Hawk Wing returned to his brilliant best with a superb all-the-way win in the Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes at Newbury today.
The 2-1 favourite, trained by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Michael Kinane, won by 11 lengths - a record for the Group One race over the straight mile.
Where Or When (7-2) was a distant second with Olden Times third. Only six ran as Duck Row was a non-runner and Desert Deer refused to go into the stalls.
Hawk Wing was finally justifying all his connections' high expectations after defeats by his stablemates Rock Of Gibraltar and High Chaparral in last year's Sagitta 2000 Guineas and Vodafone Derby respectively.
O'Brien revealed that the colt had had a few minor problems following a tiring three-year-old career that had yielded just one win, the Group One Coral Eurobet Eclipse. As for the future, O'Brien added: 'He could go to Royal Ascot for either the mile (Queen Anne Stakes) or the one mile (Prince of Wales's Stakes).'
Filed by James McMahon
