Five-star first dates for Coronet and Love So Deep as they head to Denford Stud

Martin Stevens speaks to farm manager Richard Evans about sire selections

Coronet: her high-achieving dam Approach is being retired from stud dutyCredit: Patrick McCann

There is a changing of the guard at Prince Faisal's Denford Stud in Berkshire, as dual Group 1 heroine Coronet joins the broodmare band just as her outstanding dam Approach is retired from breeding.

Coronet is one of seven winners out of Approach, a daughter of Darshaan and Prince Faisal's Nassau and Sun Chariot Stakes scorer Last Second, who also produced the Poule d'Essai des Poulains winner Aussie Rules.

In addition to Coronet, successful in last year's Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and Prix Jean Romanet and placed in Group 1 company on seven other occasions, Approach also produced Irish Derby and St Leger runner-up Midas Touch and Ballyroan Stakes third Streetcar To Stars.

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Published on 10 February 2020inFeatures

Last updated 18:24, 10 February 2020

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