Anthony Cummings

Libertini Leaves No Food For Thought

Posted on September 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainers use different sorts of measures to judge the wellness of a horse and for Anthony Cummings, it involves sticking his head in a bin. Cummings reckons the best way to know how well a horse is coping is to check their feed bin and he has been almost religiously stopping by Libertini's stable since[...]

Posted on August 31, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A wet Rosehill track has brought a betting plunge unstuck with outsider Mrs Madrid showing the ability her trainer has always been confident she possessed in an upset result. Anthony Cummings sent Mrs Madrid to Saturday's 2000m-race as a $26 chance with the imported Heart Of Grace backed from $34 early this week to $3[...]

Posted on August 24, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

On the same day his stable star signalled her spring intentions, a horse Anthony Cummings always thought could measure up has made her mark. A couple of hours after three-year-old Libertini set Randwick alight in the Silver Shadow Stakes, her year older stablemate Mizzy claimed victory in the Group Three Toy Show Quality (1100m). Until[...]

Posted on August 24, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The return of boom filly Libertini was expected to be one of the highlights on Winx Stakes day at Randwick and the three-year-old didn't disappoint. Ridden confidently by Tommy Berry, the $1.50 favourite strode up to level with the leaders at the top of the straight then found another gear and careered away for a[...]

Posted on August 23, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

There are audacious spring ambitions for emerging sprinter Baller, and he gets an immediate chance to justify them against a smart field at Randwick. With a benchmark rating of 76, Baller is eligible for easier races than Saturday's Group Three Show County Quality (1200m) with Doncaster Mile runner-up Dreamforce, the promising Deprive and the latter's[...]

Posted on August 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Anthony Cummings is not afraid to be bold in his opinions of his horses but when it comes to exciting filly Libertini, he is noticeably measured. Libertini is being set on a traditional spring three-year-old fillies' path, resuming in Saturday's Group Two Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) at Randwick before tackling the remaining three legs of[...]

Posted on August 21, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Anthony Cummings has pressed the restart button on Vegadaze and sent the horse for a short freshen-up after a disappointing start to his preparation. The decision was made earlier this week when Vegadaze travelled to Newcastle for a barrier trial and finished fourth after over-racing. He displayed similar antics when he resumed in the Missile[...]

Posted on August 17, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Anthony Cummings has given the stable's leading carnival contenders, Prince Fawaz and Libertini, a day out at the races at Randwick ahead of their returns. Prince Fawaz is already a Group One winner of the J J Atkins while Libertini is a filly the trainer believes will be an elite-level performer by the end of[...]

Posted on August 14, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Spring will be in the air at Randwick when a number of high-profile horses from some of Sydney's biggest stables ramp up their preparations with exhibition gallops. Heading the charge is Cox Plate fancy Verry Elleegant, who will have James McDonald in the saddle when she works over 1000m with her Chris Waller-trained stablemates Youngstar,[...]

Posted on August 12, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Anthony Cummings has taken the wraps off Baller and Libertini with both winning barrier trials at Randwick as they step up another gear heading to spring. Cummings plans to start both on August 24 when black-type racing gets into full swing at Randwick with the meeting featuring the Group One Winx Stakes. Libertini is scheduled[...]

Posted on August 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

While it's back to the drawing board with Vegadaze, Anthony Cummings has a spring in his step, and with good reason. The Randwick trainer is assembling what is arguably his best group of carnival horses in several seasons, although he has some work to do with Vegadaze who ran an inexplicable last in Saturday's Missile[...]

Posted on August 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The stakes will be high for untapped talent Vegadaze when he is pitted against Group One winners Alizee and Le Romain on his seasonal return. In a strategic move by trainer Anthony Cummings, Vegadaze, will take his place in the first Group race of the Sydney season – the Missile Stakes. He is hoping to[...]

Posted on July 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

There isn't much the Cummings family hasn't achieved in racing and in the opening event at Rosehill they are set to create their latest slice of history. Anthony Cummings and his sons Edward and James will each have individual runners in the same race for the first time when they saddle-up a trio of two-year-olds[...]

Posted on July 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Challenge and opportunity are the two factors that have enticed Glen Boss back to Sydney, at least for the duration of the spring carnival. The top jockey will ease back into the local scene with four rides at Rosehill on Saturday before establishing himself in Sydney for three months from the end of July. Boss,[...]

Posted on June 21, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Anthony Cummings has decided against a belated Brisbane winter carnival trip for in-form sprinter November Man who will instead compete in his own backyard. November Man will line up in the TAB.co.au Handicap (1000m) at Randwick on Saturday in preference to the opening race at Eagle Farm on the Tatt's Tiara program. “I could[...]

Posted on June 8, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Kerrin McEvoy has won some of the world's biggest races but rarely has he received such an ovation as did after he won his third Group One JJ Atkins Plate on Prince Fawaz. There was mayhem in the winners enclosure as the syndicate that races Prince Fawaz celebrated wildly after the win. Trainer Anthony[...]

Posted on May 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Prince Fawaz has shot to the top of markets for the J J Atkins Stakes with his win over former favourite Reloaded at Randwick during which he has had to cope with serious interference. The Anthony Cummings-trained Prince Fawaz was a decisive 1-1/4 length winner of Saturday's 1400m-race for two-year-olds and firmed from $15 to[...]

Libertini Leaves No Food For Thought

Mrs Madrid Adds To Cummings Stable’s Run

Mizzy Strikes In Group 3 Toy Show Quality

Libertini Claims Group Two Silver Shadow

Baller Expected To Kick Goals This Spring

Cummings Relaxed Ahead Of Libertini Return

Cummings Resets Spring Path For Vegadaze

Libertini Tunes Up For Group 2 Silver Shadow

Spring Stars On Show At Kensington Meeting

Baller And Libertini Win Randwick Trials

Cummings Team Gearing Up For Spring

Cummings Sets Vegadaze A Mountainous Task

History Beckons For Famous Cummings Clan

Boss Cameo A Forerunner To Spring Plans

November Man To Stay In Sydney

Prince Fawaz Wins The Group 1 JJ Atkins Plate

Prince Fawaz Favourite For G1 Jj Atkins

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