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Horses will show you if they have had enough racing or not by what they do at home. All of the Godolphin team have said they hade been pleased with his work. They said right from the word go that he had come out of the French race really well, which is no surprise because he won so easily. He looked the pick of the paddock for me. No signs of over races, he hadn't gone 'hollow' around the hip, which is the main sign of horses who have had too much racing. He certainly didn't look tired there.

You say he didn't travel, but everything travelled better than the winner through the race.

I think it is a very poor excuse myself. I can understand if he had a hard race in France, but he didn't. It was nothing more than a good exercise that day, he looked grand in the paddock, his coat still gleaming and looked full of energy.

The reason for not finding that usual kick was the hill finish, i don't think he handled that too well. That for me would be the only real excuse.

I can't see him getting anywhere near New Approach again. Why should he? He has beaten twice with ease and yet people are still making excuses for him.

Everytime a Godolphin horse gets beaten when it was fancied there are a list of excuses five miles long. The only reason Jim Bolger sent New Approach to the Dewhurst was because Rio was going to run and he wanted to silence to doubters once and for all, but still the excuses are coming from every angle for the Godolphin animal.

Why can't they be more like their staff. I was up there with two of thier lads today and they both said after the race "he just isn't quite good enough"