Sent to stud in Ireland by her owners Coolmore, Atlantic Jewel has been married
to champion sire Galileo and produced her first winner to him overnight in
Ireland with a Navan victory for Aidan O'Brien trained three year-old colt Pacific Ocean.He was runner-up at Cork last time out on May 22 and was ridden positively by Emmet McNamara, leading at a solid clip before being ridden along with two furlongs to go.
Pacific Ocean kept a strong gallop to the line to win the one mile maiden with 17 runners by two and a half lengths at his fourth start.
"He was a little bit lazy in his race today but he's learning from run to run," McNamara told Irish Racing.
"He jumped and travelled smart, I got a breather into him just as he was rounding the bend for home and I was able to keep increasing it all the way to the top then. He found the line well and stayed well.
"He showed a very good, willing attitude. The cheekpieces are on just to help him travel and sharpen him and they did that today.
"He actually is very genuine, it was a nice performance and hopefully he keeps progressing."
