Betfred Rose of Lancaster Stakes |
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| Group 3, Haydock Park 15:00 £80,000 guaranteed, 3yo plus, 1m 2f 100y, Class 1  |
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| Saturday 6th August 2022 | |
1 Anmaat 11/4
2 Grocer Jack 11/8F
3 Certain Lad 25/1
10 ran Distances: 4l, ¾l, 1½l
Time: 2m 11.04s (slow by 1.34s)
Anmaat swoops to victory in the @Betfred Rose of Lancaster Stakes under @JimCrowley1978 for @ojburrows74 @haydockraces pic.twitter.com/QJVk5JFTyA https://t.co/Xc1QwRuEDF via @RacingBetter
— RacingBetter (@RacingBetter) August 7, 2022
Twice a winner in the handicap ranks last term, the Owen Burrows-trained Anmaat finished the 2021 campaign by finishing second in the Cambridgeshire and then registered a fourth career victory when defying a 287-day layoff in the John Smith’s Cup last month.
A 6lb rise for that success on the Knavesmire forced Burrows’ hand to run the son of Awtaad in Pattern company, but he proved more than up to the task on Merseyside.
The hat-trick-seeking Peter The Great led the field along in the early stages, with the 11-8 favourite Grocer Jack hot on his heals.
William Haggas’ charge looked set to follow up his recent Newbury victory as the race began to develop, but as push turned to shove aboard the Steventon Stakes winner, Jim Crowley was motionless aboard Anmaat, who soon swooped to the front and was ridden out for a four-length victory.
Burrows said: “It was a big performance to win at York first time out and he’s pleased me since, so obviously this was a natural progression for him. He was rated 109 there and I think he’ll go up a bit for that!
“That’s what surprised me – just how far he travelled on the bridle for. He’s obviously really improving and he’s caught me by surprise just how quickly he is improving.
“Honestly I don’t have anything in mind for him yet, we thought we’d get today out of the way as he was stepping out of handicap company. Interestingly Jim thought he relished a little bit of juice in the ground, so we’ll have a look. Things like the Irish Champion Stakes are great discussions to have, so we’ll see how he comes out of it and make a plan. There’s a few discussions to have now.”
Crowley added: “He gave me a great feel. The performance worked out well from York and I think he loved the slower conditions today.
“He really enjoyed getting his toe in a little bit more and he’s clearly improved again from York, so he’s exciting. It was a good race with plenty of strength and depth in it and he’s done it well. I was amazed how well he travelled into the race, he’s very nice.”
Rose Of Lancaster Stakes
£80,000 guaranteed, 3yo plus, 1m 2f 100y, Class 1
10 ran
Going: Good
1 (5) Anmaat 4 9-7 Owen Burrows Jim Crowley 11/4
2 (8) 4 Grocer Jack 5 9-7 William Haggas Tom Marquand 11/8F
3 (3) ¾ Certain Lad 6 9-7 Mick Channon Ben Curtis 25/1
4 (9) 1½ Royal Champion 4 9-7 Roger Varian 48 Andrea Atzeni 16/1
5 (4) 2 Brentford Hope 5 9-7 Richard Hughes Pat Dobbs 33/1
6 (1) 4¾ Passion And Glory 6 9-7 Saeed bin Suroor Louis Steward 9/1
7 (6) ¾ Intellogent 7 9-7 Jane Chapple-Hyam Adam Kirby 10/1
8 (2) 4¾ Marie's Diamond 6 9-7 Roger Fell Silvestre De Sousa 50/1
9 (7) 9 Foxes Tales 4 9-7 Andrew Balding David Probert 14/1
10 (10) 1½ Peter The Great 4 9-7 John & Thady Gosden Robert Havlin 16/1
