Amelia's Jewel

Early career

She was sired by the French racehorse Siyouni.^[1][2] In February 2022, Amelia's Jewel had her first trials at Belmont Park and the Lark Hill Thoroughbred Training Complex, ridden by Patrick Carbery. She is one of the few racehorses to make their debut in a Listed race, winning the Supremacy Stakes at Ascot Racecourse by over two lengths on 5 March 2022.^[3] Following two more dominant wins in the Group 3 Gimcrack Stakes^[2] and the Group 2 Karrakatta Plate,^[2] by a combined margin of over five lengths, she was rested for 29 weeks. Trainer Simon Miller then announced her intended return date to be at the Pinnacles Racing Carnival later that year.^[2]

She resumed racing with a victory in the Listed Belgravia Stakes on October 22, followed by her first career defeat two weeks later in the Burgess Queen Stakes on Melbourne Cup day, finishing second.^[4] On 3 December 2022, she recorded her biggest win with a victory in the newly established Group 1 Northerly Stakes.^[5] She was then rested for 17 weeks.

2023 racing season

Amelia's Jewel resumed racing on 1 April in the Group 3 Roma Cup, winning by a length. With another Group win, the three-year-old filly was backed into favoritism for the first running of The Quokka two weeks later.^[6][7]

She started the race slowly, as she is known to do, dropping right back to last place before running on late at the 100-meter mark to draw level with leader Overpass in a photo finish, with the latter winning by a nose.^[8] Following her second defeat, she was once again rested, with trainer Simon Miller stating his intentions to target some of the bigger races in the eastern states, namely the Golden Eagle.^[9]

Following her spell and two trials, Amelia's Jewel was sent to Melbourne in September.^[10] Her first race in the new city was the Group 2 Let's Elope Stakes, where, ridden by Damian Lane, she faced quality opposition including Wrote To Arataki and Pride Of Jenni. In typical fashion she started slowly, settling last, before running on strongly to record another Group race victory.^[11] She would win the Group 2 W H Stocks Stakes at Moonee Valley Racecourse two weeks later, beating Pride Of Jenni again and breaking the 1600m track record at Moonee Valley.^[12]

Her next start was in the Group 1 Toorak Handicap at Caulfield Racecourse, starting as the short-priced favorite. In her at-the-time worst career start, she finished ninth and was subsequently ruled out of a run in the Cox Plate.^[13] Amelia's next race was in the $10,000,000 Golden Eagle at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, starting as the favorite. After starting the race well, settling midfield, she was checked by two other horses whilst passing the 300m mark, losing several lengths and causing jockey Damian Lane to almost fall from his saddle. She finished 11th in what was her last race of the year, with Lane saying of the ride "[I'm] glad I came back in the jockey’s room alive."^[14] She was awarded the Racehorse of the Year title at the WA Thoroughbred Racing Awards in August.^[15]

Late career

In January 2024, owner Peter Walsh announced Amelia's Jewel would be permanently relocated to Sydney and trained by Annabel Neasham.^[16]

Despite some promising performances throughout the year, Amelia's Jewel failed to win a race in 2024 from her eight starts, finishing runner-up on five occasions and going unplaced three times. On 1 March 2025, she recorded her first victory in almost two years, a win in the Guy Walter Stakes, and in atypical fashion led for the entirety of the race.^[17][18] She was retired in April 2025, following a fifth-place finish in the Queen of the Turf Stakes.