New Approach | |
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Sire | Galileo |
Grandsire | Sadler's Wells |
Dam | Park Express |
Damsire | Ahonoora |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 2005 |
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Chestnut |
Breeder | Lodge Park Stud |
Owner | Princess Haya of Jordan |
Trainer | Jim Bolger |
Record | 11: 8-2-1 |
Earnings | £1,992,068 US$3,900,467 Currencies converted using Horseracing Authority exchange rates |
Major wins | |
Tyros Stakes (2007) Futurity Stakes (2007) National Stakes (2007) Dewhurst Stakes (2007) Epsom Derby (2008) Irish Champion Stakes (2008) Champion Stakes (2008) | |
Awards | |
European Champion 2-Y-O Colt (2007) European Champion 3-Y-O Colt (2008) 1st in World Thoroughbred Rankings (2008) Irish Horse of the Year (2008) | |
Last updated on 18 November 2008 |
New Approach (foaled 18 February 2005) is a retired Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and active stallion. In a racing career which lasted from July 2007 to October 2008 he ran eleven times and won eight races. He was undefeated in five races as a two-year-old in 2007 including the National Stakes and the Dewhurst Stakes. As a three-year-old he won the Epsom Derby, Irish Champion Stakes and Champion Stakes and was rated the best racehorse in the world (jointly with Curlin) in the 2008 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings.[1] As a breeding stallion, New Approach has sired the classic winners Masar, Dawn Approach and Talent.