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Former track superstar Atlantic Jewel dies in Hunter after foaling – Sydney Morning Herald
The ‘brilliant’ Atlantic Jewel, a four-time group 1 winner in a career plagued by injury, has died at Coolmore Stud after giving birth to a Justify foal.
The Mark Kavanagh charge had a career plagued by injury, despite her enviable record on the track. A tendon complaint saw her miss her entire four-year-old season, having earlier missed a tilt at the 2012 VRC Oaks where she would have started a short-priced favourite after a spectacular win in the Wakeful Stakes.
She returned in August 2013 with the easy Memsie win before tasting defeat for the only time in her career when It’s A Dundeel took the Underwood Stakes by a short half-head at Caulfie…
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