First Start Away from Home and Perfect Jewel Smashes them in the Cockram Stakes

Mark Smith - Saturday August 29

Making her first start outside of Western Australia, the 6yo Redoute’s Choice mare Perfect Jewel gave the easterners a taste of her ability when powering home under Willie Pike in Saturday’s Group III Moet and Chandon Cockram Stakes at Caulfield.

Perfect Jewel ends the day on a winning note for Willie Pike (Pat Scala/Racing Photos)

The Grant and Alana Williams-trained mare advanced her earnings to a tad shy of a million dollars with her sixth stakes success.

The Bob and Sandra Peters homebred came from midfield with a barnstorming finish to defeat Bless Her (Street Boss) by a length with She Shao Fly (Epaulette) the same distance back in third.

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Originally trained by Grant and Alana Williams, Perfect Jewel was transferred to Adam Durrant before switching back to make the trip east.

Grant Williams said it was a pleasing result after Regal Power had beaten just one home in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes.

“She’s done a great job, she had 12 months where she was a bit quiet but the Durrant team at home have done a tremendous job with her and she has really blossomed since being here,” Grant Williams said.

“We had been using her to get the others fit but she has been beating them.”

Redoute's Choice (Mark Smith)

Perfect Jewel is the third consecutive stakes winner for the Listed stakes winner Star Encounter (Jeune) who placed in the WA Oaks, WA Derby and Strickland Stakes on the way to compiling a record of eight wins and seven placings from 30 starts with earnings of $563,090.

Her first foal Star Exhibit (Statue Of Liberty) is the winner of six stakes races highlighted by the Group II Perth Cup twice while Perfect Jewels full-sister Royal Star won the Listed Natasha Stakes and finished second in the WA Oaks and recently had her first foal, a colt by Pierro.

Star Encounter has a yearling colt by Dundeel and was covered by the Arrowfield stallion again last spring.

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Race Result - Moet & Chandon Cockram Stakes Gr3 1200m

Caulfield Track: Good(3) Time: 1:10.22
1
Perfect Jewel
- 6m Redoute's Choice (AUS) x Star Encounter (AUS) (Jeune (GB))
Tnr: G & A Williams Rdr: W Pike 57
2
1.0
Bless Her
- 4m Street Boss (USA) x Blessit (AUS) (Commands (AUS))
Tnr: Shea Eden Rdr: Jye McNeil 55
3
2.0
She Shao Fly
- 4m Epaulette (AUS) x Shao Shao (AUS) (Shinko Forest (IRE))
Tnr: K L Corstens Rdr: D Dunn 55
4
3.2
She's A Thief
- 5m Showcasing (GB) x Steal (AUS) (Red Ransom (USA))
Tnr: M D Moroney Rdr: D W Stackhouse 55
5
3.4
Street Icon
- 5m Street Boss (USA) x Villa Albani (AUS) (Mossman (AUS))
Tnr: K L Corstens Rdr: Jamie Kah 55
6
3.6
Madam Rouge
- 5m Zoustar (AUS) x Cabernet (AUS) (Al Maher (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Craig Williams 57
7
3.9
Pretty Brazen
- 4m Brazen Beau (AUS) x Pretty Penny (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: T & C McEvoy Rdr: L Currie 58
8
4.4
Meuse
- 4m Snitzel (AUS) x Precious Lorraine (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: A & S Freedman Rdr: D Oliver 56
9
5.4
Clarice Cliffs
- 6m Canford Cliffs (IRE) x No Vanity (AUS) (Keep The Faith (AUS))
Tnr: G Eurell Rdr: C Newitt 55
10
5.6
Rubisaki
- 4m Rubick (AUS) x Senro Kisaki (AUS) (Danehill Dancer (IRE))
Tnr: Patrick Payne Rdr: W Egan 58
11
5.7
Jamaican Hurry
- 6m Von Costa De Hero (AUS) x Grano D'Oro (AUS) (Gold Ace (AUS))
Tnr: Amy & Ash Yargi Rdr: M J Dee 55
12
6.5
Broadwayandfourth
- 4m Smart Missile (AUS) x Broadway Harmony (AUS) (Statue Of Liberty (USA))
Tnr: Mitchell Freedman Rdr: B Melham 56
13
7.0
Fidelia
- 5m Not A Single Doubt (AUS) x Fidele (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: R D Griffiths Rdr: D Yendall 55
14
32.0
Missile Mantra
- 4m Smart Missile (AUS) x Wecansay Mak (AUS) (Starcraft (NZ))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: Damian Lane 55
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