Precious to step up after handicap success Precious Gem will go in search of stakes success after claiming the Property Properly Handicap in good style at Leopardstown. Pat Smullen sent his mount for home over a furlong out and she stayed on strongly to record a length-and-three-quarters success over Maximo. "She did it well. She has been stakes placed and we'll see now if we can win a stakes race with her during the year," said winning trainer Dermot Weld. "She's a nice filly and is very well-bred as she's by Sadler's Wells out of a full-sister to Rock Of Gibraltar. She's the first one out of the mare. "I thought she'd win today. She ran a very good race in stakes company at the Curragh last time. "She's very adaptable as she's won on soft at Galway and she is just getting better."
