By Tom Frary
Given he was such an important horse for the Gosdens, it was fitting that the stable would provide Kingman's Dalham Hall resident Palace Pier with his first winner at Haydock on Friday evening. Godolphin's homebred colt Morris Dancer, who had been seventh in a hot Newbury maiden a fortnight earlier, was sent off the 7-4 favourite for the card's seven-furlong novice and after being patiently ridden by Robert Havlin was produced to overhaul Havana Gold's Gold Dawn approaching the final furlong and score by 1 1/4 lengths.
🔵 Morris Dancer (Palace Pier) opens his account at @haydockraces pic.twitter.com/7XTMstWJJm
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The third of three currently known foals out of dam, Morris Dancer is a grandson of Sadler's Wells' Listed Swettenham Stud Fillies' Trial Stakes scorer Measured Tempo whose dam Allez Les Trois is a half to none other than Urban Sea and King's Best.
3rd-Haydock, £11,000, Novice, 5-30, 2yo, 7f 37yT, 1:33.02, gd.
MORRIS DANCER (IRE) (c, 2, Palace Pier {GB}–Menuetto {GB}, by Dubawi {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $8,015. O/B-Godolphin; T-John & Thady Gosden.
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