With six Group 1 wins since August, Anamoe is certain to be named Australian Horse of the Year for the current 2022-23 season.
Anamoe has a chance to equal Winx’s record of seven Group 1 wins in a year in the $3.36 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes at 1 1/4 miles at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Friday evening. Winx reached the milestone in the 2018-19 season.
Six races into her career, the Australian filly Regal Inheritance beat maidens in a seven-furlong race at Canberra Racecourse on March 13.
The momentum from that win may boost Regal Inheritance in a tricky handicap for non-winners of two at a mile at Wyong Racecourse on Wednesday evening.
The race drew a field off 11, and six of the runners were 5-1 or less in early betting with Australian bookmakers as of Tuesday, including Regal Inheritance at an interesting 5-1.
Twice in his 21-race career, the Australian gelding Kinloch has won his second race following a layoff.
The scenario is present when Kinloch starts in a seven-furlong handicap at Hawkesbury Racecourse on Tuesday evening.
Kinloch was ninth of 16 in a stakes trial at Gosford Racecourse on March 16 in his first start since November. Kinloch closed from last to finish slightly more than 4 1/2 lengths behind favored Kayobi.
Jack d’Or needed a stakes-record time to win his first Grade 1 in his 2023 debut in Sunday’s $2.98 million Osaka Hai for older horses in Japan.
Ridden by Yutaka Take, Jack d’Or ($9.10) disputed the early pace at Hanshin Racecourse and held a clear lead in the stretch. Jack d’Or held off a late challenge from 9-5 favorite Stars on Earth to win by a nose, finishing 1 1/4 miles on turf in 1:57.40.
The previous stakes record of 1:58.20 was set by Suave Richard in 2018. The course record is 1:57.20.
From a maiden race winner to an also-ran in two group stakes, Bunker Hut had an eventful span in three starts last August and September in Australia.
What began well, with a maiden win in his fourth career start in August, ended with a last-place finish in a field of 16 in the Group 1 Champion Stakes for Southern Hemisphere 3-year-olds at Royal Randwick Racecourse in September.
By comparison, the goals with Bunker Hut are of a more modest nature for his first start of 2023 - a six-furlong handicap at Kembla Grange Racecourse on Monday evening.
Bold Act won his fourth consecutive race and first start of 2023 in the $123,800 Cardinal Condition Stakes at Chelmsford City Racecourse near London, the final race in the European qualifying series for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 6.
Bold Act, a well-regarded colt from the powerful Godolphin stable, won the Cardinal Stakes at a mile on a synthetic track by a half-length over Brave Emperor, who ranks first in the European qualifying standings for the Kentucky Derby.
The reliable gelding Mr Brightside saved the day for favorite backers in Group 1 races at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday.
Mr Brightside ($6.40 in American pools) won the $2.6 million Doncaster Mile for the second consecutive year at Randwick, closing from seventh in a field of 20 to win by a head over 50-1 My Oberon.
Going Global, a nine-time stakes winner on turf in California in the last two years, finished 16th, beaten 13 1/4 lengths in her Australian debut.