Tour de Force for Anamoe in Rosehill Guineas

Mark Smith - Saturday March 19

The $600,000 Group 1 Sky Racing Rosehill Guineas (2000m) at Rosehill proved a tour de force for Godolphin’s Caulfield Guineas hero Anamoe.

Given a positive ride by James McDonald as he chased a fired up Profondo, Anamoe struck the front shortly after straightening and kept increasing his margin over the chasing pack.

Where are they? (image Steve Hart)

The son of Street Boss (USA) put a six and a half length margin over Frankel’s high-class son Converge with a further three-quarter of a length back to the Savabeel colt Forgot You in third.

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The winner of the Group 1 ATC Sires’ produce Stakes at two, Anamoe advances his record to seven wins, five seconds and two thirds from 15 starts with earnings of $4,783,275.

Cumming said the public had the opportunity to see a horse at the top of his game.

“It has been wonderful for everyone to see what I have been able to see, the potential in the horse, who put it on display in a really good race, a classic,” Cummings said.

“He towelled them up. That’s a sign of a quality horse, I think. If that’s not the performance of a champion three-year-old this season, I don’t know what is.”

“The horse was here 12 months ago running second in the Golden Slipper after drawing barrier 15 of 15. He is just a pure racehorse, an absolute athlete and he is just a pleasure to do anything with.

“For us, one worry might be it was a little too easy three weeks out from the Queen Elizabeth. We might have to have a little discussion whether he might need one more between now and then to be bang on for that.

“That’s a pretty exciting performance there. We are very lucky for His Highness Sheikh Mohammed that we’ve got a horse of his calibre that will one day be good enough to join the roster.”

Anamoe is a half-brother to Irish stakes-winner Anamba and is the fourth winner from six to race out of the Group I SAJC Australasian Oaks winner Anamato.

Anamoe James McDonald (image Steve Hart)

A half-sister by champion sire Redoute’s Choice to Group I winner Drum, Anamato has a black type pedigree that features Group I winners Grand Armee, Yourdeel and Dealer Principal.

Anamato started her stud career in the Northern Hemisphere before being repatriated in 2014.

The daughter of Redoute’s Choice has a filly foal by Blue Point (IRE), but missed to Street Boss (USA) last spring.

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Race Result - Sky Racing Rosehill Gneas Gr1 2000m

Rosehill Track: Heavy(9) Time: 2:09.03
1
Anamoe
- 3c Street Boss (USA) x Anamato (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: J B Mc Donald 56.5
2
6.5
Converge
- 3g Frankel (GB) x Conversely (IRE) (Shamardal (USA))
Tnr: G Waterhouse & A Bott Rdr: Tim Clark 56.5
3
7.3
Forgot You
- 3c Savabeel (AUS) x Simply You (NZ) (O'Reilly (NZ))
Tnr: T Busuttin & N Young Rdr: M Zahra 56.5
NZB Karaka Book 1 $620,000
Seller: Waikato Stud Ltd
Buyer: The Hong Kong Jockey Club
4
8.6
Profondo
- 3c Deep Impact (JPN) x Honesty Prevails (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: Richard Litt Rdr: J Bowman 56.5
5
9.4
Mediaro
- 3g Lonhro (AUS) x Mediation (GB) (Azamour (IRE))
Tnr: Matthew Smith Rdr: J Ford 56.5
6
13.4
Sinba
- 3g Xtravagant (NZ) x Kamili (AUS) (Bernardini (USA))
Tnr: G Ryan & S Alexiou Rdr: J R Collett 56.5
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