🔒 🔒 Anamoe anticipation – First-season flurry of names for freshman sires

Anticipation surrounding the appearance of the first runners by champion racehorse and Darley stallion Anamoe is already evident, judging by the fact that more than twice as many of his progeny have been named at this point of their careers compared to any other first-season sire.

According to the latest first-season sire statistics from Arion, Anamoe has 43 named juveniles from his first crop, comfortably ahead of his nearest rivals. It is worth noting that Godolphin, which has many of his stock, tends to name its two-year-olds earlier than other owners, with 13 named to date to carry the famous blue colours.

The four-time Group 1-winning son of Street Boss stood his debut season at a fee of $121,000, the highest among his first-season counterparts, and breeders appear to have embraced the investment. From a first crop of 109 foals, nearly 40 per cent have already been named.

Among those Anamoe two-year-olds already named are Yokoso, the filly out of Golden Slipper winner Kiamichi, Yanomami, the colt out of VRC Oaks winner Lasqueti Spirit, Tucana, the half-sister to multiple Group 1 winner and Darley stallion Bivouac, and Seamless, the half-brother to dual Group 1 winner Observer, who will commence his breeding duties from September 1.

Godolphin-owned Yokoso is in training with Gary Portelli, Tucana with Michael Freedman and Seamless with the man who realised Observer’s talent, Ciaron Maher, who also has Godolphin’s Anamoe fillies Catani Bridge and Armadale.

Other trainers to receive Godolphin-owned Anamoe two-year-olds already named include Chris Waller (Relevance), Tony and Calvin McEvoy (East Horizon and Anamotion), Sam and Anthony Freedman (Covert Operative and Newgrange), Lindsay Park (Precise), Bjorn Baker (Analogue) and Joe Pride (Pyrenees)  

Anamoe was one of Australia’s most accomplished racehorses to retire to stud in many years, thanks to nine Group 1 wins, while he was crowned Australian Horse of the Year following a stellar four-year-old campaign.

Newgate’s In The Congo sits second on the list with 20 named two-year-olds, followed by Widden’s Jacquinot with 18 and late Raheen Stud resident Top Ranked with 14.

Hitotsu has 11 and State Of Rest and Artorius have 10 apiece.

WA-based Lightsaber has nine, while Dalasan and Daumier have eight named two-year-olds each.

Windsor Park’s Profondo, who recorded the largest foal crop among the intake with 117 foals, has six named runners.

In terms of the top lots from this year’s yearling sales to have already been named, the $2 million Inglis Easter sale topper by Extreme Choice and out of Pretty Brazen has been named Ecuador and is already in training with Chris Waller.

The $1.8 million Easter Snitzel filly out of Laguna Azzurra is named Tavolara and is also with Waller, while the Extreme Choice x Cicatrix filly which cost Dean Hawthorne and Jonathan Munz $1.6 million is named Live Free and is with Sam and Anthony Freedman.

The $1.6 million filly by Snitzel out of Madame Andree sold at Magic Millions to Hermitage Thoroughbreds has been named Beautiful Life, while the $1.5 million colt by Snitzel out of Embrace Me, secured by the CHC/Newgate colts syndicate at the same sale, has been called Soldier and is in training with Bjorn Baker.