James Cummings

Godolphin Trio Poised To Make Their Mark

Posted on April 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

James Cummings holds the key to the final black-type race of the Sydney autumn carnival with the three top horses in the market for the Group Three Hall Mark Stakes. Cummings will saddle up Deprive, who was $4 favourite on Friday, shading stablemate and comeback horse Kementari ($4.20) and Group One performer Trekking ($5). With[...]

Posted on April 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian Oaks winner Colette is high in Caulfield Cup markets but trainer James Cummings has warned punters not to jump in early. Colette has highlighted her staying potential with dominant wins in the Group Three Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) and Group One ATC Australian Oaks (2400m) on consecutive Saturdays during The Championships. After her Oaks[...]

Posted on April 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer James Cummings has joined his father and grandfather on the ATC Australian Oaks honour roll with filly Colette scoring a dominant win at Randwick. The Godolphin-owned Colette capped a stunning autumn rise when she raced to a 2-1/2-length success in Saturday's 2400m staying feature for three-year-old fillies. Cummings' late grandfather Bart trained seven winners[...]

Posted on April 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Grand mare Alizee will attempt to turn back the clock when she goes to the races for the final time. The five-year-old will be retired after Saturday's Coolmore Legacy Stakes for fillies and mares at Randwick, a race appropriately registered as the Queen of the Turf. A triple Group One winner, Alizee will be reunited[...]

Posted on April 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin trainer James Cummings is convinced Group One-winning filly Flit can bounce back from two unplaced runs when she drops in distance in the Arrowfield 3YO Sprint at Randwick. A winner of the Group One Thousand Guineas last spring, Flit began her autumn campaign in impressive fashion with a dominant victory in the Group Two[...]

Posted on April 6, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin filly Kiamichi has been retired after failing to recapture the form that won her a Golden Slipper. A Godolphin home-bred, Kiamichi led home a trifecta for Sheikh Mohammed when she beat her James Cummings-trained stablemate Microphone and Lyre from the Anthony Freedman stable in last year's Slipper. Kiamichi is by 2013 Golden Slipper runner-up[...]

Posted on April 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lightly raced Godolphin filly Colette has stormed into favouritism for the Group One ATC Australian Oaks after a convincing win in the Adrian Knox Stakes at Randwick. The James Cummings-trained Colette had come through two provincial wins before enhancing her Oaks credentials with a stylish performance in Saturday's Group Three 2000m race for three-year-old fillies.[...]

Posted on April 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin trainer James Cummings is forgiving of Bivouac's last-start defeat and expects the colt to show his best in a star-studded edition of the TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick. Bivouac is one of nine Group One winners in the 13-horse field for Saturday's TJ Smith (1200m) in which he will be striving to add Sydney's[...]

Posted on March 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Cascadian has left it until the last minute to guarantee himself a berth in the Doncaster Mile with victory in the Prelude at Rosehill. The carnival is scheduled to move to Randwick next Saturday when the $3 million Doncaster is one of the features on the first day of The Championships. Trained by James Cummings[...]

Posted on March 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Anthony Cummings has taken bragging rights over his son James in the Star Kingdom Stakes, with Vegadaze leading in a trifecta for the famous racing family in the Group Three race at Rosehill. Ridden by in-form visiting English jockey Tom Marquand, the Anthony Cummings-trained Vegadaze capitalised on a race-fitness edge and showed tenacity to defeat[...]

Posted on March 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After a short-lived stint at stud, Group One winner Kementari is poised for his return to racing as a gelding in the Star Kingdom Stakes at Rosehill. The winner of the 2018 Group One Randwick Guineas, the high-profile horse was retired to Darley Stud after last year's autumn carnival. Fertility issues soon put a halt[...]

Posted on March 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Greg Hickman has left no stone unturned in preparing Pierata for what is likely to be his final racing preparation before he is retired to stud. The top sprinter resumes in Saturday's Group One Galaxy (1100m), a year after he was narrowly denied by Nature Strip in the corresponding race. Since then he has won[...]

Posted on March 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

THE GOLDEN SLIPPER 1200m, $3.5 million, two-year-old race at Rosehill HISTORY: Todman won the inaugural Slipper in 1957 by eight lengths and started at 1-6 The world's richest race for juveniles Magic Night (1961) the first filly to win Won by 28 colts, seven geldings and 26 fillies Eighteen favourites have won, the latest Vancouver[...]

Posted on March 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

James Cummings believes Avilius is on target for his defence of the Ranvet Stakes at Rosehill but the Godolphin trainer is wary of a well-performed international visitor. Avilius returned to Sydney after running fifth in the Group One Australian Cup on March 7 and the six-year-old will be chasing back-to-back wins in the Group One[...]

Posted on March 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin trainer James Cummings says the time has arrived for Bivouac to take the next step and announce himself as a future weight-for-age star. Having shown off his qualities under handicap conditions in the Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on March 7, Bivouac gets his weight-for-age chance in Friday night's William Reid Stakes (1200m) at[...]

Posted on March 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Magic Night Stakes winner Thermosphere is a confirmed starter in the Golden Slipper as Godolphin and trainer James Cummings aim for back-to-back wins. Thermosphere won Saturday's Magic Night for two-year-old fillies to secure a spot in this Saturday's $3.5 million Slipper at Rosehill. Godolphin has confirmed the filly will take her place, joining the Anthony[...]

Posted on March 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin has unearthed a belated contender in its bid for back-to-back Golden Slippers with filly Thermosphere landing an upset win in the Magic Night Stakes. While head trainer James Cummings has stopped short of committing the filly to a Slipper start, he says Saturday's win has given the team something to think about. Godolphin produced[...]

Godolphin Trio Poised To Make Their Mark

Cummings Unsure Of Colette’s Spring Plans

Colette Wins Australian Oaks For Godolphin

Alizee Set To Go Out As Queen Of The Turf

Flit To Bounce Back In Arrowfield Sprint

Godolphin Golden Slipper Winner Retired

Colette Impresses In Adrian Knox Victory

Bivouac On Target For TJ Smith Challenge

Cascadian Earns Doncaster Spot Via Prelude

Vegadaze Beats Godolphin Pair At Rosehill

Kementari Set For Comeback At Rosehill

Star Sprinter Primed For Galaxy Challenge

Golden Slipper: What You Need To Know

Avilius Chasing Second Ranvet Stakes Win

Bivouac To Take Next Step In William Reid

Thermosphere Confirmed For Slipper Start

Godolphin Ponder If Slipper Will Fit Filly

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