Godolphin Colts Chase Group One Coolmore Win

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday October 31
James Cummings is looking for a gear change to bring success this Saturday for Godolphin in their bid to create a new stallion prospect with a win in the Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes.

Since the race was upgraded to Group I status in 2006, Godolphin have won it only once with Sepoy in 2011 and they would love to improve their record.

KementariKementari (pictured Steve Hart) heads into arguably Australia's most important three-year-old race with the winkers to be applied after he galloped down the famous Flemington straight course on Tuesday in company with his stablemate Bandipur in the gear.

"The race is a hugely important race for the company (Godolphin)," Cummings told Clinton Payne of Racenet. "These colts are racing for a lot more than just the prizemoney.

"The winner of this race, if a colt, has a stud career ahead of him."

Kementari comes out of the Caulfield Guineas where the son of Lonhro looked the winner 100 metres from home before being gunned down late by the Mick Price-trained Mighty Boss.

"We're happy to run him in them," Cummings said. "It's a case of trying something with him without getting carried away.

"He's a fast colt and he's giving me a lot but at times it's all a bit of a game for Kementari.

"He's only lightly-raced this preparation, he only had two lead-up runs into the Caulfield Guineas.

"He hasn't been hammered and has trained on like a horse that could really launch late at them. I think he's got another one in him."

A half-brother to stakes-winner Telperion, Kementari comes from the Joy and Fun branch of the Denise's Joy family so has pedigree aplenty should a Group I win land next to his name and a stud career ensue.

Kementari is likely to be joined in the Coolmore Stud Stakes by his stablemates, the undefeated Viridine (Poet's Voice (GB) and Malahat (Exceed and Excel), the horse that beat Kementari on debut by 2-1/4 lengths.

Malahat will also have a gear change on Saturday with blinkers added to his race day attire while there's no changes for Viridine.

"I'm really looking forward to getting Malahat back onto a firm track on Saturday," Cumming said.

"He's an interesting runner for us and one that has good speed about him.

"The hardest to beat for us would have to be Viridine. He is the pure speed sprinter.

"He's improved out of the Roman Consul, his attitude is improving all the time and he worked great this morning which he normally does."


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