Anmaat must be the first horse aged 7 to be picked as a group race performer, however, he looks primed for a successful season at the top level in the middle distance races. He made his debut at Kempton in November 2020, finishing 2nd in a 1m 2year old novice sakes, beaten 4l by Rebels Romance, then in May 2021, reappeared at Lingfield , winning a 1m novice stakes by a neck from Glentaneous (gave 7lb), then a month layer at Doncaster was third in another 1 m novice stakes beaten 1 ½ l by Bashosh. In July he finished 2nd at Newbury in a 1m 2f handicap, beaten ¾ l by Encourage (received 5lb), then in August a Bath, won a 1m 2f handicap by 3 ¾ l from Celtic Art (gave 12 lb). He followed up in September a Doncaster, winning another 1m 2f handicap from Faisal (gave 10lb), by1 ¾ l, then 3 weeks later at Newmarket, was 2nd in a 1m 1f handicap, beaten ¾ by Bedouin’s Story (gave 1 lb).
He reappeared at York in July 2022, winning the 1m 2f John Smith’s handicap by ½ l from Achelois ( received 10 lb), then in August at Haydock, stepped in to Group Company for the first time, winning a 1m 2f group 3 by 4l from Grocer Jack. He followed up in October at Longchamp winning a 1m 2f group 2 by a head from Junko (received 3lb), then reappeared at Newmarket in May 2023, finishing 2nd in a 1m 2f group beaten 2 ½ l by Adayar, then 3 weeks later at Longchamp won the 1m 1f group 1 Prix d’Ispahan by a short neck from Light Infantry Man.
He followed up at Haydock in August 2024 winning a 1m 2f group 3 from Certain Lad, then in October at Longchamp finished 5th in a 1m 2f group 3, beaten 5 ¼ l behind Jayarebe. He finished the season at Ascot winning he 1m 2f Group 1 Champion Stakes by ½ l from Calandagan (received 4lb), and will hopefully win his share of races again this season
Editors rating 4
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