Anamoe’s graduation to the upper echelon of modern-day Australian turf greats has been confirmed in the $5 million Cox Plate.
Continuing an unbeaten spring, Anamoe delivered when it mattered most for world racing superpower Godolphin and the operation’s Australian trainer James Cummings.
In making it seven wins at racing’s highest level, Anamoe was the strongest horse when it counted most in front of a Cox Plate crowd for the first time since 2019.
The four-year-old, beaten in controversial circumstances last year, deserved an audience in his bid for redemption and he didn’t disappoint his growing legion of fans.
Under James McDonald, Anamoe rallied brilliantly when the race got serious and he surged to the front on Moonee Valley turn.
He established a clear margin, leaving I’m Thunderstruck and El Bodegon to make late bids as they narrowed the margin.
The win ensured Cummings emulated his famous grandfather Bart as a Cox Plate-winning trainer.
And appropriately, Anamoe’s triumph also broke a frustrating sequence of placings for Godolphin in Australia’s most prestigious race as he became Sheikh Mohammed’s most successful Group One racehorse.
Anamoe was given his chance to win the Cox Plate as an immature three-year-old and he came close.
He was sent out a warm favourite to avenge that loss on Saturday.
© AAP
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