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The daughter of Shamus Award remains in work at the trainer’s Hawkesbury base.
Last Saturday Duais further enhanced her growing reputation when a hard finishing second to Hungry Heart in the 2400m Group 1 contest for three-year-old fillies.
Cummings said he has ruled out a trip to Adelaide for the Group 1 Australasian Oaks, a race last year’s Australian Oaks runner-up Toffee Tongue went on to claim.
Duais (orange cap) chases home Hungry Heart in the Australian Oaks at Randwick last Saturday. Photo: Mark Evans/Getty Images.
“To go to Adelaide there’d be too much to do in too little time,” Cummings said. “With the carnival back a week this year it just makes it that much harder,” Cummings said.
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Owners and breeders set to share in VOBIS riches at Caulfield tomorrow
April 16, 2021 11:15 am
Some of the best locally-bred horses will descend on
Caulfield tomorrow (Saturday, 17 April) for the seventh edition of the
Victorian Owners and Breeders Raceday, with more than $2.7 million in bonuses and prizemoney on offer across the nine-race celebration of the Victorian thoroughbred industry.
First conducted in April 2015, the raceday has rapidly established itself as one of Victoria’s premium autumn fixtures, with seven of the nine contests forming part of the lucrative
VOBIS Gold Premier Race Series.
Headlined by
The Showdown (1200m), the $1 million showpiece open exclusively to the progeny of
Edward Cummings confidence levels went up a notch when Hugh Bowman locked in to ride Duais in Saturday’s $1 million Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick.
The young Hawkesbury-based trainer within two weeks went from having his first city winner to winning a Group race when Duais took out the Group 3 Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) at Randwick last Saturday.
“She’s untapped and Hugh Bowman chased her, why wouldn’t I have a level of confidence,” Cummings said.
“We haven’t got anywhere near the bottom of her and she’s already here.
“She’s a natural staying type and has arguably the best rider in Australia barracking for her and he put his hand up to ride her.
The opening day of The Championships 2021 delivered in style with a couple of the most dominant Group 1 wins you will see at Randwick.
The victories by Anamoe in the ATC Sires Produce Stakes and Nature Strip in the TJ Smith Stakes won’t be forgotten in a hurry while not surprisngly Jamie Kah announced herself in Sydney.
Victoria’s leading jockey guided the enigmatic Cascadian to a memorable win in the $3 million Doncaster Mile.
Another Victorian-based rider, John Allen is fast becoming the go-to jockey for a Derby – claiming a maiden Australian Derby success aboard Explosive Jack.
The Randwick track started the day rated a soft (7) improving throughout the day before being upgraded to a soft (6) following the ATC Sires Produce Stakes.