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AMANDA JANE
1997 mare, (Sadler's Wells x Gulch x Secretariat)

Owner/Trainer: dowelly

Record:68-20-14-6 $3,432,854

Win: Doomben Cup-G1, Railrider Cup-G1, Virgin Mary S-G1, Ferdichenko Cup-G2, Milky Way S-G2, Adrian Adonis S-G2, ASR Might and Power S-G3, Long Legged H-G3, Eloquent Lady H-G3(2x), Tank's Number H, Prince Calmar S, Cayeli S, Victoria 1229 S, Victoria 1061 Special, New South Wales 879 H Queensland 739 S

Place: Breeders' Bowl Turf Distaff-G1, John Scott Appreciation S-G1, Brisbane Distaff-G1, Rich and Famous H-G1, Sun State Cup-G1, Black Betty H-G2, Kakarazuka Tinen Cup-G2, Dodge This S-G3, South Africa 1656 Cap, New Exeter Orange H, South Wales 1236 S, Washington 1110 S, Lemhi Slew Challenge, Queensland 865 S, California 851 S

Show: April Run S-G1, Black Gold S-G1, High Noon S, Accipiter's Hope H

Amanda Jane was no plain jane, but a striking filly with a broad white blaze and stockings.  A sweetheart around the barn, she was tenacious and fearless on the track.  Some minor setbacks kept the late maturing daughter of Sadler’s Wells from making it to until half way through her three year old season, but she quickly made up for lost time, winning her first three starts, including a pair of ungraded stakes.  Dowelly’s pride and joy established early on that she would battle on the front end, and more often than not, emerge victorious.  No speed crazy need the lead sort, she would often rate just off the leader before pouncing for the win.  In her third start, she beat the boys, including winner of the Roy Rogers H-G3, Craft Bank, and encouraged by that effort, Jane would move up to graded stakes company in the Blonde and Freckled.  She unfortunately stumbled at the start, losing all chance, and was never in the race.  Rightly chalking that race as a one off, Dowelly then entered her in the Sun State Cup-G1.  Amanda Jane had never been further than seven furlongs, but her breeding said the further the better, and so it was in that race.  Amanda Jane took the lead, and after dueling with Hollywood State throughout, yielded grudgingly in the stretch to the fast closing Veteran Snatch, a classy second in a race where she pushed the winner to a 1:35 1/5, and earned a 106 SF in her own right.  After such a performance, most trainers would have thrown her back in another stakes, but Dowelly thought a breather was in order, and so she would romp home the easiest of winners in an N3x allowance.  Next, it was on to California and another ungraded stakes, this time at 1 1/16 miles.  Amanda Jane was second throughout, chasing Dislexic Vice throughout.  Another ungraded stakes at 1 1/16 miles, another second followed.  Some trainers might have cut her back to a mile, but instead, Dowelly went longer, sending the sophomore miss postward in an ungraded stakes at 9 furlongs.  Jane turned in an absolutely dazzling performance, opening up a six length lead before winning geared down with a time of 1:48 (114 SF) against older fillies, including the likes of Virgin Kelly, Rope Blush and Queen A.P.  She would race once more that year, beating older males by seven lengths in the Prince Calmar Stakes.  Amanda Jane finished the season as a promising filly who looked to get even better at four.

The Sadler’s Wells filly quickly lived up to that promise by kicking off the season with her first graded stakes win – the 1 ¼ mile Eloquent Lady –G3.  Once again, Jane went to the front and never looked back, coming home a nearly six length winner over Sadie Queen.  With that impressive performance under her belt, Amanda Jane tackled colts in her next start.  The Ferdichenko Cup-G2 at 1 ½ miles, was the farthest she had gone yet, but she handled it with ease, winning by almost six lengths over Her Dances.  She would next attempt the ASR Might and Power Stakes-G3, also against the males, and once again came home the best, defeating Erica’s Well by eight and one-half lengths.  Amanda Jane could beat up most boys, but came up against the best in the division in the John Scott Appreciation-G1, and could not quite get the job done, finishing fourth behind the immortal Joe Cayenne.  A return to the fillies, and a cut back in distance had Jane fall just short in the Black Betty-G2, as she would defeat Dislexic Vice, but lose to Western Log.  Back against males at 10 furlongs in the Long Legend-G3, she would open up a 7 ½ length lead, which was good enough to hold the superb Project Thor safe by 3 ½ at the finish.  Amanda Jane would finish second next out, but that race set her up perfectly for what was probably the best race of her career, the Doomben Cup-G1.  In that race, she opened up by 7 ¼ lengths, and coasted home 3 ½ lengths in front of Prospect Rizzo, Joe Cayenne, and Virgin Kelly.  Final time for the 1 ¼ miles on the firm turf was 2:00 3/5 (120 SF).  She had beaten the best of the best.  Amanda Jane won her next race, an ungraded stakes, then returned to grade one competition in the Rich and Famous Handicap-G1.  Despite opening up a seven length lead, Lil Pot turned in a monster performance and came up the ¼ length winner, with Jane having to grudgingly settle for the place.  After a series of wins and minor placings in allowances, listed stakes and a residency competition, including a second place finish in an ungraded stakes to the talented Jennifer’s Seas, the wheels came off, and Dowelly’s beloved filly would be off the board in her next two starts, including a better than it looked fourth behind Joe Cayenne and Project Thor in the Coalminer Cup-G1.  Still, the Breeders’ Bowl comes around only once a year, and Amanda Jane had earned her shot.  Sent off the fourth choice behind heavily favored (and future Hall of Famer) Cecil Roo, Amanda Jane gave her best, and defeated the favorite, but it was a case of winning the battle, losing the war, as Jo Ann Christmas came away the 2 ½ length winner in a stellar field that included Surf the Turf, Provellian and Deadly Con.  The effort took a lot out of the filly, as she would win only once in her next four starts, with speed figures alarmingly lower than one was accustomed to see from Jane.  Still, with five graded stakes wins for the year, several against males, Amanda Jane had established her place as one of the best in her division.

Dowelly gave his mare a seven week freshening, and that seemed to turn the trick.  Off to the Equinics, she would return with a bronze medal in the April Run-G1.  Amanda Jane then returned to the John Scott Appreciation Stakes-G1, but unfortunately, so did Joe Cayenne, who would win by 6 ½ lengths – Amanda Jane was a best of the rest second after setting the early fractions.  A fourth place effort against males in the Sand Castle Fee Duty-G1 followed, and then a second place finish behind A.P. Form in the Dodge This Stakes-G3.  Jane had rounded back into form, and she would respond with a pair of graded stakes wins at 10 furlongs against fillies – the Adrian Adonis S-G2 over String Dancer, and the Virgin Mary Stakes-G1, turning the tables on both Jo Ann Christmas and A.P. Form.  The now five year old seemed primed for a huge effort in the Doomben Cup-G1, site of her best race, but lightning did not strike twice.  The big mare finished fourth this time around.  It was the beginning of a summer slump where Jane earned two seconds, one of them a fine second behind Huge Slide in the Brisbane Distaff-G1, and one third in six starts.    When things were starting to look bad, just like that, Amanda Jane came back in a big way, winning the Milky Way S-G2 in racehorse time.  Still, it was a lot to ask the mare to repeat that effort two weeks later in the Breeders’ Bowl Turf Distaff-G1 two weeks’ later, and she couldn’t, ending up a dull ninth behind Deadly Con.  After a sixth against males, only Dowelly and several fans with big bankrolls were confident when Amanda Jane went postward in the Railrider Cup-G1 against the males.  Despite an up and down season, she was sent off at odds of 6-1.  Jane stepped it up, took the lead right from the start and never looked back, winning by a determined length.  She would finish out the year, somewhat surprisingly in a sprint, a distance she hadn’t run in a very long time, and finished last.  A year with ups and downs, but still, on her best day, Amanda Jane was right up there with the best, male or female.

Jane kicked off her six year old season with a second victory in the Eloquent Lady Handicap-G3.  Unfortunately, it would prove to be the last of her career.  She would manage a game third in the Black Gold Stakes-G1 towards the summer, but it was a largely disappointing season, as wear and tear caught up to her.  In hindsight, Dowelly might have been better off retiring her at age five, but it is so hard to predict the right time.  Still, Amanda Jane had proven herself to be a fearless competitor, capable of defeating the best turf routers, male and female alike, and earned a spot in the Hall of Fame through the Old Timers Committee.

As a broodmare, Amanda Jane may have even topped her formidable exploits on the track.  She has produced 8 foals to race, all of them winners, three of them graded stakes winners.  Interestingly enough, two of her sons, Classic Dowelly (by Sky Classic) and Crimson Warrior (by Red Ransom) won back to back runnings of the Knick Knack Juvenile-G1.  Stormy Jane (Storm Cat), won the Priority Princess-G3 going 7 furlongs on the dirt, and has produced a pair of stakes winners in Boomer Sooner and Operation Overlord, both by Smart Strike.  Classic Dowelly had Tides of Darkness (Kingmambo), who won a 12 furlong stakes on the dirt and produced Darkness Smiles, (by Ghostzapper), who posted a 79 SF in her debut.  Amanda Jane also produced Just Cozz (by Cozzene), who won a stakes at 10 furlongs, and was graded stakes placed, and the stakes-placed Amambo Duane (Kingmambo). Her youngest foal, Lou's Gift (by Librettist), has won two of four starts to date, but looks like she'll do her best stuff going longer than a mile.  Through her foals and grandfoals, Amanda Jane will continue to make an impact on the game.

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