Caulfield mare Precious Gem has posted the first Group 1 win for WA sire Econsul (NZ) in the Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville.
Precious Gem had won a Group 3 at her home track before travelling interstate for a career-high victory in Adelaide.
You can never be confident going into a Group 1,” trainer Henry Dwyer said. “But I was quite relaxed mainly because the horse looked so well.”
PRECIOUS GEM
Jockey Jake Noonan has built up a winning strike-rate with the daughter of Econsul
Her dam Gem Of Gems (Peintre Celebre) was bred by Denis Marks who raced Hall Of Fame mare Let’s Elope. The mare has a yearling colt by Turffontein, a filly foal by Written Tycoon and was bred back to Toronado last year.
Toronado (High Chaparral) stands at Adam Sangster’s Swettenham Stud and the Precious Gem’s Group 1 honoured the memory of his trail-blazing father.
Econsul (Pins) won the G1 Caulfield Guineas and has been based at Darling View Thoroughbreds in Mundijong since 2013. His second-crop filly Best Yet To Come opened the black-type tab in Brisbane before first-crop mares Precious Gem and Divertire (G3 Dark Jewel Classic) followed suit.
Precious Gem will go under the hammer as Lot 528 during the Magic Millions National Sale at the Gold Coast on June 1. She is a full sister to Econsul’s Singapore black type performer Happy Money and hails from the family of Group 1 winners Turffontein, Alynda, Penny Gem and Hit the Roof.
