Lady Of Dubai will not race in the blue and cream Fittocks colours, having been sold as a yearling for 450,000gns. In 2014 Francesca married Australian international polo player, Rob Archibald. You could always tell one of his horse in the paddock as they always looked so well turned out. Crowd sourced content that is contributed to World Heritage Encyclopedia is peer reviewed and edited by our editorial staff to ensure quality scholarly research articles. Sara continues: “We have a great team and we do the matings together.

Frankie Dettori, Jimmy Fortune, Jason Weaver, Royston Ffrench and Nicky Mackay are all previous Champion Apprentices who learnt their trade under his tutelage. Sadly, things didn’t always go his way off the racecourse.

In fact, I have to say that without him I may not have continued my betting journey. Sara is the hands-on force behind the day-to-day running of the immaculate farm, which has over time been extended to 360 acres. We keep it as limited as we possibly can but it helps with the cashflow,” explains Sara. Despite losing his best horses.

She then produced Kithanga, who was by Darshaan and won the Park Hill. Blue Delta Marketing in no way encourages reckless gambling and it is recommended that readers who engage in gambling do so responsibly and set financial limits. You have to work with clay, you can’t do what you want, you have to do what it tells you but it’s a lovely piece of land.”. Luca Cumani trained some great horses during his 43-year career with a patience and finesse matched by few others in the training ranks. The sales process for the Fittocks team has evolved significantly from the days Sara recalls of “standing at Tattersalls during the foal sales and selling for 1,000gns, scratching our heads and thinking we somehow needed to do better”. We sell those by the right stallions who are perfect on x-rays and which we hope will help to pay the nomination bill at the end of the year.”. Cumani has also earned a reputation as a mentor to jockeys and assistant trainers.

We love progressive, middle-distance horses and that’s what we try to breed. The other big issue to be discussed is what’s sold and what’s not sold; we tend to sell our nicest but there’s no crystal ball and you never really know, “It’s all very good making money at the sales but we want them to go on and be good at the races – that’s our number one objective. Despite losing such big owners Cumani always acted like the true gentleman he was. Here are just a few of his big international wins: USA – Breeders Cup Mile with Barathea in 1994. LUCA CUMANI ON .

He just got better as he got older. Cumani won the race three times in a row with Free Guest, Fish N Chips and Chinoiserie who all went on to win in pattern company. In recent years he lost plenty of nice horses owned by Sheikh Mohammed Obaida. It was a great project to undertake but it took a lot of time to establish.

His season and globetrotting weren’t over as he went on to win the Hong Kong Cup, showing a blistering change of gear a furlong out in the hands of Frankie Dettori. The next breakthrough came with Kalata, a half-sister to the dam of the first of Cumani’s two Derby winners, Kahyasi. In producing a Group 2 winner with her second foal, So Silk has upheld this judgement and another to confirm the principle is Blue Symphony, a modestly-performing daughter of the high-class sprinter Blue Duster, who is described by Sara as “a fortuitous buy” having been secured privately from an owner who needed to sell. There have been many tributes paid to him in recent weeks and I thought I would add a few words to the many already written. In October Newmarket trainer Luca Cumani announced his retirement from the training ranks. Cumani’s father’s name is Luca Cumani. World Heritage Encyclopedia™ is a registered trademark of the World Public Library Association, a non-profit organization. /* 160x600, created 12/31/07 */ Then there was Knockando who had been an ante-post gamble for the Magnet Cup at York. The preparation paid off as Barathea, who had finished 5th in the race as a 3-year-old, went on to beat a high-class field of milers to win by three lengths. [Cursory Glance’s dam] Time Control is now here and she has a War Front yearling filly who is absolutely gorgeous and will be going to the sales.”.

“With Floors [Stud], they send their mares to foal with us.

That day she had to show plenty of heart to hold off Faithful Son and Chester House by two short heads. Unbeaten on his two starts as a juvenile.

Her father was also in Horse Racing. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Registered in England No. He purchased Bedford House Stables in Newmarket in 1976 and the winners began to flow.

Still, he tried to continue with horses who were not of the quality of horse he had been used to dealing with in the past.

Rocky Rider is racing for Qatar Bloodstock from Andrew Balding’s stable and Aktabantay is in the care of fellow Newmarket trainer Hugo Palmer, but hopes are high at the Cumanis’ Bedford House Stables that another Fittocks-bred three-year-old may have her say in the Classics this year. Ontario, Quebec City, Quebec, Ottawa, Aboriginal peoples in Canada, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Guangzhou, United Kingdom, South Korea, Tokyo, Hokkaido, Australia, China, United Kingdom, Angles, Cornwall, Isle of Man, English language, United Kingdom, European Union, Italy, Canada, Spain, Pat Eddery, Newbury Racecourse, England, Horse racing, Geoff Lewis, Sandown Park Racecourse, England, Horse racing, Richard Hills (jockey), Frankie Dettori, Newmarket Racecourse, England, Horse racing, Sole Power, Greville Starkey, Emirates (airline), Melbourne Cup, Thoroughbred, Melbourne, Flemington Racecourse, Europe, Horse racing, Cartier SA, Cartier Racing Awards, Racing Post,