Following on from the brilliant win of Dawn Approach in the Group1 St James Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot, it has been announced his sire, New Approach, will not shuttle here this season.

He had a book of 80 mares awaiting him at Darley’s showplace property at Northwood, via Seymour.

Whilst New Approach has been nothing short of a revelation in Britain, he has not as yet enjoyed the same success in the southern hemisphere.

However, he was never going to be that precocious sire, it was a bonus if they won at two, as did Montsegur, winning at Group 3 level down the straight 1000 metres at Flemington.

There is certainly a speed influence in the bottom half of New Approach’s pedigree, but his sire line of Galileo is no doubt the dominant factor.

We are likely to see the best of him in the coming spring, Peter Snowden is sure to have a nice bunch of three year olds ready to emerge over the next few months.