Anamoe headlines fantastic four in Australia

Anamoe made a perfect return to action at Randwick on Saturday, the first step in an autumn campaign that could lead into a trip to Royal Ascot for the Australian champion.

The superstar son of Street Boss readily took the G2 Apollo Stakes to notch an 11th Group-race victory – a record for a Godolphin horse. He will now aim to increase his tally as Godolphin’s most prolific G1 winner with an eighth top-level success in Chipping Norton Stakes back at Randwick later this month.

In Secret is also due to return to G1 company on Chipping Norton Stakes Day following success at Randwick on Saturday. The Coolmore Stud Stakes heroine penciled herself in for the Surround Stakes after overcoming a slow start to get up close home in the G2 Light Fingers Stakes.

Exciting juveniles Barber and Exploring completed a sensational Saturday for Godolphin as the duo booked their places in the G1 Blue Diamond Stakes with victories at Sandown Park.

Barber maintained his unbeaten record when gamely scoring in the G3 Blue Diamond Prelude, while Exploring showed tenacity as well when comfortably taking the G2 fillies’ equivalent.

Aft Cabin will be hoping to provide another major success in Australia this weekend when he looks to follow up his impressive Eskimo Prince Stakes comeback with victory in Rosehill’s G2 Hobartville Stakes.

Lemon Pop has established himself as a prolific winner on the dirt in Japan and the G3 Negishi Stakes victor will be hoping for an eighth win at Tokyo when he makes his G1 debut in the February Stakes on Sunday.

Eclipse Award finalist Nations Pride will spearhead another strong Godolphin squad for week seven of the Dubai World Cup Carnival, with recent Bahrain scorer Warren Point and Courageous Knight heading out for races in Qatar on Saturday.