*Article by John Curtis for hawkesburyraceclub.com.auAFTER four Melbourne Group 1 placings and an unlucky Cox Plate fourth, a midweek Super Maiden at Warwick Farm was easy pickings today for Edward Cummings.The Hawkesbury trainer’s lightly-raced four-year-old Rockola ($2.60 favorite), at only his first campaign, easily disposed of his rivals in the $100,000 Maiden Plate (1400m) in a […]
*Article by Just Horse Racing He might have a famous racing surname, but the effort of Edward Cummings to have a Cox Plate and Golden Eagle runner in the space of eight days has been a notable feat. Cummings, the grandson of Cups King Bart and son of respected Sydney trainer Anthony, has a boutique team of […]
*Article by Andrew Eddy for racing.comLast year, due in part to the form of his top mare but largely because of his bloodline, Ed Cummings and his Group 1 star Duais were widely promoted as the main faces of the Melbourne Cup.The campaign ultimately bore little fruit as Duais struggled for her best form and ultimately seemed […]
*Article by Edward Sadler for racing.comThere are a lot of common threads between Damien Oliver’s last year of riding in the Cox Plate and the first time he captured the weight-for-age championship of Australasia. In 1997, Oliver darted through on the inside to score aboard the Bart Cummings-trained Dane Ripper at the odds of 40-1. “It […]
*Article by John Curtis for hawkesburyraceclub.com.auEDWARD Cummings is hoping Duais can “do a Winx” in Saturday’s $5m Cox Plate (2040m) at The Valley.The Hawkesbury trainer didn’t hesitate to choose the No 1 barrier for Duais when his triple Group 1 winner was the eighth horse out when the draw was conducted this morning.Earlier Duais’ jockey Damien […]
*Article by John Curtis for hawkesburyraceclub.com.auEDWARD Cummings got a lightly-raced maiden on the board, while Hawkesbury trainers book-ended their home track meeting today, lifting the number of winners prepared at the provincial track so far this season to 44.Cummings, who has his triple Group 1 winning mare Duais heading to the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at […]
*Article by Just Horse RacingWhich spring feature Duais heads to will not be determined until after her performance in the Might And Power Stakes at Caulfield. The Edward Cummings-trained mare remains in the entry for the Caulfield Cup (2400m) on Saturday week and the Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley on October 28. But Saturday’s Group 1 Might And Power (2000m) at Caulfield will be pivotal in Cummings’ decision on where the mare heads. In […]
*Article by John Curtis for hawkesburyraceclub.com.auA refreshed Strait Acer is back at his Hawkesbury stable ready for a crack at bigger riches.The promising four-year-old has been in dazzling form this preparation, winning four (the last three in a row) of his five starts, continuing to step up in class.“Strait Acer went out after winning the Shoot […]
*Article by Edward Sadler for racing.com Edward Cummings believes that his classy mare Duais can have an impact on Saturday when she lines up in the Group 1 Underwood Stakes at Caulfield. The three-time G1 winner will be ridden by Craig Williams this weekend and will jump from barrier seven in the 1800-metre contest. “I like […]
*Article by The Trainers Hut Media Strait Acer continues to shine early in the Sydney Spring with three successive wins on a Saturday with Jason Collett aboard. The Ed Cummings-trained galloper has now won five races, four of them in town. The four-year-old is building a handy record from his ten starts, adding a second placing […]