INTERNATIONAL GLORY AWAITS THE DAWN

WEDNESDAY SELECTIONS:

BELLEWSTOWN: 4.45 Love Is The Key, 5.15 Boom To Bust, 5.45 Secret Hero, 6.15 Elusive Gent, 6.50 Nancy Meehan, 7.20 Queen Grace, 7.50 Quaintly, 8.20 Pires.

CARLISLE: 2.10 My Pearl, 2.40 Prince Of Vasa, 3.15 Saucy Brown, 3.50 Present Danger, 4.25 Syncopated Lady, 5.00 Bocciani, 5.30 Clueless.

FOLKESTONE: 5.25 Hotfoot, 5.55 Muqtarrib, 6.30 Sheila's Buddy, 7.00 Midnight Feast, 7.30 Whitstable Native, 8.00 Miss Polly Plum.

HEREFORD: 5.05 Salford Rose, 5.35 Dean's Grange, 6.05 Humbel Ben, 6.40 Big Robert, 7.10 Behtarini, 7.40 On Terms, 8.10 Trackmate.

NOTTINGHAM: 1.50 The Rising, 2.20 Crimson Queen, 2.55 Control Chief, 3.30 Midsummer Sun, 4.05 Joe Strummer, 4.35 Blue Maisey.

YORK: 2.00 Secret Asset, 2.30 Balty Boys, 3.05 Seville, 3.40 AWAIT THE DAWN (NAP), 4.15 Es Que Love, 4.50 Club Oceanic.

DOUBLE: Await The Dawn and Seville.

Await The Dawn is a worthy favourite for the Juddmonte International Stakes at York.

Ballydoyle's colt is quietly considered as being of Breeders' Cup Classic potential, and gets to showcase his unquestionable gifts on the opening day of the Ebor meeting.

Five victories from six starts perhaps tells its own story as Aidan O'Brien has slowly, but most assuredly, stepped up Await The Dawn from seven furlongs to a mile and a half.

Although he is dropping down two furlongs for this assignment, he has already shown excellent form over a mile and a quarter.

An easy winner of the Kilternan Stakes last September, he then took his game to the next level with a cakewalk in Chester's Huxley Stakes.

Better was to come at Royal Ascot as he defied concerns about soft ground to claim the Hardwicke Stakes by three lengths.

Twice Over and Midday are respected, of course, but Await The Dawn strikes as being firmly on the ascent, and has been preserved for this race since Ascot.

In Twice Over's case, no six-year-old has claimed the International since time immemorial, while a slight negative for Midday is the fact she has yet to win a Group One against the opposite sex.

And, as an added incentive, O'Brien has won two of the last three renewals of this keynote Group One, with Await The Dawn already comparing favourably to Rip Van Winkle (2010) and Duke of Marmalade (2009).

It should be a fine afternoon for the Coolmore gang, with Seville taken to do the business in the Great Voltigeur Stakes.

O'Brien's tough three-year-old has more than paid his way this term, with second-placed finishes in the Grand Prix de Paris, the Irish Derby and the Dante.

His one mishap this year was in the Epsom Derby, but he would not be alone in having not shown his true form in the premier Classic.

With the Irish Derby form having been royally advertised at the weekend thanks to Treasure Beach's heroics, few rivals here, perhaps with the exception of Sea Moon, come close to matching Seville's profile.

A solid show at York will further galvanise his already powerful claims in next month's Ladbrokes St Leger.

Outgoing veteran Barry Hills can enjoy one last hurrah before passing on the baton to his son, Charlie, when Balty Boys contests the sportingbet.com Acomb Stakes.

The Wetherdown House team simply adore this juvenile, who blew away his opponents in a competitive Newbury maiden last month.

This is admittedly a big step up in class, but the Cape Cross colt, partly owned by Sir Alex Ferguson, remains a creature of limitless potential.

Secret Asset is certainly not that calibre of thoroughbred, but should at least give punters plenty to think about in the Symphony Group Stakes.

Jane Chapple-Hyam's sprinter turned in a fine effort in the Stewards' Cup, in which he was badly wrong at the weights, when seventh behind Hoof It.

Before that he looked rejuvenated when easily claiming quite a good handicap at Goodwood.

Secret Asset is 3lb better off than in the Stewards' Cup, and has clearly hit his stride this summer.

But of greatest importance to each-way players is that he will hopefully be available at most generous odds.

Es Que Love, well-backed runner-up at Goodwood last time, holds logical claims in the sportingbet.com Stakes, with Club Oceanic looking a pretty exciting prospect for the Patrington Haven Leisure Park Stakes.

Control Chief can get off the mark in the Racing Here Again 28th September Maiden Stakes at Nottingham, while Muqtarrib looks a decent shout in the Personnel Health & Safety Consultants Maiden Stakes at Folkestone.

It would also be a surprise if Present Danger were not to run with credit in the Butchers Arms Lyvennet Community Pub Fillies' Handicap at Carlisle.

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