Anamoe (foaled 16 November 2018) is a nine-time

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winning Australian thoroughbred racehorse.

Background

A homebred for Godolphin, Anamoe is a half-brother to Irish stakes-winner Anamba and is out of the 2007

Australasian Oaks The Australasian Oaks, is a South Australian Jockey Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies at Set Weights run over a distance of 2000 metres at Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, Australia in the SAJC Autumn Carnival. ...

winner Anamato.

Racing career

2020/21: two-year-old season

Anamoe finished fifth in his race debut in the Listed Debutant Stakes at Caulfield in October 2020, before opening his account in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes at

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a month later. Winning jockey

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said after the win, "That was a nice effort. He's a nice horse with ability". After a third placing in the

Blue Diamond Stakes The Blue Diamond Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds, at set weights, run over 1200 metres at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The event is Victoria's richest two-year-old race ...

, Anamoe travelled to Sydney and won the

Todman Stakes The Todman Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group races, Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race, for two-year-old colts and geldings, at set weights, over a distance of 1200 metres held at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in March. Total prize m ...

. He then finished in second placing in the

Golden Slipper The Golden Slipper Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses run over 1,200 metres on turf at set weights conditions, held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia. It is the premier two y ...

before winning the

Sires' Produce Stakes at Randwick.

2021/22: three-year-old season

Anamoe resumed racing as a three-year-old on the 11 September 2021 at Kembla Grange in The Run to the Rose. He won the race by a neck margin with his jockey James McDonald stating afterwards "He has a tremendous will to win this horse. I knew once he was in his eyesight (of the leader) he would get him." After going under by a short margin in the

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a fortnight later, Anamoe was sent to Caulfield to contest the

Caulfield Guineas The Caulfield Guineas is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held over 1600 metres (1 mile) at set weights for three-year-old horses at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia. Total prize money is A$3 million. The race ...

on the 9 October 2021. Starting the $2.10 favourite, jockey

positioned the three-year-old colt perfectly after contending with a wide barrier. In the straight he launched a barnstorming finish over the final 200m to win by a half a length. Oliver said after the race, "He’s a magnificent horse. He’s like a lot of good horses, he knows he’s good, pricks his ears for the camera.” On 23 October Anamoe was placed second in the

Cox Plate The W. S. Cox Plate is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over under Weight for age conditions, over a distance of 2040 metres (approximately 1m 2f), that is held by the Moonee Valley Racing Club at Moo ...

behind State Of Rest with

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third. Anamoe's jockey Craig Williams protested against the result due to interference, however the objection was controversially dismissed by stewards. Anamoe raced again on the 29 January 2022 in the

Expressway Stakes The Expressway Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred open horse race for three-year-olds and older, run under Weight for Age conditions over a distance of 1200 metres at Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in late January or ear ...

over 1,200 metres at Rosehill, where he finished in third place beaten less than one length. He raced again three weeks later at Rosehill and this time was successful in the

Hobartville Stakes The Hobartville Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race, for three-year-olds at set weights, over a distance of 1400 metres. It is held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in the early autumn. Prize money ...

over 1,400 metres. After finishing a close second at his next start in the

Randwick Guineas The Randwick Guineas is an Australian Turf Club Group One Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, run at set weights over a distance of 1600 metres at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in March as a part of the Sydney Autumn Carnival ...

, Anamoe then contested the

Rosehill Guineas The Rosehill Guineas is an Australian Turf Club Group One Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds at set weights run over a distance of 2000 metres at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia annually in March. Total prize money for t ...

over 2,000 metres on the 19 March. Starting the $1.70 favourite, Anamoe comfortably won the race by six-and-a-half lengths. Anamoe next contested the Queen Elizabeth Stakes but finished in last place due to the heavy track conditions.

2022/23: four-year-old season

Anamoe resumed from a break and won his fourth Group 1 race when successful in the 2022

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Pedigree

References

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