Cumani’S Last Runner Finishes Second

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Trainer Luca Cumani's final runner has finished second on a race at .

Cumani announced last month he had decided to call it a day after 43 years at House Stables in .

He confirmed earlier this week that Swansdown, carrying the colours of his family's Fittocks Stud, would be the last horse he would saddle as a trainer and the youngster was the heavily backed 6-5 favourite on Thursday (Friday AEDT).

Swansdown settled back but got rolling in the straight and in the end was beaten just three-quarters of a length.

“It's a shame we didn't manage to go out on a winner, but it was only a little race and the important thing is that we managed to have a Group One winner in our final year (God Given),” Cumani told Press Association Sport.”

With Bedford House due to be sold early next year, Cumani and his wife Sara will move across Newmarket to live and work at Fittocks Stud.

Cumani admitted it might take him a while to adjust.

“I'm lucky that I've got another job to go to and something else to focus on,” he said.

“We're going to Australia in January, so we'll move after that.”

Cumani came close to winning with Purple Moon second to in 2007 and Bauer also second, in the closest of photo-finishes, to Viewed in 2008.

His son Matt is a trainer at in .

Cumani's countless big-race winners include two in the , Kahyasi (1988) and High-Rise (1998).

He also tasted British Classic success in the 1984 with Commanche Run, while Barathea was a Cumani star in the 1990s, winning the Irish 2,000 Guineas, the and the Breeders' Cup Mile.

In more recent years, Cumani trained the popular Falbrav to win five Group One races, including the Eclipse, International and QEII.

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