Cumani Second With Last Runner

[Wandering Eyes]

Legendary Newmarket-based trainer Luca Cumani saddled his last runner at Wolverhampton on Thursday evening before heading into retirement. The 2-year-old filly Swansdown (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), carrying the colours of his family’s Fittocks Stud, was a fast-finishing second on her fourth outing as the 6-5 favourite in a nursery handicap.

“It’s a shame we didn’t manage to go out on a winner, but it was only a little race and the important thing is that we managed to have a Group 1 winner in our final year [God Given won the Premio Lydia Tesio at Capannelle earlier this month]. This filly finished well. She is bred to appreciate further and I’m sure she’ll step up to a mile and a half next year.”

With Cumani’s Bedford House stables due to be sold early next year, Cumani and his wife Sara will move across Newmarket to live and work at Fittocks Stud. Asked if it could take him a while to adjust, Cumani said, “It might do, but I’m lucky that I’ve got another job to go to and something else to focus on. We’re going to Australia in January, so we’ll move after that.”

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