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30.
International Double
For Beautiful Crown
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06/02/2003 |
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winners at Doomben and Santa Anita, Alanbridge Stud’s Beautiful Crown has had
a highly successful week. Corona Classic, one of a handful of runners left by
Beautiful Crown from his two seasons at stud in the U.S., ran away with the
feature race at Santa Anita on Wednesday, a US$56,000, 1 1/16-mile optional
claiming event for California-breds.
Trained by former D Wayne Lukas assistant trainer Mike Marlow and ridden by the
present leading jockey at Santa Anita, Patrick Valenzuela, Corona Classic
(Beautiful Crown--Enduring Classic, by Fast Gold) defeated Evanders Challenge
(Hollywood Brat--Lady T K O, by Stop the Fighting) by 7-lengths with General
Store (General Meeting--Miss Minnelli, by Groovy) coming home third. It was the
second win in 11 starts for the four-year old gelding who broke his maiden at
Hollywood Park last year.
Corona Classic is one of just 28 foals left by Beautiful Crown in his two
seasons in the U.S. The son of Chief’s Crown was secured for Australia when he
became available as a result of a court case.
Another of his successful U.S progeny is Crown Connection a winner of 5 races
and stakes placed in the Princess Of Palms H. (LR).
The oldest Australian born progeny of Beautiful Crown are three-year olds and
include the likable Tom Coureuse. The Clarry Connors trained gelding became the
first Australian winner for Beautiful Crown when successful in a 2yo handicap at
Rosehill Gardens in October 2001. He had already earned black-type when second
behind Snowland (Snippets) in the Canonbury Stakes (LR) at Randwick on September
29 and later placed third behind Pillaging in the Group 1 VRC Sires Produce
Stakes.
Last Saturday at Doomben the Roy Dawson -trained two-year old filly Crowned Lady
scored a surprise win over the highly touted Windy Kate (Air Express). The
second crop daughter of Beautiful Crown was a luckless fourth at her previous
start at Doomben when beaten half a length by Carrier (Lake Coniston), which
finished nearly three-lengths adrift of Crowned Lady on Saturday.
Beautiful Crown was a speedy racehorse himself winning 6 of his 14 starts and
was stakes placed in the Harry Henson Stakes (L) at Hollywood Park. A good deal
of his speed may have been inherited from his dam Beautiful Glass Pass the
Glass) a sensational sprinter in the US, winning six of her seven starts
including the El Encino Stakes (G3).
Beautiful Glass produced 7 foals, 6 raced, 4 winners including the top-class
Jeannie Jones (Nijinsky) the winner of 5 races and $694,900, inc. Fantasy Stakes
(G1).
Another product of Beautiful Glass is one of California’s leading stallions,
Avenue Of Flags (Seattle Slew).
Beautiful Crown’s half sister Beautiful Aly (Alydar-Beautiful Glass) never
made it to the races however she produced Tegwen (Nijinsky) a minor winner in
England who produced Teggiano (Mujtahid) winner of the Meon Valley Stud Fillies
Mile (G1) and the May Hill Stakes (G3) and runner-up in the Ribblesdale Stakes
(G2).
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