Matt Cumani set Hit The Shot for the Victoria Derby knowing the 2500 metres would suit him and said the horse had enjoyed a perfect preparation for the race.
Trainer Matt Cumani needs to be careful in his planning and placement of Future Score who has an allergy to grass. If left untreated, Future Score breaks out in hives and under those circumstances Cumani will not race the horse. Presently free of the skin condition, Future Score is right to run in Saturday's Mornington[...]
The Matt Cumani stable will stick to its original plan and run first-up winner Future Score in a stakes race at Caulfield. Successful when resuming at Pakenham over 1600m on December 7, Future Score runs in Thursday's Listed Lord Stakes (1700m) in preference to a 2040m handicap at The Valley two days later. With Cumani[...]
Apprentice Fred Kersley says Future Score is set for a good autumn campaign after recording a first-up victory at Pakenham. Trained at Ballarat by Matt Cumani, Future Score took out the Hanson Handicap (1600m) on Saturday, his first start since scoring over 2600m at Flemington in July. Cumani is contemplating an assault on the Adelaide[...]
Trainer Matt Cumani is unsure what to expect from Future Score when the stayer makes his return to racing at Pakenham. A three-time winner for Cumani, the European import runs first-up over 1600 metres in the Hanson Handicap on Saturday. While Future Score was successful over 1614 metres at Pontefract in England in July 2018[...]
Encouraged by Future Score's fast-finishing win in the Banjo Paterson Series Final at Flemington, Ballarat trainer Matt Cumani hopes the imported stayer can keep stepping up. The four-year-old gelding was held up for clear running in the first half of the home straight in Saturday's 2600m-race before Craig Williams was able to get him into[...]
Melbourne's reigning premier jockey Craig Williams has been a dominant force in Flemington Finals Day meetings in recent years and once again he is a major player. Saturday's meeting is billed as ‘Flemington Finals Day' because the races are a culmination of a number of different winter series races in Victoria in the past couple[...]