26 December 2009


The Bart Cummings trained Jewelled Crown became another city winner from Elvstroem’s first-crop when she scored a soft win in the Aqua D’Amore Handicap (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday.

Purchased and trained by the Cups King, Jewelled Crown showed she was destined for a bright future over longer distances with an impressive performance. Ridden off the speed by apprentice Brenton Avdulla, Jewelled Crown shot to the front 200m from home and then easily held out Sikka and Money Rocks.

The lightly raced three-year-old relished the step up to a mile and should be further suited as the distances increase as she continues to mature according to her trainer.

“It was certainly the case today,” Cummings said. “She went much better today over the mile. The blinkers helped to focus her and it all worked out very well.

“Patience has been the way to go. She’s going to get better and better I think particularly over a bit of ground.”

“We had a beautiful run,” Avdulla said. “I thought we’d be a bit further back than we were - but she jumped well and put herself there. Coming around the corner we were able to poke through and then come out - we hit the front early which I didn’t really want, but I was just going too good and she did a good job.”

Jewelled Crown is the second winner from three to race for the unraced Anabaa (USA) mare Cadillac, a daughter of the VRC Oaks winner Taj Eclipse.

Jewelled Crown is therefore inbred to Danzig and is yet another promising winner for this emerging pattern.