Past The Wire Search
May 2, 2021
The Jim Bolger-trained Poetic Flare caused an upset at Newmarket, England, on Saturday, when winning the QIPCO 2000 Guineas.
The son of Dawn Approach, who started the first British Classic of the season as a 16/1 chance, had his head down at the right time on the wire to beat Master Of The Seas (6/1) into second with Lucky Vega (12/1) back in third.
The win was extra special for seventy-nine year-old Bolger as Poetic Flare carried his wife Jackie’s colours and the colt was ridden by their son in law Kevin Manning.
The winning sire, Dawn Approach, was also bred and trained by Bolger and won the QIPCO 2000 Guineas back in 2013.