Emotional day of comebacks and comedowns as girls make their presence felt Easy does it as Michael Rodd strolls past the post to record an emphatic victory in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. AT times racing grabs the emotions and tramples all over them. Few sports can plummet the same depths. There was a sense as soon as the formguides came out on Wednesday that emotions would be pushed to extremes at Caulfield yesterday. Even on paper the race meeting read as a story of dramatic chapters, so much more was at stake than a mere scramble from A to B. Fairytales and picket fences would continue or be splintered. Comebacks, one significant the other monumental, would be spectacularly successful or would unravel before our eyes. The Miracles Of Life story didn't come unstuck with one brave defeat but the fairytale, harsh and premature as it might sound, is over. Lauren Stojakovic was not at fault but you suspect she might pay the price. Miracles Of Life, whose Blue Diamond Stakes win last summer was the best story of the season, the tiny filly and the unheralded female jockey, ran unhinged in the McNeil Stakes, like some Shetland with a mad eye. Michael Rodd lets Atlantic Jewel have her head and she charges away for a memorable win at Caulfield. The pocket rocket sprung from the gates like a jack in the box. Stojakovic pushed for the lead then attempted to ease as another runner surged up her inside but "Barbie" simply charged. The little filly wobbled in the straight then was skittled in some mad interference close to the fence. Stojakovic returned to scale a little flustered but also devastated. Deep down Stojakovic has always realised that no matter how good the National Velvet appeal of Miracles Of Life and her girl jockey, the partnership is only assured for as long as the picket fence remains intact. Trainer Daniel Clarken was comforting post-race, advising the media and Miracles Of Life's owners that Stojakovic was the victim of a mount that simply took off. Stojakovic, perhaps assuming the worst, seemed resigned to her fate as she carried her saddle back down the tunnel. A reporter attempted some verbal encouragement, that there would always be another day .Stojakovic, shattered, replied: "Yeah, maybe another day for the horse." Been there before: Trainer Mark Kavanagh and Michael Rodd with some more silverware to add to Atlantic Jewel's trophy cabinet. There was a mini comeback yesterday, and a major one. Samaready, who won the Blue Diamond Stakes the year before Miracles Of Life, hadn't raced for a year due to what trainer Mick Price described as "a big tear in her backside." Price is having a purple patch run right now but Samaready was the sole star a year ago, and therefore a mare close to Price's heart.Samaready returned with a win yesterday. Price rarely displays emotion but you could tell he was relieved as he described the delicacy of nursing the mare back. "I've been too scared to put her under pressure," he said. It's easy to train them hard but hard to train them easy. The heart on Mark Kavanagh's sleeve is the size of a Zepellin. There have been a handful of moments in Kavanagh's career where he has been rendered mute by his emotions. Yesterday, Kavanagh's magnificent mare Atlantic Jewel romped home in the Memsie Stakes. It was her first run in 16 months after a bad, almost career-ending, tendon injury. Altantic Jewel is not just Kavanagh's jewel. Racing is in desperate search for the next Black Caviar and Atlantic Jewel is it. Kavanagh has seemingly been sidelined as long as his mare. The trainer resists running horses through winter, so he is either the face of racing or AWOL, depending on the season. Kavanagh enjoys the limelight and is accustomed to it. He was back there yesterday, but it had been a while. The weight of all of this weighed on Kavanagh as he provided TVN's Jason Richardson with a nightmare post-race interview. "I'm speechless, I really am," Kavanagh managed to reveal. It hasn't been good, it's been pretty tough. Ask (wife) Isobel. The Miracles Of Life story may have derailed but Atlantic Jewel's might be about to run amok. Emotions, good or bad, will be put through the ringer. "There is so much improvement in her, it's frightening," Kavanagh said.