Approach New Guineas Favourite

New Approach leapt to the head of the ante-post market for the Stan James 2000 Guineas with a brilliant victory in the Galileo EBF Futurity Stakes at the Curragh.

The Jim Bolger-trained colt is 8-1 favourite from 14s with the Classic sponsors after emulating his stablemate Teofilo, who took this Group Two contest 12 months ago.

New Approach was sent off the 8-11 favourite and he ran out an impressive winner.

Pulling away from the opposition in the final furlong, he comfortably held the strong-finishing Curtain Call by three lengths. Henrythenavigator, trained by Aidan O'Brien, was a neck behind in third.

O'Brien's other runner, Warsaw, and New Approach set a furious gallop and soon had the other three runners struggling.

Once Kevin Manning decided to let New Approach stride on the race was as good as over and the Galileo colt went on to score a decisive victory.

'He's a lovely horse, has tons of ability, is easy to train and very straightforward,' Bolger told At The Races.

'He wouldn't be concerned about the attention of any horse on one side or on the other. He's been in all those positions at home.

'The reason he was up there was because we wouldn't have been guaranteed any pace and we like to have a bit of pace for him.

'Teofilo was champion two-year-old last year and a real star. This fellow I describe as the European version of Secretariat ? the chestnut with the four white legs and a terrific way of galloping.

'He will be back here at the (Irish) Leger weekend but we haven't decided yet whether it will be the Goffs Million or the National Stakes. We'll be thinking of the Dewhurst later.

'He's got a lot of filling out to do. His sire improved a lot from two to three and his dam did the same.'

Bolger had two other winners ? Malande (13-8 favourite) and Prima Luce (9-2) ? to chalk up a near 24-1 treble.

Prima Luce battled on gamely to hold Forthefirstime by two and a half lengths in the Loder EBF Fillies Race.

Bolger said: 'She most probably will not run again this year and we look upon her as an Oaks filly.'

Cork-based Cashmans make her a 25-1 chance for the Epsom Oaks.

Malande kicked off Bolger's treble by following up a win in midweek at Tralee with a smooth five-and-a-half-length success in the Weeping Thaiger Restaurants Handicap.

Sudden Impact turned the Tattersall Ireland Sales Stakes into a procession to land the big pot for rookie trainer Paul Green.

The 11-1 shot was always prominent in the six-furlong dash for Fran Berry and drew further and further away from his rivals in the final furlong.

He went on to score by six lengths from Invincible Ash (14-1), with the 11-4 favourite Houston Dynimo half-a-length back in third.

Green, who only took out a licence at the beginning of May, is based at Lydiate on Merseyside in a yard just five minutes away from Aintree racecourse.

The one-time property developer spent three years assisting his former partner Deborah Evans ? who landed this prize 12 months ago with Invincible Force ? before deciding to go it alone.

Green said: 'She is a filly with tremendous stride. She beat two very good fillies when she won (at Thirsk in July) but she was swimming against the tide at Chester last time and was hanging right.

'The extra furlong uphill today helped. She had it won two furlongs out. We'll step her up now to Group class.'

Green capped a red-letter day when Jilly Why (12-1), ridden by Seamus Heffernan, gave him a 155-1 brace by taking the newmarketracecourses.co.uk Handicap.

Perfect Polly stayed on strongly in the hands of Niall McCullagh to upset the big guns in the Racing South Africa EBF Maiden.

Andy Oliver's charge was always close to the pace in the six-furlong contest and showed a nice turn of foot to take the lead a furlong from home.

Debutant Rock Of Rochelle tried to stay with her but could not match the 20-1 shot's finishing kick and was forced to settle for second, a length and a quarter in arrears.

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