Race Record
Trained by Peter and Kim McKay at Matamata, Alamosa was an electric two-year-old in 2006. He trialled and won as a fresh faced two-year-old, and went on to win three of his first five starts including the Listed WRC Wellesley Stakes (1000m). He stamped his class in New Zealand’s only two Group One juvenile events, beating the best two-year-olds in the country in the Gr. 1 ARC Diamond Stakes (1200m), before coming from wide and near last on the turn to storm home for third in the Gr. 1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m).
Alamosa commenced his spring three-year-old season with two convincing wins, the second in the Gr. 2 Hawkes Bay Guineas. Two second placings in the Gr. 2 Wellington Guineas and the Gr. 1 NZ 2000 Guineas followed the Hawkes Bay win, before he was back to his winning ways in the Gr. 2 Avondale Guineas. His raw ability was unquestionable at this stage and with this in mind he was set against the older horses for the first time. The result was emphatic with back to back Group One wins against New Zealand’s best milers. He became the first three-year-old in over 20 years to win the Gr. 1 Thorndon Mile, before producing a dazzling display in the Gr. 1 Otaki-Maori WFA Stakes to set a new track record in 1:32.7.
At 62kgs, Alamosa was rated the top three-year-old on the New Zealand Free Handicaps. This rating saw him 1kg superior to AJC Derby winner Nom de Jeu and 1.5kg ahead of New Zealand Derby winner C’est le Guerre.
Alamosa’s fourth birthday found him in Australia under the tutelage of Mick Price at Caulfield, the trainer tasked with obtaining Australian black-type for the horse before his retirement to stud. Alamosa duly obliged, triumphing over a capacity 18 horse field in the Gr. 1 MRC Toorak Handicap at Caulfield. He further enhanced his record with two placings in the Gr. 1 MRC Orr Stakes (2nd) and the Gr. 1 MRC Futurity (3rd), both under Weight-for-age conditions.
Alamosa beat the best in both New Zealand and Australia, winning to Group One level as a two- three- and four-year-old, and under Age Group, Handicap, and Weight-for-age conditions.
| RACE RECORD (in New Zealand, Australia) |
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| Age | Runs | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Earnings |
| 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | $155,669 |
| 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | - | $456,521 |
| 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $452,000 |
| 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | $1,094,190 | |
| At 2 | ARC Diamond S., Gr.1 (1200m beating El Cuento and Satinka), WRC Wellesley S., L (1000m beating Nosmo King and Take the Cake), Hawke’s Bay Bay Ford Juvenile S. (800m), 2d CJC Welcome S., L (1000m to Nosmo King and beating Eel Win), 3d Manawatu Sires’ Produce S., Gr.1 (1400m to Nightlign and Fleur De’here), 4th Matamata RC Slipper S., L (1200m) |
| At 3 | WRC Thorndon Mile, Gr.1 (1600m beating Dezigna and Final Reality), Otaki Maori RC WFA S., Gr.1 (1600m in track record time beating Sir Slick and Fiscal Madness), Avondale Guineas, Gr.2 (1600m beating Prince Kaapstad and Beauty Express), Hawke’s Bay Guineas, Gr.2 (1400m beating El Cuento and Fritzy Boy), WRC Wellington S., Gr.3 (1600m beating Mission Critical and Bruxaar), Taupo RC First Sovereign Trust H. (1300m), 2d New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas, Gr.1 (1600m to The Pooka and beating Rios), Wellington Guineas, Gr.2 (1500m to Rios and beating Rathsallagh) |
| At 4 | MRC Toorak H., Gr.1 (1600m beating Rockwood and Pillar of Hercules), 2d MRC CF Orr S., Gr.1 (1400m to Maldivian and beating Theseo), 3d MRC Futurity S., Gr.1 (1600m to Niconero and Light Fantastic), 4th MRC JJ Liston S., Gr.2 (1400m), Memsie S., Gr.2 (1400m) |
Top of The 2007-08 NZ 3YO Free H. Second on the 2006-07 NZ 2YO Free
