Dawn Approach gave Godolphin some good news after weeks of bad headlines by winning the 205th running of the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.
Glory Awaits and Leitir Mor blasted out of the gates and took the field along at a good pace with Toronado and Dawn Approach behind the two front runners.
The two market leaders took it up as they entered the dip but Toronado could not find the turn of foot he had shown at the Craven Meeting. Dawn Approach surged well clear of the field to win by five lengths.
Glory Awaits clung on to second place at 150/1 under Jamie Spencer, with Van Der Neer coming through for third (20/1) for the Hannon team under William Buick. Toronado finished in fourth place (11/4).
Speaking on Channel 4 Racing afterwards Richard Hannon Jnr said of Toronado's performance that it was "very disappointing" and that the colt "didn't come home as we'd hoped".
Jim Bolger, meanwhile, said of any decision to go for the Epsom Derby with Dawn Approach that they would "sleep on it" and see how the winner was after his exertions in the 2000 Guineas. But the trainer added that he would be "happy to go for it [the Derby]" if that is what Sheikh Mohammed wanted.
