New Approach
 

he had the run of the race, but that was very impressive.. If I was to keep one horse in training next year, it would be him.. We just dont know how good he is!

Sorry Brock, retired.

Glad he looked stellar for you.

Cheers to Linngari for trying so hard.

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Full results...

Saturday October 18 2008
Newmarket 15:10 - Result
Emirates Airline Champion Stakes (group 1)
£375000 added, 3yo plus, 1m 2f, Class 1, £242692 penalty,
11 ran

Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
Race Report »
Winning Time: 2m 00.13s 14:05 14:35 15:10 15:50 16:25 17:00 17:35 Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 10 New Approach (IRE) 8-12 K J Manning J S Bolger 3 6/5 f
steadied start, close up, chased leaders 7f out, led 3f out, pushed clear over 1f out, ran on impressive opened 5/4 touched 11/10 £6000-£4000 (x2) £11000-£8000 £4125-£3000 (x2) £2750-£2000 (x5) £1100-£800 (x2) £15000-£12000 £7500-£6000 £1250-£1000 (x8) £750-£600 £6000-£5000 (x2) £1200-£1000 (x2)
2 3 6 Twice Over 8-12 T P Queally H R A Cecil 3 8/1
mid-division, headway when switched right 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, kept on, no chance with winner opened 7/1 £5000-£600
3 1 1½ Linngari:{>: :D (IRE) 9-3 R L Moore Sir Michael Stoute 6 12/1
held up, switched right 2f out, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, stayed on to take 3rd inside final furlong opened 10/1 touched 14/1
4 9 1¼ Russian Cross (IRE) 8-12 O Peslier A Fabre 3 5/1
held up towards rear, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headway to go 3rd over 1f out, kept on same place final furlong opened 9/2 touched 6/1 £5000-£800 Each Way £2750-£500 Each Way £10000-£2000 Each Way
5 6 4½ Traffic Guard (USA) 9-3 J F Egan Jane Chapple-Hyam 4 16/1
raced wide, in touch, ridden to go 3rd over 3f out, weakened final furlong opened 12/1 £10000-£600 Each Way £7000-£500 Each Way
6 7 nk Full Of Gold (FR) 8-12 D Boeuf Mme C Head-Maarek 3 40/1
tracked leader 3f, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
7 8 8 Pipedreamer 9-3 L Dettori J H M Gosden 4 5/1
raced wide mid-division, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out opened 7/1 £5000-£700
8 11 ½ Upton Grey (IRE) 8-12 R Havlin J H M Gosden 3 200/1
led, ridden and headed 3f out, weakened over 1f out
9 4 ½ Hebridean (IRE) 8-12 J Murtagh A P O'Brien 3 25/1
keen, held up, lost place and dropped to rear 4f out, not clear run over 2f out, soon switched right, ridden and no impression touched 33/1 £20000-£600 Each Way
10 2 5 City Leader (IRE) 8-12 J P Spencer B J Meehan 3 25/1
dwelt, always in rear touched 33/1 £10000-£300
11 5 22 Staying On (IRE) 8-12 A Kirby W R Swinburn 3 66/1
keen early, tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out opened 100/1