Amounis

{{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Amounis | image = [[File:Amounis.jpg|260px|]] | caption = | 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. William 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/- | race =[[Hobartville Stakes]] (1925) [[Rosehill Guineas]] (1925) [[Epsom Handicap]] (1926, 1928) [[Emirates Stakes|Cantala Stakes]] (1926, 1929) [[Linlithgow Stakes]] (1926, 1927, 1929) [[Chipping Norton Stakes]] (1927) [[W. S. Cox Plate]] (1927) Essendon Stakes (1928, 1930) [[Tramway Stakes]] (1928) [[Craven Plate]] (1928) [[Zipping Classic|Williamstown Cup]] (1928) [[Canterbury Stakes]] (1929) [[C.B.Fisher Plate]] (1929) [[St George Stakes]] (1930) [[Futurity Stakes (Australia)|Futurity Stakes]] (1930) C M Lloyd Stakes (1930) [[All Aged Stakes]] (1930) [[Warwick Stakes]] (1930) [[Turnbull Stakes|October Stakes]] (1930) [[Caulfield Stakes]] (1930) [[Caulfield Cup]] (1930) | awards= | honours = [[Australian Racing Hall of Fame]] (2006) |updated= 1 September 2009 }} '''Amounis''' was an Australian [[Thoroughbred]] [[Australian Racing Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] [[racehorse]]. He won 33 races over distances ranging from 6 to 12 [[furlong]]s (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.<ref>[http://www.studbook.org.au/horse.aspx?hid=43596&pagetype=RACEWINS ASB - Amounis] Retrieved on 2009-7-20</ref>

==Breeding== 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).<ref name="Barrie">Barrie, Douglas M., ''The Australian Bloodhorse'', Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1956, p. 396-397</ref> Loved One produced 14 foals, of which 8 raced and 5 of these were winners.<ref name="Pring">Pring, Peter; ''Analysis of Champion Racehorses'', The Thoroughbred Press, Sydney, 1977, {{ISBN|0-908133-00-6}}, pages: 229-235</ref>

==Racing career== 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 Wade left Australia. This time he was purchased by trainer, Frank McGrath on behalf of William Pearson for 1,800 guineas.<ref name="Barrie"/>

As a three-year-old in 1925-26 he started 13 times for 6 wins including the AJC [[Hobartville Stakes]] and [[Rosehill Guineas]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Amounis wins Guineas|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16243718 |newspaper= Sydney Morning Herald|date=21 September 1925 |access-date=24 December 2010}}</ref>

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]], [[W. S. Cox Plate]] and 1926 [[Linlithgow Stakes]].<ref name="Pring"/>

As a five-year-old in 1927-28 he started 19 times for 3 [[weight for age]] (wfa) race wins, including the W. S. Cox Plate and 1927 VRC Linlithgow Stakes.<ref name="Pring"/>

As a six-year-old in 1928-29 he started eight times for four wins including the Craven Plate, AJC Epsom Handicap, Tatt's NSW Tramway Handicap and WmtnRC Williamstown Cup.<ref>{{cite news |title=AMOUNIS BRILLIANTLY WINS EPSON HANDICAP|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article34436896 |newspaper= Sydney Morning Herald|date=2 October 1928 |access-date=24 December 2010}}</ref>

Amounis had to compete as a seven and eight-year-old, against [[Phar Lap]] in great form, as a three- and four-year-old. As a seven-year-old in 1929-30 Amounis started 16 times for 10 wins including the CPRC Canterbury Stakes (with a record weight),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sydneyracing.com.au/article.php?current_article=2943 |title=Canterbury Stakes Preview |publisher=Justracing |date=2010-03-19 |author=Purser, Phil |access-date=2011-03-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321143027/http://www.sydneyracing.com.au/article.php?current_article=2943 |archive-date=21 March 2012 }}</ref> VRC CB Fisher Plate, VRC Cantala Stakes, VRC Linlithgow Stakes, Rosehill Stakes, VATC Futurity Stakes, VATC St George Stakes, 1930 VRC C.M. Lloyd Stakes, VRC Essendon Stakes and 1930 AJC All-Aged Stakes.<ref name="Barrie"/>

As an eight-year-old in 1930-31 he started eight times for four wins including the 1930 [[Warwick Stakes]], VATC Caulfield Cup, carrying 9 st 8 lbs (61 kilograms),<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16723736?searchTerm= Amounis wins Caulfield Cup]</ref> VATC Caulfield Stakes and VRC October Stakes. In the 1930 Warwick Stakes, he defeated [[Phar Lap]] by a short head to deprive Phar Lap of 24 successive victories.<ref>{{cite news |title= Amounis Defeats Phar Lap|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4184605? |newspaper= The Argus Melbourne|date= 1 September 1930 |access-date=24 December 2010}}</ref> Before this race, Phar Lap had won nine consecutive races. Phar Lap then went on to score another 14 consecutive wins.

At the end of his six-year-old days, he had 19 wins including the [[Cox Plate]] but Amounis came back better than ever for his next two seasons. As a seven-year-old, he won nine races (including one over Phar Lap),<ref name="Pring"/> finishing no worse than third on just one occasion in 16 starts.

===1930 racebook=== <gallery> Image: 1930 VATC Futurity Stakes Racebook P1.jpg|Front cover of the 1930 VATC Futurity Stakes racebook Image: 1930 VATC Futurity Stakes Racebook P2.jpg|Inside cover showing raceday officials Image: 1930 VATC Futurity Stakes Racebook P3.jpg|Starters and results showing the winner, Amounis Image: 1930 VATC Futurity Stakes Racebook P4.jpg|Back cover showing entrance & railway charges </gallery> [[File:Amounis 1926 Melbourne Stable Strapper George Phillips Trainer Frank McGrath.jpg|thumb|260px|Amounis, 1926 Strapper George Phillips]] [[Image:Amounis 1930 VATC Futurity Stakes Jockey Harold Jones Trainer Frank McGrath.jpg|thumb|260px|Amounis, 1930 Jockey Harold Jones up]]

==Race record==

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'''At nine years: 1931-32''' Did not race

==Pedigree== {{Pedigree |name = Amounis (AUS), brown gelding, 1922 |f = [[Magpie (horse)|Magpie (GB)]] 1914 |m = Loved One (Aus) 1912 |ff = [[Dark Ronald]] (GB) 1905 |fm = Popinjay (GB) 1905 |mf = Duke of Melton (GB) 1903 |mm = Bul Bul (Aus) 1906 |fff = [[Bay Ronald]] (GB) |ffm = Darkie (GB) |fmf = [[St Frusquin]] (GB) |fmm = Chelandry (GB) |mff = [[Melton (horse)|Melton]] (GB) |mfm = La Petite Duchess (GB) |mmf = Simile (GB) |mmm = Chand Beebee (GB) |ffff = '''[[Hampton (horse)|Hampton]] (GB)*''' |fffm = Black Duchess (GB) |ffmf = Thurio (GB) |ffmm = Insignia (GB) |fmff = '''[[St. Simon (horse)|St Simon]] (GB)''' |fmfm = Isabel (GB) |fmmf = Goldfinch (GB) |fmmm = Illuminata (GB) |mfff = Master Kildare (GB) |mffm = Violet Melrose (GB) |mfmf = Endurance (GB) |mfmm = Cherry Duchess (GB) |mmff = '''St Simon (GB)''' |mmfm = Mimi (GB) |mmmf = '''[[Royal Hampton]] (GB)*''' |mmmm = Missy Baba (GB) (Family: 5) |}}

{{asterisk}} Amounis is [[inbreeding|inbred]] 4S x 4D to the stallion [[St. Simon (horse)|St Simon]], meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree, and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.

{{asterisk}} Amounis is inbred 4S x 5D to the stallion [[Hampton (horse)|Hampton]], meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree, and fifth generation (via [[Royal Hampton]]) on the dam side of his pedigree.

==See also== *[[Glossary of Australian and New Zealand punting]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.virtualformguide.com/cgi-bin/tvf/displaynewsitem.pl?20030122pl1.txt The Virtual FormGuide] *[http://www.racingvictoria.net.au/p_Amounis.aspx Australian Museum and Racing Hall of Fame: Amounis] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080730201342/http://www.thoroughbredvillage.com.au/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40 Thoroughbred Village] {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

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