Trelawney Stud’s Australian import Miss Jones continued her faultless New Zealand form at Te Rapa on Saturday when extending her unbeaten sequence to four following her victory in the Horses & Henley Park 1200.
Purchased as a yearling by the farm’s former manager Kevin “Millie” Walls, under his KPW Bloodstock banner, Miss Jones began her career in Australia for the Cambridge farm with trainers Richard and Will Freedman, for whom she placed in six of her 10 starts.
Trelawney Stud principals Brent and Cherry Taylor thought she may be better placed in New Zealand and decided to bring her across the Tasman and entrusted her to the care of Matamata trainer Cody Cole last spring.
She has thrived in the rural environment of his Waikato property and showcased that first-up when clearing maidens at Ellerslie in December. She has been perfectly placed in her subsequent outings, contesting three MAAT races and she has brought home a winning cheque on each occasion.
The daughter of Deep Field was backing up just a week after her last start at Trentham and that was her connections only concern heading into Saturday, but she was able to hold off the late challenge of a luckless Sarti, who was hampered early in the race, to win by a head.
“She was really tough,” Cherry Taylor said. “I thought if she was going to get beaten it would have been today on a short back-up.
“He (Cole) has done an amazing job with her. She is a filly that is not easy. The Freedman boys did a great job with her (in Australia) but she really likes being trained out of the paddock, so it has been perfect to bring her back here and get those wins on the board as a broodmare in the future.”
Miss Jones will now head to the spelling paddock on a high, with her connections now hatching a plan to tackle some stakes targets with their mare as they set their sights towards her future broodmare career.
“She is going to the paddock now for a well-deserved spell and we will bring her back and hopefully get some black-type with her,” Taylor said.
While bought on their behalf by their former farm manager, Miss Jones also has a connection to Trelawney Stud’s current manager, Callum Jones, with the mare named after his daughter.
“She is named after Vienna Jones, Callum, our manager’s daughter,” Taylor said. “She is out of Vienna Miss, so we thought Miss Jones was perfect. Vienna was super excited to see her win.” – LOVERACING.NZ News Desk
