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Trainer and jockey quotes following the Group 2 Run To The Rose won by Anamoe at Kembla Grange on Saturday.
Race Result:
1st: Anamoe (J Cummings/J McDonald) - $3.50
2nd: In The Congo (G Waterhouse & A Bott/J Parr) - $10
3rd: Remarque (M, W & J Hawkes/H Bowman) - $3
Winning Time: 1:10.24 Last 600m: 34.19
Margins: Neck x 1¼L
“Anamoe, up you go!”@mcacajamez and Anamoe triumph in The Run To The Rose!
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) September 11, 2021
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Winning Trainer: James Cummings
On Anamoe's return: "He's a supreme athlete and the onus is on us to try to get him back to the races and be in the same sort of winning form that he left off. We felt like we really rewarded him by putting him in the paddock on such a high."
"Champion 2yos like him need to come back and be going just as good when you want to go on with the goals that we've got. He's just really pleased us in the last ten days."
"He has got his act really together and luckily we were able to give him a good grounding this time in work, so much so that even though we had that little setback, we were able to arrive here fit enough to be performing so strongly and reeling in a race fit horse like In The Congo."
On beating that field: "These are top class colts aren't they and every time these sorts of colts step out and run in races like these, they improve their value and their reputations as they should."
"He's well and truly on his way, he's had a pretty light preliminary in the last couple of weeks to be ready for this and what I like is that he doesn't look like an absolutely natural 1200m horse."
"We're looking to go out in trip to seven (furlongs) and a mile and it was great that James was able to let the race unfold when there was speed up front and the horse just gets mobile and gets into his gorgeous action and he savaged the line like a horse that is ready to go right on with it."
Winning Jockey: James McDonald
On the horse: "He was the real deal as a 2yo and I think it's remarkable how he's come back after one trial and a setback. I was very mindful of getting through today. To come away with a win is a great testament to his ability."
On the run: "He has a tremendous will to win this horse. I knew once he was in his eyesight (of the leader) he would get him. It took a lot of work to get there. I could feel one coming down my outside, not too sure what it was but it actually spurred him on a bit."
"It just helped him get to the line so it was a good effort. He is going to jump out of the ground and hopefully a nice two weeks ahead of him and he'll be prepped up for the next one."
