interesting article from the racingpost.. Godolphin havent seemed to be able to get their 3yos from Dubai to Newmarket 100% so it doesnt bode well for Fast Company... If it is quick ground, I think Ravens Pass will give NA a good run for his money.... but the scary thing is that the horse with the most amount of potential improvement from 2 to 3 is the 2year old champ.. he could be 10 lengths better than these next May..
from racingpost::
THE fact Sheikh Mohammed has a stake in the Dewhurst first and third, as well as the second, fourth and seventh via Godolphin, will have no bearingon running plans next year, it was underlined on Sunday.
The sheikh bought a 50 per cent share in Dewhurst winner New Approach last month, and as reported in the Racing Post also purchased a stake in third-placed Raven's Pass on the eve of the Darley-sponsored race at Newmarket.
An agenda for those two colts will be mapped out by trainers Jim Bolger and John Gosden, in coalition with Sheikh Mohammed, over the winter.
Whatever plans are agreed for New Approach and Raven's Pass, they will not dictate where Fast Company, Rio De La Plata and McCartney run.
Dewhurst fourth Rio De La Plata was the only one of that trio to carry the Godolphin silks on Saturday, but runner-up Fast Company will join the Dubai-based operation within the next few days.
McCartney is expected to be transferred to Godolphin, having carried Sheikh Mohammed's maroon and white colours for trainer Mark Johnston at Newmarket.
Godolphin racing manager Simon Crisford said: "Rio De La Plata has come out of his race very well - he's in fine shape. We were pleased with him, even though he didn't run up to his best form. He was about a length or two below that."
He added: "He's had a long season and deserves a break. He'll be going to Dubai for the winter, along with Fast Company.
"We'd like to thank Fast Company's trainer Brian Meehan, and his team at Manton, for the fantastic job they've done with the colt.
"In the Dewhurst he fully justified Brian's faith in him, which he expressed in the build up to the race. He ran a huge race in defeat and, all being well, we will bring him back for the Guineas in May."
Meehan expressed his belief that Fast Company was unlucky not to beat New Approach, who prevailed by half a length.
He said: "I've thought the world of him throughout, and was really pleased with his performance. He did it really well on his previous start at York and Saturday's was one of the best Dewhursts since I've been in the game.
"The winner looks very good but had the rail. Would we have beaten New Approach if we had been on the fence? It would certainly have been very close. Mine's run an absolute cracker."
Meehan added: "Godolphin gave me the opportunity to train him until the end of the year and it's been a great experience training for them for the past three months. They're very easy people to deal with and put so much into the industry.
"My job was to hand the colt over to Godolphin and that will happen after he's had a few days to recover."
Between 1997 and 2005, Godolphin saddled either two or three colts in the 2,000 Guineas each year, but for the past two years have been represented by just one.
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