Dawn Passage Return Appears Imminent

Multiple Gr3 winner Dawn Passage (Dawn Approach-Raja Lane, by Devaraja) looks ready for a race day return off the back of his Gosford barrier trial, where the 4YO jumped to the lead and maintained his position throughout to take out the 1000m heat by just under half a length from stablemate Just Thinkin' (So You Think). Having placed in the Silver Eagle, Golden Eagle and The Gong in his last three starts, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained entire holds nominations for a wide range of Grouop 1 feature races in the coming months with a likely target being the Gr1 Doncaster Handicap (1600m) on his home track, where surprisingly he has not won since a 2YO when successful over Aussie (Snitzel) and the now triple Gr1 winner Bivouac (Exceed And Excel). Sold through the draft of Mill Park Stud at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale to his trainers and Julian Blaxland's Blue Sky Bloodstock, the son of former Darley shuttle Dawn Approach has earnings of over $1.6 million for connections after being purchased as a yearling for just $150,000.

Dawn Passage is due to return (pic: Steve Hart)