Broodmare Focus: Atlantic Jewel

The last few years in thoroughbred racing has seen some tremendous fillies. Australia has been blessed in recent times with the likes of Black Cavair undefeated in twenty-five races & the mare in question Atlantic Jewel who lost her unbeaten record by a short head.

Atlantic Jewel was the winner of four Group 1 races in Australia including the 1000 guineas & the Cathy Pacific Caulfield stakes. Atlantic Jewel was ultra consistent winning ten times from eleven runs. Her career was blighted by injury problems which prevented her from racing over seas. 

Atlantic Jewel has a very strong female pedigree. She is a daughter of Australia's leading sire Fastnet Rock. She cost Coolmore $320,000 as a yearling & was trained by Mark Kavanagh. 

Atlantic Jewel was the second & first living produce foaled by her dam Regard. A daughter of champion sire Zabeel, she was twice a winner & is a half sister to the dual stakes placed Shaan. They are both out of Nanshan who won twice as a three-year-old. Regard was a high class broodmare who was plagued by foaling problems, her only two living progeny were both Group 1 winners. Regards first foal died soon after birth, she then foaled Atlantic Jewel, while her third foal was Group 1 thousand guineas winner Commanding Jewel, her fourth foal died and tragically she died herself. 

Atlantic Jewel comes from a top class European family. Her fourth dam was Group 1 cheveley park stakes winner Pass The Peace, she in turn produced Embassy who emulated her dam by winning the cheveley park stakes & by becoming a Group 1 producer when her son Kings Apostle won the Group 1 Prix Maurice De gheest. This is from the immediate family of stakes winners Vital Statistics & Cobra.

It didn't come as much surprise to racing fans when Coolmore announced Atlantic Jewel would visit their flagship sire Galileo. The Galileo/Fastnet Rock cross has yet to be tested, but if Galileo can replicate the success he has so far had with the sire line then this cross could produce the next generation of champions. Atlantic Jewel  arrived at Coolmore in Ireland well in advance for her date with the worlds best sire. I am eagerly anticipating the arrival of her first foal.