Cumani To Train In Australia

Matt Cumani, son of prominent Newmarket trainer Luca Cumani, is set to take out his training license in Australia in January, according to Racing Post. The 34-year-old Cumani has spent stints with his father as well as trainer Todd Pletcher in the U.S., and he spent the last year working as a foreman for Chris Waller in Sydney. Cumani revealed that he will start out at the Ballarat Turf Club in Victoria.

“It’s an up-and-coming training center with state-of-the-art facilities,” Cumani told the trade daily. “I have 20 boxes to fill and hope to get some syndicates going. It will also act as a satellite yard for some of my father’s horses that want to race out here.”

Luca Cumani added, “It’s very exciting that Matt is to take out his licence in Australia, where there is great racing and great enthusiasm for racing. He learned the ropes in America and then back here with us and he has got a real feel for Australia, where the locals are very passionate about the sport. It’s great that he’s now going it alone and the yard will be a useful outpost for us with the possibility of horses going either way.”