Anamoe claims the G2 Hobartville Stakes at Rosehill

Brave colt Anamoe appears to have the G1 Randwick Guineas at his mercy after another stirring performance in the G2 Hobartville Stakes on Saturday, 19 February at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney.

Having only his second run back after finishing a gallant runner-up against older horses in the G1 Cox Plate at Moonee Valley last October, the Caulfield Guineas winner beat off determined challenges from Hilal to score by a half-length with Converge a further 1.75 lengths away in third.

Anamoe raced much closer to the lead than anticipated in fourth spot and was left a sitting shot for the swoopers in the home straight.

But the three-year-old, by Street Boss out of Anamato, wouldn’t be denied and confirmed hot favouritism for the Randwick Guineas by running 1 minute 23.88 seconds on a Soft track for the 1,400m journey.

Godolphin trainer James Cummings was delighted with Anamoe’s performance and tipped an even better effort at Royal Randwick on March 5.

“He arrived here second-up, he is still warming into his preparation, there is still improvement to come,” Cummings said.

“He (Berry) was able to give him the run of the race, one-out one-back, put him into the race nicely and he fended off the late challenger.

“But I think he is going to improve vastly when he gets back to Randwick and up to a mile will just be perfect for him.

Anamoe took his race record to six wins and six placings from 13 starts for prize money of a staggering $4,247,725.