New Approach

[brockguy]

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!

[my miss storm cat]

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 (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