When New Approach entered the wnners' enclosure at Epsom recently, you culd have been mistaken for thinking was ths really a Derby winner? Despite lnding the English classic in impressive styl, the Irish Raider was not a ppular winner amongst the many racing fns who had placed a bet on the rce or with the racing press who strngly criticized the trainer of New Apprach, Jim Bolger for his antics in the bild up to the race. If it wsn't for the fact that New Apprach required a lead horse to tke him down to the stalls at Epsm, thus attracting plenty of air tme on national television due to dlaying the start of the race, you culd have been forgiven for think tht he sneaked in the back dor at Epsom and won the rce by going totally under the rdar of most race fans and pndits.

It must not be forgotten tht this is a horse that had ben, for several months over the wnter, the favourite to win the Drby. As champion two year old in 2007, New Apprach had sparked the imagination of the rcing world and had laid the fundations for becoming one of the grat equine names of recent years. The son of the thre times Group One, and dual Clssic winner Galileo, New Approach entered the new sason on the back of five wns from five starts. His pedigree frmly pointed towards him being a hrse suited by middle distance, however, nbody could argue with Jim Bolger and wner, Princess Haya of Jordan's (daughter of the fmous Dubai ruler and racing fan Shikh Mohammed) decision to run the Clt in the 2000 Guineas. He was nlucky to finish second on that day at Nwmarket to Henrythenavigator and it was dcided to send him for a rmatch with the Aidan O'Brien trained wnner in the Irish 2000 Guineas rther than a tilt at the Drby. Trainer Jim Bolger claimed that the Irsh Guineas was a priority and tht despite a long standing entry in the Englsh classic, he would be bypassing the Epsm showpiece. This came as a hge disappointment to the people who had bcked him to win the race dring the winter, whilst also causing hadaches for the odds compilers who had to r-price the Derby odds.

In the Irish Guineas, New Apprach finished second, once again behind Hnrythenavigator, however, this time, the Ballydoyle Clt looked that bit more convincing in vctory, suggesting that New Approach would ned to be run over further dstance, yet Jim Bolger once again raffirmed that the horse would not be mking the trip across the Irish Sea to Epsm.

Nothing more was thought about ths decision until a bizarre twist in vents, just five days before the Drby was due to be run. The Blger team had forgotten to withdraw New Apprach from the Derby entries and at the leventh hour, had decided that he wuld take his chances over the 1 mle 4 furlong trip at Epsom Dwns. This news was greeted with proar amongst the racing press, with clims that Bolger had shown contempt to bth the race and to punters. Wth this news, the horse was bck in the betting market, but by ths stage most people had found lternatives to back in the race and the dds on New Approach winning the rce was now three times bigger thn his price two months previously.

On the day of the rce, the price about New Approach wnning got bigger as it appeared tht he was friendless thanks to trn in events in the build up to the rce. Reports that he also had a tndency to play up on the way to the strt and required a lead horse lso didn't help. In the medley of mdness surrounding this New Approach, people had frgotten that he was the only cntender with solid classic form and if he cnfirmed his pedigree he would be in wth a chance of winning.

Confirm his pdigree he certainly did when relishing very yard of the 1 mile 4 frlong trip to pull away in the fnal furlong to win well and lso show character to fight off a lte challenge from Tartan Bearer, but the rst of the field, the Epsom crwd and the millions of viewers on TV culd only look on in awe as New Apprach moved a step closer to ralizing the potential he showed as a two yar old.

The reception of this winner was not a grat as past winners, no thanks to his triner, however, this was no fault of the hrse and this Colt was as god a winner as any Derby wnner of recent years. Certainly the mst in-famous Derby winner for some in lving memory, New Approach's racing career mst now move onwards and Jim Blger must step up to the chllenge of placing this horse in rces that will silence his critics and cnfirm this horse is as much of a str as first thought. The options are semingly endless with entries in four Grup one races, in both England and Irland before the end of the 2008 sason and even a tilt at the Prx de L'Arc de Triomphe could be on the crds. The only guarantee is that ths horse will be at the top of any horse racing betting odds for any race he is entered to run in and rightly so.

The article Taking the New Approach to Racing Fame was Submitted by James R Smith through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: James Smith has worked in the sprts industry for several years and has a wde range of experience in the feld, ranging from sports marketing through to sprts journalism. A regular writer of sprts articles at http://www.betting-directory.com

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