Tara Talks Racing - Sydney Autumn Done and Dusted

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday Apr 22

Quality colts Beiwacht and Fireball took the last G1 races in Sydney of the season and while colts galore are being hustled off to stud, these guys appear to be sticking around for now – so what does the future hold.

Beiwacht joined a very elite club of superstar 3YOs to win the All Aged Stakes and one of those was Atlantic Jewel in 2012…. How quickly we forget!

Atlantic Jewel after her G1 All Aged win with Michael Kirwan and Tom Magnier - image Bradley Photos

She was the Autumn Glow of her time and won her first nine races in a row – three of them G1- before Dundeel brought her undone for the first time in the G1 Underwood Stakes and then she bounced back to take the G1 Caulfield Stakes by four lengths before breaking down prior to the Cox Plate.

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She retired with 10 wins and a second from 11 starts – they never made her a plushie doll, but she deserved one!

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