As the son of champion amateur jockey Elena and champion trainer Sergio Cumani, horseracing has always been in his blood. He followed in their footsteps, emulating first his mother and then his father. Realizing that Newmarket is the center of the racing world, Luca moved to England in his early twenties to work for ten-time champion trainer Henry Cecil.
It was not long before he started up his own training establishment at Bedford House. Within ten years he had 12 Group 1 winners in five different countries and the tally has now risen to 55 up until the present day. Not content with claiming the majority of the big domestic races, he has ventured far and wide with globetrotting champions such as Falbrav and Alkaased to win Group 1 races in Hong Kong and Japan, respectively.
"He's trying the dirt for the first time, so whatever dirt turns up it will be new to him. Tomorrow we'll take him to the track to see how he likes it. He'll have a faster canter on Thursday."
"He hasn't ridden for me before but there's always a first time. The horse can get a little edgy when the jockey gets up, but he is fine on the track."
"It's a bold decision to run in the Classic, but one I totally agree with. He's a fully mature, street-wise horse, and if you didn't try the Classic with a horse like him, you'd never try it."
"The Americans are at home and we are away. He's had a change of scenery and a change in racing conditions. There's less pressure if he runs in the Classic. If you run him in the Mile, he has to win. If he runs in the Classic and doesn't win, we can blame it on the dirt. All in all, it's very difficult, but it can be done."
"It was a proper pace and he was found out in the last furlong. It won't happen again."
"We got the 'visitors' draw. He'll just have to run a bit faster now. … It was going to be hard, but 14 makes it even harder."
"He'll just have to run a little faster now. We're giving a lot of ground away and ground given away is ground lost. It was going to be hard, but 14 makes it even harder."
"He is a very impressive horse. The plan was to make the running if no-one else was ready to do so."
"It was a blow out and looked good; we're happy. I estimate he'll be running five or six yards further than the other horses. But if he takes to the surface, he might just do it."
THE CUMANI DYNASTY | Luca, Francesca and Matt Cumani
Luca Cumani has been a racehorse trainer for over 40 years, winning some of racing's biggest races, but has now decided to call it a day.
With it he hands over the Cumani dynasty to son Matt and daughter Francesca, both of whom are making waves in the racing world.
We visited Luca at his home in Newmarket as well as catching up with Matt and Francesca in Australia to find out more about this incredible racing family.
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A RACING LEGEND RETIRES | Luca Cumani | Trending
A legendary trainer, Luca Cumani has finally called it a day. During his career he landed some of racing's biggest prizes, including The Derby (twice), King George, Japan Cup, Hong Kong Cup and Breeders' Cup Mile.
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Old Gold Racing Asks: Luca Cumani
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Legendary trainer Luca Cumani to end illustrious career after 43 years
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Luca Cumani interview
Luca Cumani, trainer of Ibicenco, discusses his chances of winning the Weatherbys Insurance Lonsdale Cup at York's Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival
Luca Cumani has been a racehorse trainer for over 40 years, winning some of racing's biggest races, but has now decided to call it a day.
With it he hands over...
Luca Cumani has been a racehorse trainer for over 40 years, winning some of racing's biggest races, but has now decided to call it a day.
With it he hands over the Cumani dynasty to son Matt and daughter Francesca, both of whom are making waves in the racing world.
We visited Luca at his home in Newmarket as well as catching up with Matt and Francesca in Australia to find out more about this incredible racing family.
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Luca Cumani has been a racehorse trainer for over 40 years, winning some of racing's biggest races, but has now decided to call it a day.
With it he hands over the Cumani dynasty to son Matt and daughter Francesca, both of whom are making waves in the racing world.
We visited Luca at his home in Newmarket as well as catching up with Matt and Francesca in Australia to find out more about this incredible racing family.
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A legendary trainer, Luca Cumani has finally called it a day. During his career he landed some of racing's biggest prizes, including The Derby (twice), King Geo...
A legendary trainer, Luca Cumani has finally called it a day. During his career he landed some of racing's biggest prizes, including The Derby (twice), King George, Japan Cup, Hong Kong Cup and Breeders' Cup Mile.
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Luca Cumani has been a racehorse trainer for over 40 years, winning some of racing's biggest races, but has now decided to call it a day.
With it he hands over the Cumani dynasty to son Matt and daughter Francesca, both of whom are making waves in the racing world.
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As the son of champion amateur jockey Elena and champion trainer Sergio Cumani, horseracing has always been in his blood. He followed in their footsteps, emulating first his mother and then his father. Realizing that Newmarket is the center of the racing world, Luca moved to England in his early twenties to work for ten-time champion trainer Henry Cecil.
It was not long before he started up his own training establishment at Bedford House. Within ten years he had 12 Group 1 winners in five different countries and the tally has now risen to 55 up until the present day. Not content with claiming the majority of the big domestic races, he has ventured far and wide with globetrotting champions such as Falbrav and Alkaased to win Group 1 races in Hong Kong and Japan, respectively.
Read more ... “I still have Adam,” he said ... Trainer Luca Cumani, who was winning his first King George after three near-misses, expressed sympathy for Kirby at having missed out on winning the British mid-summer showpiece ... ....
Horse racing pundit Francesca Cumani’s work in Britain led to her divorce from Australian polo star Rob Archibald, who remained Down Under... Rob has an eight-year-old son with Newmarket-born Francesca, 41, the daughter of trainer Luca Cumani.
It is almost two decades since Alkaased struck in Japan’s biggest race for Luca Cumani and Frankie Dettori, while the likes of Falbrav, Pilsudski, Singspiel and Jupiter Island had prevailed before him.
Singspiel’s jockey Frankie Dettori was also successful in 2002 on Falbrav, then still trained in Italy before his move to Luca Cumani, before Cumani and Dettori teamed up to win the 2005Japan Cup with Alkaased.
High Chaparral became the first dual winner of the Turf a year later at Santa Anita but had to share the spoils in a thriller with American colt Johar, the pair of them just a head in front of the Luca Cumani-trained Falbrav ... More from Sporting Life ... .
The young rider, who hails from County Tipperary, said ... The horse ran a really good race." ... She added ... The Londoner has only been to the seaside course once before – 25 years ago when he had a winner with Red Ballad, trained by Luca Cumani ... .
Shergar had been followed five years later by a second Derby winner trained by Stoute, Shahrastani, while Luca Cumani trained the Aga Khan’s third winner of that decade, Kahyasi in 1988, who carried ...
Only Adayar (2021) and Oath (1999) have won from that stall since starting stalls were introduced in 1967 ... Ambiente Friendly (Jockey ... By Frankel and bred by Luca Cumani, a two-time Derby winning trainer, he could easily come on for that last start ... .
Don't miss Mark Howard's York thoughts ... Bred by Luca Cumani’s Fittocks Stud, the son of Galileo hails from a family which improves with age and is a half-brother to Royal Ascot winner Kemari ... .
Is Frankie DettoriRiding At The Breeders’ Cup 2023? - originally posted on Sportslens.com ... He saddled Barathea to victory in the Mile for Luca Cumani in the colours of Sheikh Mohammed, and the rest is history ... 1 ... Available in ALL US STATES ... 2 ... 3 ... 4.
Breeders’ Cup BestJockeys 2023 ... 1 ... Available in ALL US STATES ... Heading into the Breeders’ Cup, Dettori has ridden 14 winners – with his first coming way back in 1994 on Barathea in the Breeders’ Cup Mile for trainer Luca Cumani.