Sunday, April 11, 2021 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here ‘MATURE’ NATURE STRIP TURNS TABLES ON EDUARDO TO RETAIN TJ SMITH - PAGE 11 FIVE FOR SHALAA - PAGE 6 Anamoe in a class of his Read Tomorrow's Issue For The Week Ahead own as Godolphin colt What's on Stakes races: Pinjarra (WA) - Pinjarra Cup dominates Inglis Sires’ (Listed, 2300m) Metropolitan meetings: Devonport (TAS) Blue Diamond and Golden Slipper placegetter claims his Race meetings: Dubbo (NSW), Gundagai Group 1 with stunning performance at Royal Randwick (NSW), Hamilton (VIC), Ballarat (VIC), Sunshine Coast (QLD), Pinjarra (WA), Scarpside (WA), Port Augusta (SA), Pukekohe (NZ) Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Dubbo (NSW), Port Augusta (SA) International meetings: Nakayama (JPN), Hanshin (JPN), Sha Tin (HK), Leopardstown (IRE), Greyville (SA), Longchamp (FRA), Dusseldorf (GER) International Group races: Hanshin (JPN) – Oka Sho (Gr 1, 1600), Leopardstown (IRE) - 1,000 Guineas Trial (Gr 3, 7f), Ballysax Stakes (Gr 3, 1m 2f), Longchamp (FRA) - Prix La Force (Gr 3, 1800m), Prix D’Harcourt (Gr 2, 2000m), Prix Vanteaux (Gr 3, 1800m), Prix Noailles (Gr 3, 2100m), Dusseldorf (GER) - Kalkmann Spring MIle (Gr 3, 1600m) Sales: South Island Sale (Gavelhouse Plus) (NZ), Inglis Digital April (Early) Sale (AUS) Anamoe SPORTPIX nothing stopping Anamoe (2 c Street Boss - BY ALEX WILTSHIRE | @ANZ_NEWS Anamato by Redoute’s Choice) in the Inglis fter placing third in the Blue Sires’ Produce (Gr 1, 1400m) at Randwick Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) yesterday, as the Godolphin-raced juvenile and second in the Golden mesmerised to comfortably land the Group 1 ASlipper (Gr 1, 1200m), there was feature. Continued on page 2>> FRI 9TH - WED 14TH APR 2021 INGLIS DIGITAL INGLIS DIGITAL APRIL (LATE) SALE SALE LIVE VIEW HERE Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Anamoe in a class of his own as Godolphin colt dominates Inglis Sires’ | 2 | Sunday, April 11, 2021 << Continued from page 1 The record books will show a two-and- three-quarter-length success for the son of Street Boss (Street Cry), but in reality it could have been any margin of victory, as backers of the odds-on favourite had little concerns, with James McDonald easing Anamoe to the line having streaked five-lengths clear of the chasing pack in the straight, finishing ahead of Hilal (Fastnet Rock) who stayed on from the rear to claim second from Captivant (Capitalist). A mainstay of the feature juvenile contests this season, Anamoe opened his account in the Merson Cooper Stakes (Listed, 1000m) and then flew home from the rear of both the Blue Diamond and Golden Slipper fields, claiming third and second respectively. In between those contests he won the Todman Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) Jamie Kah SPORTPIX last month but, in spotting the leader closer in the nine-runner Sires’ Produce, Anamoe made light work of a high-quality field that included not have been too many simpler than today’s success, with McDonald VRC Sires’ Produce (Gr 2, 1400m) winner Lightsaber (Zoustar), as declaring the colt the ‘Rolls Royce’ of the two-year-old division. well as Sweet Embrace Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) victor Four Moves Ahead “It’s amazing, I’ve been very lucky throughout the 12 years I’ve been (Snitzel). here, and I’ve obviously got so many people to thank,” said McDonald. Trainer James Cummings delivered Golden Slipper runner-up “This horse, it’s his day in the sun, he’s a marvellous horse. Microphone (Exceed And Excel) to win the Sires’ on his subsequent start “What he did in the Slipper was just incredible, and to come and do in 2019, and in repeating the feat with Anamoe, the trainer was left with that to good quality horses is just incredible, he’s the Rolls Royce of two- nothing to fear ahead of a tilt at the Champagne Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) year-old racing.” in a fortnight, in a bid to emulate the Group 1 double of King’s Legacy The emergence of Street Boss as a prolific sire of high-class two-year- (Redoute’s Choice) last term. olds in Australia has been a feature of the juvenile division in recent years. “He’s come through the best of the two-year-old races that are The Darley stallion has shuttled since 2009 and is responsible for last around,” said Cummings. “I’m just incredibly proud that he’s been able to year’s Blue Diamond runner-up Hanseatic who stands his first season at absorb the pressure of those Group 1s, and he turns up here in absolutely Rosemont this year, while Arcaded has landed prizes in the Blue Diamond perfect condition. Prelude (Gr 2, 1100m) and Magic Night Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) this term. “We were a bit tougher on him stepping up to 1400 metres, in fact Anamoe is the US dual Grade 1 winner’s third Group 1 winner in I’ve been tough on him his whole racing career, and there’s nothing that Australia, his eighth overall, after The Quarterback and Winterbottom I’ve thrown at him that has been too hard for him and every time he just Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Elite Street. He stood at Northwood Park for continues to reach new heights every time I raise the bar. a fee of $27,500 last year. “I don’t see anything that will be around in the next two weeks that Out of Australiasian Oaks (Gr 1, 2000m) winner Anamato (Redoute’s will threaten him in the Champagne, but there’s no certainties in it. Choice), a four-time winner at Group level including the Kewney Stakes “I think it just comes down to whether we’d be comfortable to run the (Gr 2, 1400m) and SAJC Sires’ Produce (Gr 3, 1600m) at two, who was horse again.” also placed in the American Oaks (Gr 1, 10f) at three. Anamoe is one four Looking further ahead, Cummings has set his sights on claiming the winners for the mare and a half-brother to Irish stakes winner Anamba Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) in the spring. (Shamardal). “I will say this, it’s a long time until the Caulfield Guineas in October His dam is one three stakes winners from the stakes-placed mare and if that’s going to be our target race with him then I wouldn't mind just Voltage (Whiskey Road), including Oakleigh Plate (Gr 1, 1100m) winner giving him that strengthening run over a mile in April before we put him Drum (Marauding). away for a short break,” he added. Anamato was put in foal to Blue Point (Shamardal) last year, while The win at the elite-level for Anamoe also delivered a milestone for she has a yearling colt by Shooting To Win (Northern Meteor) named jockey James McDonald, who claimed his 50th Group 1 win, and there will Dartboard. 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The win also delivered a fifth Group 1 win for jockey Jamie Kah, equalling the record set by Michelle Payne for the most wins at the highest level for a female jockey. The striking British-bred six-year-old, who possesses a distinct baldy face, was wrapped up in the second half of the field by Kah and, entering the straight, the gaps opened on cue for Cascadian to drive through, running down the centre of the track to come out on top in a contest with Icebath (Sacred Falls) who rallied on the rails but just fell short by a head in a bid to emulate her sire Sacred Falls (O’Reilly) in winning the premier mile handicap. Dalasan (Dalakhani) finished third. Cascadian SPORTPIX A race his grandfather Bart won five times, James Cummings added his name to the list of winning trainers of the time-honoured handicap, courtesy of a horse who was contesting his tenth race at Group 1 level. we won the Slipper and the Ranvet on the same day. But for Anamoe Formerly trained by Andre Fabre in France, where he finished runner- to convert and for the Doncaster trophy to come back to Godolphin is up in the Prix Jean Prat (Gr 1, 1600m), one of three times the gelding has fantastic,” he said. been placed at the highest level, most recently behind Yulong Prince “The team has done a magnificent job to keep this horse nice and (Gimmethegreenlight) in the Cantala Handicap (Gr 1, 1600m). lean. To all the guys that behind the scenes power what is a magnificent He arrived into yesterday’s race after a fourth placing in the George Blue Army, on days like this we’ve got to be so grateful.” Ryder Stakes (Gr 1, 1500m) behind Think It Over (So You Think), who Kah, who leads the Victorian jockey standings, was equally emotional scratched after a turbulent float trip to the course.