Victories send Anamoe, Lazuli and Manobo towards major targets

Anamoe, Lazuli and Manobo set themselves up for significant assignments over the coming months with impressive Group race victories in Australia and Dubai.

Having finished third in last month’s G2 Expressway Stakes, Anamoe returned to the winner’s enclosure at Rosehill with a tenacious display in the G2 Hobartville Stakes on Saturday.

The Street Boss colt, who has already captured the G1 Sires’ Produce and G1 Caulfield Guineas, will now attempt to emulate Kementari by following up success in the Hobartville Stakes with victory in next month’s G1 Randwick Guineas.

Five-year-old Lazuli looks ready to establish himself among Europe’s top sprinters following an easy success in the G2 Blue Point Sprint at Meydan on Friday.

Blue Point himself took the race that now carries his name before his sensational Royal Ascot double in 2019 and Lazuli is set to follow the same path, with the G1 King’s Stand Stakes pencilled in for his next start.

Three further winners on week six of the Dubai World Cup Carnival included Manobo, who maintained his unbeaten record in style when breaking the course record in the G3 Nad Al Sheba Trophy.

A return to Meydan for the G2 Dubai Gold Cup on Dubai World Cup Night beckons for the exciting stayer, with the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic also a possible option depending on other running plans.

In Japan, Combustion gained the biggest success of his fledgling career in Saturday’s Listed Hyacinth Stakes at Tokyo, a victory that catapulted the Discreet Cat colt to the top of the points in the Japanese section of the road to the Kentucky Derby.

Silent Film became the first Godolphin horse to triumph in Bahrain on Friday, getting up on the line in a thrilling finish to the Al Sakhir Cup.

Meydan hosts the penultimate Dubai World Cup Carnival fixture this week ahead of Super Saturday, with the Saudi Cup meeting taking centre stage in the Arabian Peninsula this weekend.

A strong Godolphin contingent will travel to Riyadh, with recent G2 Zabeel Mile scorer Real World aiming for his sixth consecutive victory in Saturday’s G1 Saudi Cup.

Forecast wet weather in Sydney this week will play to the strengths of Colette, who goes for a third G1 in the Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.

Daumier is set to line up at G1 level in the eponymous highlight of Blue Diamond Stakes Day at Caulfield, with Paulele and Ingratiating on course for the G1 Oakleigh Plate on the same card.