O'Brien hoping Dawn shines Aidan O'Brien bids to round his Royal Ascot off with another big winner when the potentially high-class Await The Dawn tackles the Hardwicke Stakes. The four-year-old has very few miles on the clock, having raced just five times, winning four of those, most recently the Huxley Stakes at Chester's May meeting. A son of the mighty Giant's Causeway, the Ballydoyle colt was seriously impressive on the Roodee, streaking four and a half lengths clear of Distant Memories, and defying a penalty in the process. That win continued the upward curve of O'Brien's charge, who rounded off 2010 with a nine-length demolition job at Leopardstown. His last two starts have been at Group Three level, and he moves into Group Two company for just the second time in the Berkshire highlight, with Ryan Moore again in the saddle. Entered in the Eclipse, King George and Irish Champion Stakes, he tries a mile and a half for the first time, although he was showing no signs of stopping at Chester, in a race won by the brilliant Harbinger 12 months ago. O'Brien is on a high after Fame And Glory's success under Jamie Spencer in the Gold Cup on Thursday, a win which went some way to erasing the eclipse of the much-vaunted So You Think on Wednesday. He said: "Everything has gone according to plan after Chester. He has only run over a mile and a quarter so far, but we have always liked him a lot. "I think and hope (he is capable of stepping up), he is always a horse we have thought a lot of and we are looking forward to it."
