Hope for Guineas second Glory Awaits despite extending losing run

Connections of Glory Awaits must have been patting each other on the back agreeing they had chosen a most appropriate name when their Choisir colt chased home Dawn Approach at odds of 150-1 in the 2,000 Guineas in 2013, but that was then and this is now.

Such glory as there has been in his life came in a Group 2 in Turkey, and four years on from his Newmarket high point the now seven-year-old gelding is on a long losing run. Despite dropping from a peak BHA mark of 114 to one which got him in to the 0-90 classified run in memory of Paul Kelleway with a pound to spare, he was no match for Khamaary and extended his losing sequence to 20.

There was hope for him in second, however. David Simcock, who took over his training from Kevin Ryan at the end of 2015, was frustrated at finishing second to a filly who had been dropped a pound to the ceiling rating despite running well last time, but said: "He'll win one one day, but he'll win when he wants to."