Saturday 18th October 2008
Just ‘Champion’
New Approach wins the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes. Picture by Chris Bourchier
NEW APPROACH smashed the track record for a mile and a quarter when storming to a stunning six-length triumph in the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes.
Having been towed into the race by his pace-maker Upton Grey, the HRH Princess Haya-owned colt took over 2f and proceeded to turn the £427,500 Group 1 into a procession.
It was simply a case of how far the 6/5 favourite would win by as the field entered the final furlong and he returned in splendid isolation with Twice Over a distant second.
Bolger said: “He was in super form and I couldn’t have been happier with him. He was near perfect going to post and bomb-proof during it. He is the finest horse I have trained beyond a mile.”
