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Improving trio to fly flag for Godolphin

Stakes placegetter Fleetwood headlines Godolphin’s team for Kembla Grange.

FLEETWOOD.
FLEETWOOD. Picture: Martin King / Sportpix

Godolphin doesn't have a representative in The Gong, but James Cummings is content to rely on a trio of up-and-coming sprinters to carry the stable's hopes at the stand-alone Kembla Grange meeting.

Fleetwood will headline the leading yard's squad when he resumes in the Group 3 The Warra (1000m), while Pisanello and Restonica contest benchmark races on the undercard.

The former has been Listed placed in the Creswick Stakes (1200m) at Flemington during the winter and is a two-time winner first-up.

Cummings anticipates a bold return, but he also warns Fleetwood will improve on whatever he does on Saturday.

"I can envisage the horse winning the race, but I do also believe he'll be better for the run," Cummings said.

"He's up against it at the weights, it's not an easy ask for the horse. He's on 53 kilos, but he's still out of the handicap here.

"You've got to be mindful of fit and in-form horses.

"I can see him really warming to the task, running on and setting up well for the rest of the prep."

Pisanello returns from an impressive 1100m win at Flemington on Champions Day to contest the Traffic Logistics Handicap (1000m).

While he will have to lump 60kg, two kilos more than he carted to victory last start, Cummings is adamant he is up to the challenge and says the four-year-old is thriving this campaign.

"He's a progressive horse and it's amazing how well he's come back. The trip (to Melbourne) hasn't put a dent in the horse's exuberance," he said.

"Barrier one, a little bit of a challenge, with the track a (soft) six."

"He's certainly ready to progress through the grades."

Restonica rounds out Cummings' contingent in the final race when he bids to atone for a narrow defeat at the hands of Spanish Fox last start, that horse having subsequently franked the form with a strong Saturday-grade win at Rosehill.

"He'll enjoy getting back to Kembla where he's looked good in the past," Cummings said.

"He could be really chiming in up the middle….and he couldn't be training any better."


Racing and Sports

Kembla Grange

Saturday, 23rd November 2024

9
ET

SNAP PRINT SOLUTIONS WOLLONGONG THE WARRA (G3)

WT: 117lbs Type: OPEN
5 f TURF GOOD
9

(local)
AUD $300,000
5 f GOOD

SNAP PRINT SOLUTIONS WOLLONGONG THE WARRA (G3)

WT: 117lbs Type: OPEN


FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 9. HEADWALL (AUS) 5yo G
DREAM AHEAD (USA) - POSITIVE QUEST (AUS)
BLAKE SPRIGGS
MATTHEW SMITH
$7.5
53kg
R A Young, J H Marsden, Mrs A M Adam & Mrs N Der Sarkissian
2nd 1. DRAGONSTONE (AUS) 6yo G
MIKKI ISLE (JPN) - QUICK'S THE WORD (AUS)
ADAM HYERONIMUS
JOSEPH PRIDE
$5
59kg
N Tzaferis, A Tzaferis, Boats & Bees Racing, P Kotsiris, G O A Jenkins, Mrs R Jenkins, Ms J Moore, C Iliadis, L A Fitt, N Quinn, N Vlahos, S Guthrie, A Proutsos, A Floyd, M Collins, A Georgiou, Forest Lodge Nsw Pty Ltd, Hay Merchants, Gate 4 Racing & Cacal Racing

Sales Information

3rd 3. HEDGED (AUS) 4yo G
CAPITALIST (AUS) - ACING SHAMROCK (AUS)
CHAD SCHOFIELD
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR
$3
55kg
RTD Racing (Mgr: R Norton), G Franklin, P Mcelvogue, C Bourke, Mrs L Robertson, Olke Alice (Mgr: G Koch), D Mcginnes, D+A Racing, The Middle, Ms M Stewart, PBFF Racing, P Harrison, Bay Boys, Ms J Michael, T Hunter, A Graeber, Gravel Pits Racing, LN Racing, The Crown Racing & Keep Livin

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4th 10. FLEETWOOD (AUS) 4yo G
ENCRYPTION (AUS) - JENNIFER JUNIPER (AUS)
KERRIN MCEVOY
JAMES CUMMINGS
$11
53kg

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5th 2. BRUDENELL (AUS) 5yo G
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION (AUS) - KNIT 'N' PURL (AUS)
TOMMY BERRY
KRIS LEES
$12
57kg

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6th 4. FRILLED (AUS) 5yo M
STAR WITNESS (AUS) - FRILL SEEKING (AUS)
JASON COLLETT
MATTHEW SMITH
$16
54kg
7th 11. SOUTH OF INDIA (AUS) 4yo G
CHURCHILL (IRE) - MINNESOTA (AUS)
JAY FORD
ROSS MCCONVILLE
$26
53kg
8th 7. IOWNA MERC (AUS) 5yo G
WINNING RUPERT (AUS) - MERCEDES (AUS)
RACHEL KING
BJORN BAKER
$5.5
53kg
9th 5. KOTE (AUS) 5yo G
CHOISIR (AUS) - SOFFRAAJ (AUS)
REECE JONES
BLAKE RYAN
$101
54kg

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10th 6. VAINSTREAM (AUS) 10yo G
BEL ESPRIT (AUS) - YASEY SAN (AUS)
BEANY PANYA
GEOFFREY CROTHERS
$201
54kg

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11th 8. QUICK TEMPO (AUS) 6yo G
RUBICK (AUS) - TAWFIQ VALLEY (AUS)
ANDREW ADKINS
MARK MINERVINI
$51
53kg

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