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Cummings fined $10k as Savatiano loses G1 Canterbury Stakes title

Posted on March 2, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

James Cummings has been fined AU$10,000 and Savatiano has been stripped of her sole Group 1 victory following an inquiry into the mare’s positive swab after her win in the 2021 Canterbury Stakes.

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The two best sprinters in the country will be in action at Randwick on Saturday, albeit in different races. Nature Strip and Bivouac clashed first up in the Black Caviar Lightning in Melbourne with the former proving too slick for his rival over 1000 metres. While Nature Strip stays at that journey for the Challenge[...]

Posted on January 30, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

James Cummings will set his sights on an elusive Group One win with Savatiano after her dominant display in the Expressway Stakes.

Posted on November 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The powerhouse Godolphin operation celebrated a two-state feature race double with Savatiano adding the Hot Danish Stakes to Bivouac's Group One Flemington win.

Posted on August 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

James Cummings has assessed the Memsie Stakes as Savatiano's best opportunity to break her maiden status at Group One level. Cummings said he had often thought Savatiano had the potential to win in elite grade and referred to her as “a bottled-up talent”. “Now she has the chance to live up to that assessment. Not[...]

Posted on August 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Peter Moody will make his return to Group One racing in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield where he is planning to have two runners in Gatting and Glenfiddich. Moody was successful the last time he had a runner in a Group One, which was in March 2016 when he won the William Reid Stakes at[...]

Posted on August 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Accomplished jockey Mark Zahra was thankful he received a last-minute call up from Godolphin to ride for them at Caulfield as they combined for successive feature wins with Viridine in the Regal Roller Stakes and Savatiano in the P B Lawrence Stakes. Zahra said before the call came from Godolphin, he had a light book[...]

Posted on August 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller is set to have a more subdued presence during the early part of the Melbourne spring as he monitors the pandemic situation in Victoria. The champion Sydney-based trainer would ordinarily have a team kicking off their carnival preparations in the southern capital. But with Victoria under stage four lockdown restrictions and Racing NSW[...]

Posted on August 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Joe Pride's recent recruit Eduardo has passed his first test but a bigger challenge awaits when he takes on a rich field in the Missile Stakes at Rosehill. The former Victorian made an immediate impact on debut for the stable to win the July Sprint, his first victory since taking out a Group Two race[...]

Posted on August 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Melody Belle's trainer Jamie Richards is fast becoming an expert on WhatsApp as he prepares Te Akau Racing's star gallopers remotely from New Zealand. The COVID-19 pandemic has prevented Richards from travelling to Sydney but he is grateful for the foresight of owner David Ellis, who left Melody Belle and Probabeel in Australia after the[...]

Posted on August 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Kris Lees will have his bases covered for the first Group race of the Sydney season, regardless of whether the forecast rain arrives. The Newcastle horseman, who finished last term as the leading trainer in NSW with 193 winners, has stable mainstay Le Romain and the emerging Special Reward in the Group Two Missile Stakes[...]

Posted on July 31, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand mare Melody Belle has continued preparations towards her expected return in the Missile Stakes with a win in a star-studded barrier trial at Randwick. Three heats for Group horses were conducted on Randwick's Kensington track on Friday morning having been pushed back from Tuesday because of the recent wet weather in Sydney. The[...]

Posted on May 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The powerful Godolphin stable has signalled its intentions to target the Group One Stradbroke Handicap with nine nominations for Brisbane's premier sprint. The Stradbroke and J J Atkins on June 6 are the only two Group One races to be run in a truncated winter carnival caused by coronavirus restrictions. Godolphin has nominated last year's[...]

Posted on April 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Connections of Blue Diamond winner Lyre are hoping the addition of blinkers will help the three-year-old return to the winner's list for the first time in more than a year in another Group One. Lyre is set for Saturday's Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville and trainer Anthony Freedman has opted to apply blinkers to[...]

Posted on February 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Group One racing again beckons Savatiano and she has shown she is up for the challenge with her Millie Fox Stakes win at Rosehill. White Moss was attempting a defence of the Group Two 1300m-race on Saturday after beating I Am Serious and Savatiano a year ago. Since then, Savatiano has finished third in the[...]

Posted on November 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A rev-up from Godolphin assistant trainer Darren Beadman was all the impetus James McDonald needed to turn in a faultless riding display and win the inaugural $1 million The Hunter aboard Savatiano. McDonald eased Savatiano across from her outside draw, controlling the tempo and kicking clear at the top of the straight to put the[...]

Posted on October 29, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin trainer James Cummings admits he is “terrified” of Melody Belle as he prepares two mares to clash with the star New Zealander in the Group One Empire Rose Stakes. The Jamie Richards-trained Melody Belle is New Zealand's reigning Horse of the Year and has won three Group One races this season to take her[...]

Cummings fined $10k as Savatiano loses G1 Canterbury Stakes title

Godolphin runners hold key to Canterbury Stakes

Group One Goal Beckons For Savatiano

Savatiano Too Hot For Rosehill Rivals

Savatiano Gets Group One Chance In Memsie

Moody Eyeing Off Memsie With New Recruits

Zahra Rides Feature Double For Godolphin

Waller To Make Quiet Start To Vic Carnival

Fresh Challenge For Eduardo In Missile

Melody Belle On Song For Missile Stakes

Veteran Among Two Missile Runners For Lees

Star Mare Melody Belle Wins Randwick Trial

Godolphin Heads Stradbroke Entries

Blinkers On For Lyre In Group 1 Sangster Stakes

Savatiano Outfoxes Group 2 Rivals At Rosehill

Godolphin Clean Up In Newcastle Features

Cummings Fears Melody Belle In Empire Rose

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