Red
Anchor racehorse Cox Plate winner
Racehorse
Red Anchor was by Sea Anchor from the mare Decoy Girl.
In his career he started
14 times for 9 wins, 4 seconds and a third and earned $773,880.
Trained originally by Paul
Sutherland and then by Tommy ( T J ) Smith, some of the wins were
the WS
Cox Plate in 1984, the 1984
Caulfield
Guineas and the 1984 Victoria
Derby.
1984 was rather a stellar
year as he also won the Champagne
Stakes, Moonee Valley Stakes,
QTC
Sires' Produce and Roman
Consul Stakes.
He won the Group II AJC
Apollo
Stakes in 1985 and was named
Australian Horse Of The Year in 1985.
Retired to Baramul Stud
for a $20000 service fee, he was less than spectacularly successful
but did sire the winner of the 1994 Epsom in Navy Seal.
He finished his days at
Raheen Stud near Warwick at a paltry fee of $3300.
He covered 735 mares between
1985 and 2000 inclusive, which produced 541 live foals. Of those 541
live foals only five ever won a black type race - and two of the five
only won at Listed level (Dubai Desert and Highband). His only Group
1 winner was Navy Seal and his other two Group winners were Orsay
and Hasty
Departure.
He died in 2001.
| Sea Anchor
|
Alcide |
Alycidon |
| Chenille |
| Anchor |
Major Portion |
| Ripeck |
| Decoy Girl
|
Decoy Boy
|
Tin Whistle |
| Scargill |
| Red Robe
|
Supreme Court |
| Red Briar |
Red Anchor Career
Highlights:
| |
AT
2 |
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| 26-Nov-83 |
3rd |
9
ran |
400-1 |
B S Compton |
53.5 |
Rosehill |
900m |
Grace Bros. |
Gold Card |
0:52.2 |
Fast |
| 2-Jan-84 |
2nd |
12
ran |
9-4 |
B S Compton |
54.5 |
Randwick |
1200m |
Club Hcp |
Bletchencore |
1:15.4 |
Heavy |
| 11-Jan-84 |
Won |
14
ran |
10-9
f |
B S Compton |
52 |
Randwick |
1200m |
Reading Hcp |
Our Billy Boy |
1:10.5 |
Good |
| 7-Apr-84 |
2nd |
16ran |
14-1 |
R Quinton |
52.5 |
Rosehill |
1200m |
Pago
Pago Quality |
Inspired |
1:09.9 |
Fast |
| 25-Apr-84 |
2nd |
8
ran |
11-2 |
B S Compton |
55.5 |
Randwick |
1400m |
AJC
Sires' Produce |
Victory Prince |
1:26.2 |
Good |
| 5-May-84 |
Won |
14
ran |
9-4
f |
B S Compton |
55.5 |
Randwick |
1600m |
Champagne
Stakes |
Victory Prince |
1:39.2 |
Dead |
| 2-Jun-84 |
Won |
16
ran |
4-5
f |
B S Compton |
55.5 |
Eagle Farm |
1400m |
QTC
Sires' Produce |
Noble Peer |
1:23.0 |
Good |
| 11-Jun-84 |
2nd |
12
ran |
10-9
f |
B S Compton |
56 |
Eagle Farm |
1600m |
Castlemaine Stakes |
Prince Frolic |
1:36.9 |
Good |
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AT
3 |
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| 1-Sep-84 |
Won |
13
ran |
9-4 |
L Dittman |
55 |
Randwick |
1200m |
Roman
Consul Stakes |
Royal Troubador |
1:10.7 |
Good |
| 29-Sep-84 |
Won |
11
ran |
11-4 |
G Willetts |
55 |
Moonee Valley |
1600m |
Moonee Valley Stakes |
Lord Of Camelot |
1:40.0 |
Dead |
| 13-Oct-84 |
Won |
14
ran |
1-1
f |
L Dittman |
55.5 |
Caulfield |
1600m |
Caulfield
Guineas |
Lord Of Camelot |
1:37.0 |
Fast |
| 27-Oct-84 |
Won |
14
ran |
4-5
f |
L Dittman |
48.5 |
Moonee Valley |
2050m |
WS
Cox Plate |
Street Cafe |
2:03.7 |
Fast |
| 3-Nov-84 |
Won |
9
ran |
4-5
f |
L Dittman |
55.5 |
Flemington |
2500m |
Victoria
Derby |
National Gallery |
2:35.9 |
Fast |
| 9-Feb-85 |
Won |
15
ran |
1-4
f |
L Dittman |
53 |
Randwick |
1400m |
Apollo
Stakes |
La Caissiere |
1:23.0 |
Good |
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