Doomben Winner for Reward for Effort

Tara Madgwick - Saturday April 4

Winner of the Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes in 2009, Exceed and Excel stallion Reward for Effort is off to a promising start to his stud career with his talented daughter Montana Star scoring a bold win at Doomben on Saturday.

Reward for Effort

Trained by Start Kendrick, Montana Star had a win and two seconds at her previous two runs and made light of the heavy conditions to lead throughout and win over 1350 metres by a length.

Retained to race after passing in at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale, Montana Star is the first winner for unraced Galileo (IRE) mare Sister Livia, who comes from the family of Group I winners Flavour and Sonntag.

One of five winners for Reward for Effort, she has already won $80,000 in prizemoney and looks a nice filly for the future.

Reward for Effort has 15 entries for the 2015 Inglis VOBIS Gold Sale on April 19 and 20.

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