First Australian Stakes winner for New Approach

Having finished second two starts back at G3 level behind stable mate Guelph (Exceed And Excel), two-year-old New Approach filly Montsegur jumped away the race favourite to become the first southern hemisphere Stakes winner for her sire, winning the G3 TBV Thoroughbreds Breeders Stakes at Flemington on 9 March.

Having become the first winner, then first Stakes horses, now Stakes winner for her sire, Montsegur is clearly a filly with her fair share of ability.

Bred by Darley, Montseguer is the third foal out of the Flying Spur mare Chatoynat, a half-sister to Legally Bay, the winner of the G3 Sweet Embrace Stakes. Chatoyant has a 2011 filly by Street Sense, foaled colt to Street Cry in 2012 and was covered by Medaglia d'Oro in the latest breeding season.

As the sire of four Stakes winners internationally including the unbeaten G1 winner Dawn Approach, New Approach was all the rage at the recent Inglis Premier yearling sale where his yearlings sold up to $310,000, averaging $162,812 for the eight yearlings he had sell. Ending the sale as the second leading sire on averages, New Approach will be represented by lot 390 at the Inglis Easter yearling sale which is set to commence on 9 April.