New Approach sounds ready... cant wait....
from racingpost;;;;
NEW APPROACH put in a "scintillating"workout on Tuesday ahead of defending his unbeaten record in the Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday.
The National Stakes winner will be attempting to emulate former stablemate Teofilo, who completed an unbeaten juvenile season by landing the Group 1 Newmarket event a year ago when he secured his position as Europe's top two-year-old.
The winner of the Dewhurst should claim that title again this year with New Approach again meeting his immediate National Stakes victim Rio de la Plata.
After the ante-post favourite for the Stan James 2,000 Guineas worked on his Coolcullen gallops, trainer Jim Bolger said: "New Approach worked this morning. It was a scintillating piece of work. It all went very well and he is in very good form for Saturday."
Jamie Spencer has been booked to partner supplementary entry Moynahan for Paul Cole with Richard Quinn maintaining his association with stablemate Luck Money, the Coventry runner-up and Goffs Million winner.
Both completed their preparations for Saturday's contest with an older lead horse at Cole's Whatcombe base.
Emphasising that the work was purely routine, Cole said: "They both worked very well and are in tip-top form. If there is a bit of cut in the ground it shouldn't bother either ofthem."
Moynahan impressed many in winning his maiden from Iguazu Falls at York's big August meeting and stablemate Luck Money was an equally impressive winner of the Goffs Million at The Curragh.
The unbeaten Fast Company was a market mover for the Dewhurst on Tuesday being clipped a point to 7-1 by William Hill, to 8-1 by Skybet and to 9-1 by VCbet.
Trainer Brian Meehan, whose Royal Lodge Stakes winner City Leader is set to run in the Racing Post Trophy the following weekend, said
n Tuesday: "He's in great order. He worked yesterday and looked in very good shape. It's going to be a great race."
Mick Channon had a ground warning about Hatta Fort's participation in one of the season's top two-year-old races.
After Hatta Fort breezed on the woodchip all-weather at West Ilsley, Channon said: "He's come out of his run at Longchamp great but he didn't like the going there. It was a good effort in the circumstances but if the ground's soft he won't run on Saturday."
Newmarketwas bracing itself for upwards of half an inch of rain last night but with a forecast of dry sunny spells from today through to Champions Day.
Clerk of the course Michael Prosser was forecasting good ground by Saturday.
After under 2mm of rain up to teatime on Tuesday, Prosser said: "Two forecasts are saying we will have anywhere between half and two-thirds of an inch of rain overnight.
"Tonight is quite key to what ground we will have but high pressure is forecast to build from Wednesday through to Saturday with plenty of sunny spells on Saturday.
"I think we will be good to soft on Friday on the track used for the Cambridgeshire but on fresh ground on Saturday we should be close to good."