (Henrythenavigator) closing from the far side to finish a neck away in third. "I am very pleased with him and he's done everything we've asked him to do this year," jockey Kevin Manning said. "He's got a great attitude, a great cruising gear and a great turn of foot, he goes on any ground and is very straightforward. I have no doubt that he is winning over his minimum trip and when he steps up to seven furlongs you'll see the best of him. When he steps up to seven furlongs, you'll see a real horse. I definitely think he's as smart a 2-year-old as any I've ridden and there is no fault in him. We just built up into it and, as six furlongs is probably his minimum, it just took him a while to find top gear. When he found top gear inside the last furlong, it was all over. His sire didn't have the pace that this fellow has." Bolger added, "I don't see him going beyond a mile and I don't want him to go beyond a mile--that will do me. I'll probably give him a little break, but he's a very gross horse who grubs very well, so the break won't get to be too long. I'd say he'll run in the G2 Futurity S. [at The Curragh Aug. 25] and the G1 Vincent O'Brien National S. [at The Curragh Sept. 15] and maybe the G1 Dewhurst S. [at Newmarket Oct. 13] if I can find a space for him among the other 2-year-olds I have. There is always Longchamp [the Oct. 7 G1 Grand Criterium] as well--he'll have three more runs this year I hope." Richard Hannon added of Olympic Glory, "The further he goes, the better he'll be. I think he wants seven furlongs or a mile already and I'd say we'll either take him to Newmarket for the [July 14] G2 Superlative S. or for the [Aug. 1] G2 Vintage S. at Goodwood." Of the 3-1 favorite Sir Prancealot (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}), who failed to threaten in fourth, he added, "He ran a good race. I think I'll drop him back down to five furlongs again now and he could go for the G3 Molecomb S. [at Goodwood July 31]." Aidan O'Brien said of Coolmore's Cristoforo Colombo and the sixth-placed "TDN Rising Star" Lines of Battle (War Chant), "We were delighted with both horses."