Dawn Approach’s Brother Graduates at Naas

4th-NAA, €15,500, Mdn, 8-3, 2yo, 7fT, 1:27.54, gd.

HERALD THE DAWN (IRE) (c, 2, New Approach {Ire}–Hymn of the Dawn, by Phone Trick), runner-up going six panels here on debut last time July 8, was restrained to race in seventh after breaking well from the outside gate. Making smooth progress once into the stretch run, the 15-8 chalk was shaken up passing the two pole and quickened smartly inside the final eighth to comfortably best London (Fr) (Galileo {Ire}) by 2 1/4 lengths. “He is not as precocious as his brother and it will not be until next year that we see the best of him,” said breeder-trainer Jim Bolger. “He could step up in distance, and we will have to have a good think about where we go next.” That brother is the 2013 G1 2000 Guineas victor Dawn Approach (Ire), Hwt. 2yo Colt-Eur, Eng & Ire, Hwt. 3yo-Ire at 7-9.5f, MG1SW & G1SW-Ire, $1,457,260. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $14,478. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

O-Godolphin; B/T-Jim Bolger (IRE).