*Article by Chris Roots Curtis for betsyThe Cummings name has returned to Flemington with Edward Cummings granted boxes for a satellite stable at Melbourne’s premier track. The doors opened at Myrtle House Melbourne on Monday with 11 horses in the stable and room for more. “It was a great opportunity to follow in the footsteps of […]
*Article by John Curtis for hawkesburyraceclub.com.auHawkesbury trainers are on a roll at present, with four winners last Saturday followed up by another two at the Orange meeting. As well as O’Halloran, Ed Cummings (who scored with the promising Exfortythree at Kembla) also won with another Mitchell Bell mount Flaming Moon. A clever Bell ride paved the […]
*Article by John Curtis for hawkesburyraceclub.com.auExfortythree ($3.50) justified his strong backing by outclassing his opposition on debut in the Midway Maiden Plate (1000m). Ridden by leading apprentice Mollie Fitzgerald, Exfortythree romped home, with seemingly plenty in reserve, by nearly three and a half lengths from Zousari ($19) and Muscle Beach ($5.50). Cummings’ father Anthony purchased the […]
*Article adapted from John Curtis article for hawkesburyraceclub.com.auIt was a great week for Myrtle House with O Cara Mia (pictured) and Shadashi both breaking their maidens. Ed Cummings combined with Donovan Dillon to land the Provincial Midway Maiden Handicap (1600m) at Gosford on Thursday with beautifully-bred O Cara Mia ($2.50 favourite), who broke through at her […]
*Article by John Curtis for hawkesburyraceclub.com.auHawkesbury trainer Ed Cummings posted his third win since returning to his former base when Nantucket Island ($6.50) scored at Kembla Grange yesterday. Ridden by Lee Magorrian, Nantucket Island defeated well backed Devine Outcast ($6.50) and leading Hawkesbury trainer Brad Widdup’s $3.30 favorite Tequisoda in the Provincial Benchmark 64 Handicap (1400m). […]
*Article by Adam Pengilly for idolhorse Edward Cummings, the grandson of legendary Australian horse trainer Bart Cummings, has had his suspension lifted and will resume his training career immediately with an ambition to keep the family’s Leilani Lodge dynasty alive.Idol Horse can reveal Cummings has been notified he will be able to return to racing horses after being […]
*Article by John Curtis for hawkesburyraceclub.com.auAFTER four Melbourne Group 1 placings and an unlucky Cox Plate fourth, a midweek Super Maiden at Warwick Farm was easy pickings today for Edward Cummings.The Hawkesbury trainer’s lightly-raced four-year-old Rockola ($2.60 favorite), at only his first campaign, easily disposed of his rivals in the $100,000 Maiden Plate (1400m) in a […]
*Article by Just Horse Racing He might have a famous racing surname, but the effort of Edward Cummings to have a Cox Plate and Golden Eagle runner in the space of eight days has been a notable feat. Cummings, the grandson of Cups King Bart and son of respected Sydney trainer Anthony, has a boutique team of […]
*Article by Andrew Eddy for racing.comLast year, due in part to the form of his top mare but largely because of his bloodline, Ed Cummings and his Group 1 star Duais were widely promoted as the main faces of the Melbourne Cup.The campaign ultimately bore little fruit as Duais struggled for her best form and ultimately seemed […]
*Article by Edward Sadler for racing.comThere are a lot of common threads between Damien Oliver’s last year of riding in the Cox Plate and the first time he captured the weight-for-age championship of Australasia. In 1997, Oliver darted through on the inside to score aboard the Bart Cummings-trained Dane Ripper at the odds of 40-1. “It […]