Tree Of Jesse Growing On Cummings Stable
- Friday, 24 April 2015 07:57
It is likely to be some time before Bart and James Cummings fill the void left by the retirement of dual Group One winner Hallowed Crown.
But the return of a promising filly at Randwick on Saturday might go some way towards helping the training partnership take its next step into the future.
It was announced on Thursday that Hallowed Crown had run his last race and would join the Darley stallion roster in the NSW Hunter Valley this breeding season.
The colt was among the best three-year-olds of his generation and a flagship horse for the stable.
Tree Of Jesse might never reach those heights but she has shown enough ability in three runs to have James Cummings looking forward to her next campaign.
The three-year-old is scheduled to resume in the First Australian Imperial Force Handicap on the Anzac Day program at Randwick with a view to the Scone and Brisbane carnivals if she performs to expectations.
"It's hard to ignore that she seems to have plenty of potential and I wouldn't mind giving her a chance to prove it," James Cummings said.
A winner on debut at Canterbury in December, Tree Of Jesse was placed in Saturday grade at her second start before a solid fifth to the promising Gold Seventy Seven at her only other run.
She will face a handy field headed by Godolphin's dual acceptor Sarajevo who has been scratched from the Gold Coast Guineas after drawing wide.
Cummings said his only reservation about running Tree Of Jesse on Saturday was the heavy Randwick track as the filly has never been tested in wet ground.
A final decision on a start will be made on race morning.
The stable will also have two runners at the Gold Coast including veteran Precedence in the Group Two Hollindale Stakes.
