One to Watch – Gosford

Tara Madgwick - Thursday July 13

He’s a very good trainer and also a pretty good breeder and Anthony Cummings gave us a One to Watch on Thursday when his homebred filly combining the blood of two Twin Hills Stud sires saluted at Gosford.

The only two year-old in the 1200m maiden, Denman filly Vos Savant was having her second start following an encouraging debut run when seventh in a strong midweek juvenile fillies maiden at Warwick Farm last month.

Ridden by Keagan Latham, she zoomed home from last on the turn to win by a neck doing her best work on the line.

Vos Savant is the first winner from Smart Miss, a placed Smart Missile mare from Terrestria, an unraced half-sister to a pair of Group I winners both trained by Anthony Cummings in Hotel Grand and Outback Prince.

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Vos Savant is the first runner and first winner ever by Denman from a daughter of Smart Missile, with both stallions standing at Twin Hills Stud this spring.

A Group I winning son of Lonhro, Denman is priced at $8,800 with Fastnet Rock's Group I producing son Smart Missile at $13,200.

Denman, click for a Hypothetical mating.

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Race Result - Eagles Plumbing Plus Mdn Plate 1200m

Gosford Track: Good(4) Time: 1:13.04
1
Vos Savant
- 2f Denman (AUS) x Smart Miss (AUS) (Smart Missile (AUS))
Tnr: A J Cummings Rdr: K S Latham 56
2
0.3
Harper's Siren
- 3f Astern (AUS) x Oxigenada (ARG) (Ibero (ARG))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: Tom Sherry 58
3
0.5
Lara's Laulet
- 3f Lonhro (AUS) x Kayjay's Joy (AUS) (Snitzel (AUS))
Tnr: Benjamin Smith Rdr: Ms R Freeman 58
4
1.6
Magic Carpet
- 3f Lonhro (AUS) x Aspen (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: Zac Lloyd 58
5
1.8
Beatlemania
- 3f Merchant Navy (AUS) x McCartney (NZ) (Alamosa (NZ))
Tnr: M S Minervini Rdr: Jean Van Overmeire 58
6
2.8
Catchy Tunes
- 4m The Brothers War (USA) x Songcatcher (AUS) (Geiger Counter (USA))
Tnr: G McFarlane Rdr: Dylan Gibbons 58
7
5.8
Elusive Mission
- 3f The Mission (AUS) x Smarty Jane (AUS) (Elusive Quality (USA))
Tnr: Stephen Schofield Rdr: Madeline Owen 55
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