Dawn Approach continued his superb start to the new year at the weekend, when two of his first winners of 2018 added second straight wins to their records.
Court House, who notched his first win just over two weeks ago, followed up with an even more impressive victory at Lingfield on Saturday, 20 January, winning over a mile by almost four lengths.
The John Gosden-trained colt was slowly away, but once the field began to quicken from home, he picked up superbly to win easily. There may well be better yet to come for this promising performer, who has since been allotted a Timeform rating of 96 – the highest mark for a three-year-old in the UK or Ireland so far this year.
Also at Lingfield, Morning Has Broken earned herself an entry for the 1,000 Guineas with a dominant victory in the one-mile fillies’ novice.
David Elsworth’s charge broke her maiden on Thursday, 6 January by no fewer than six lengths and was in the clear once again on Saturday.
A day earlier, Dawn Approach added another new winner when Viridorix (trained by Jean-Claude Rouget) was victorious at Cagnes-sur-Mer, while on Thursday, 18 January, the Irish-bred filly Sunshine Mist was victorious over six furlongs at Kenilworth, South Africa, despite carrying the same weight as horses approximately six months older than her.
