Atlantic Jewel didn’t turn a hair in winning the Top Cut Stocks Stakes at Moonee Valley.

She sounded another warning; those that take her on in the Cox Plate will need to be at the top of their game, as she hasn’t peaked yet.

The Stocks Stakes was nothing more than an exercise gallop, she controlled the race to suit herself, and it was nothing more than a procession.

Mark Kavanagh was playing it a bit coy, the pressure was showing, he is not making statements that we don’t already know, she is on course for the Cox Plate and there is still improvement there.

Someone got it wrong when the trainer was questioned as to why he didn’t accept with the mare in the Dato’ Tan Chin Nam?

It was never the intention for his spring stars, Atlantic Jewel and Super Cool, to clash again after the Memsie Stakes, each was on a separate course.

No decision has been made as to the mare’s next start it will depend on how she pulls up and how she does in the stable during the week.

Mark Kavanagh has guided her with kid gloves during the long absence of 17 months, robbing her of her entire four year old racing season, and a bit more.

Only the good ones ever come back after such a long break, Atlantic Jewel is the rare exception; she has been in and out of the stable during that long rehabilitation period.

Atlantic Jewel - In full flight

She a very special horse, as was seem at her last two starts, it is now nine on end, it will get harder from here in, they can raise the bar, she will meet the challenge, there is little doubt she is a champion, and champions can overcome obstacles.

“She has come on since the Memsie, getting fitter in the small field, it was a soft run, I only had to click her up, she did the rest,” said Michael Rodd.

“At the 600 metres maker, when the others were putting on the pressure, she was perfectly relaxed, she hadn’t changed gears at that point, she has a high cruising speed, she puts them away quickly,” he added.

However, there is one concern, she is a bugger shying at things, such as signage and the car running around the inside track, filming, was getting far too close

Chief Steward, Terry Bailey, admitted he had to speak to drivers going so quickly at times.

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