Amounis
| Amounis | |
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| Sire | Magpie (GB) |
| Grandsire | Dark Ronald |
| Dam | Loved One |
| Damsire | Duke of Melton (GB) |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1922 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Percy Miller |
| Owner | 1. J.W. Cook 2. Paddy Wade 3. Mr W. Pearson |
| Trainer | J.W. Cook before 8 August 1925, Frank McGrath after 8 August 1925 |
| Record | 79: 33-11-8 |
| Earnings | AU ₤48,297/10/- |
| Major wins | |
| AJC Hobartville Stakes (1925) RRC Rosehill Guineas (1925) AJC Epsom Handicap (1926, 1928) VRC Cantala Stakes (1926, 1929) VRC Linlithgow Stakes (1927, 1928, 1929) AJC Chipping Norton Stakes (1927) MVRC Cox Plate (1927) VRC Essendon Stakes (1928, 1930) AJC Craven Plate (1928) WiRC Williamstown Cup (1928) VRC C.B.Fisher Plate (1929) VATC St George Stakes ( 1930) VATC Futurity Stakes (1930) VRC C M Lloyd Stakes (1930) AJC All Aged Stakes (1930) AJC Warwick Stakes (1930) VRC October Stakes (1930) VATC Caulfield Stakes (1930) VATC Caulfield Cup (1930) |
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| Honours | |
| Australian Racing Hall of Fame (2006) | |
| Last updated on 1 September 2009 | |
Amounis was an Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. He won 33 races over distances ranging from 6 to 12 furlongs (1,200 to 2,400 metres). Of these wins, 27 were in "Principal Races" (equivalent to today's Group races or "Black Type" races), 16 of these races have since been promoted to Group One (G1) status. In winning the AJC Epsom Handicap he established a new Australasian record time.
He was a brown gelding bred by Percy Miller and foaled in 1922 at his Kia Ora Stud, Scone, New South Wales. Amounis was by the outstanding racehorse and sire, Magpie (GB), his dam Loved One was a good racehorse and broodmare by Duke of Melton (GB). Loved One produced 14 foals, of which 8 raced and 5 of these were winners.
Amounis was sold as a yearling to a Sydney trainer, J.W. Cook. He started twice as a two-year-old, without success. During a spell (rest) while he was recuperating from a leg injury he was gelded. Amounis then developed into a good type of three-year-old and was sold to Paddy Wade for 2,500 guineas. Wade then raced him for a short season when he ran fourth to Manfred in the AJC and Victorian Derbies. Amounis was sold again when Mr Wade left Australia. This time he was purchased by trainer, Frank McGrath on behalf of Mr W. Pearson for 1,800 guineas.
As a three-year-old in 1925-26 he started 13 times for 6 wins including the AJC Hobartville Stakes and Rosehill Guineas.
As a four-year-old in 1926-27 he started 12 times for 6 wins including the Epsom Handicap (in Australasian record time), VRC Cantala Stakes, Chipping Norton Stakes, WS Cox Plate and 1926 Linlithgow Stakes.
As a five-year-old in 1927-28 he started 19 times for 3 weight for age (wfa) race wins, including the WS Cox Plate and 1927 VRC Linlithgow Stakes.
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