Weekly trainer quotes

James Cummings discusses Saturdays runners with Gareth Hall on SEN - Saturday, 19 April 2025

Saturday, 19 April 2025

ROYAL RANDWICK
13:15    H B Carr Stakes-Group 3  (3yoF SWP)       (1,400m) 
ZEITUNG (AUS) - 3YO Filly by Exceed And Excel (AUS) out of News Story (IRE)
James Cummings, Jockey – Mark Zahra, 56kgs, barrier: 6
“I think she’s ready for it (1,400m) now.”
“I think the preparation for this has been quite nice.”
“She was cut out at a vital stage in the P.J. Bell and she’s not big enough to carry them.”
“In that P.J. Bell, it just felt like …. she can’t carry them, she’s just not that horse.”
“We won’t look back and just be grateful if she can get a nice clean run through them this time.”
“Third-up here, the fresh horse on the scene, she’s quite bright and ready to run a race.”
“I think back to the way we had her in the lead-up to her win in the Vanity during Cup week and we’ve got her in quite similar condition.”  
“She was very good over seven furlongs at Flemington that day.”
“This step up to seven furlongs is nice and she’s run a few good races over seven furlongs to suggest she can be in the hunt here.” 

15:40    All Aged Stakes-Group 1  (WFA)       (1,400m) 
BROADSIDING (AUS) - 3YO Colt by Too Darn Hot (GB) out of Speedway (AUS)
James Cummings, Jockey – James McDonald, 56.5kgs, barrier: 3
“He’s freshened up beautifully, I’ve loved the look of the horse this week.”
“I do suspect he’s ready to run the best race of his campaign.”
“It’s no mean feat, this All Aged Stakes, it’s quite an assembly of very good horses.”
“The draw that James McDonald has been fortunate enough to receive in barrier three is favourable.”
“I can see the horse enjoying a good run in the race and he’s got an enviable record at 1,400m.”
“I think the horse will be right in his comfort zone and it would be good to see him draw from the experience he had last preparation in those weight-for-age contests.”
“It doesn’t get any harder than the Cox Plate, the cauldron of the Cox Plate that he encountered last year.”
“He produced a knockout gallop during the week, and he seems to us to be perfectly ready for this assignment at the weekend.”
“There’s no doubt it’s a lot to ask a young horse, but we’ve asked him before and he was there to run a race in the Cox Plate.”
“He’s going to get another chance against these experienced, tough horses coming from their own respective weight-for-age events.”
“He’s bringing some of the best of the three-year-old form, we just keep seeing the form franked from behind Broadsiding, which is no less encouraging.”
“It’s been a beautiful April in Sydney and it will be a beautiful day for Godolphin if Broadsiding can win the All Aged.” 

EAGLE FARM
15:12    Ascot Handicap-Listed  (Qlty)       (1,000m) 
SPACEWALK (AUS) - 5YO Gelding by Exosphere (AUS) out of Benenden (AUS)
James Cummings, Jockey – Ryan Maloney, 58.5kgs, barrier: 12
“He certainly can (win) and we are going to rely on good pace from that draw.”
“The horse needs to get back to his best form.”
“He can rely on good pace there and he’s a little bit fitter for having had the trip to Melbourne and back.”
“He’s no stranger to good campaigns, trips away and being able to perform.”
“I can see him running a race, but he really needs strong pace in a race like that.”  

15:52   Daybreak Lover-Listed  (3yo SW)       (1,400m) 
PISCES (AUS) - 3YO Gelding by Frosted (USA) out of Pleiades (AUS)
James Cummings, Jockey – Ms Angela Jones, 57kgs, barrier: 11
“This is a pretty nice race for Pisces, given his present rating and the set weights nature of the race.”
“I’d love to see the horse kick off what might be a bit of Brisbane campaign.”
“The horse is going to need a couple things to go his way from the draw.”
“He had a good lung-burner behind Autumn Glow at Rosehill and he should be better for that.”
“We just like the weight scale here at set weights, he’s going to run well and we’ll see what he’s got to offer.”

MORNINGTON
14:40    Handicap  (3yo Fillies)    (1,200m) 
THAMES (AUS) - 3YO Filly by Lonhro (AUS) out of Rillito (AUS)
James Cummings, Jockey – Daniel Stackhouse, 57.5kgs, barrier: 5
“I like the way that filly is going.”
“She’s got a good finish to her and Stacky can take advantage of the good draw without having the filly out of her comfort zone.”
“He can have her ready to pounce, bide his time and enjoy the ride.”