Dylan Cunha
Taylor Made Farm-based freshman sire Knicks Go (Paynter) is responsible for two Stateside winners and dual Russian scorer Siradin and doubled his European tally, with a fourth winner overall, when Nick Bauer's Listed Chesham Stakes sixth Tailgunner Joe shed maiden status at the second attempt in Wednesday's Download The Raceday Ready App Restricted Maiden Stakes at Catterick. Recovering from a tardy start to race on the front end after the initial strides of this seven-furlong heat, the 11-8 favourite was rowed along rounding the home turn and kept on relentlessly...
At a record-breaking Keeneland September Sale, there were very few hidden gems throughout the two weeks of trade and buyers shopping at all levels had to dig deep to land any of the treasures they came to find. 31 different countries were represented on the Keeneland results sheets, but just like some domestic buyers, there were also international buyers that came away without signing a ticket. The way Newmarket-based trainer Dylan Cunha chooses to look at it, leaving empty handed just means you're landing on the right horses. "Our shortlist...
It's the time of year which most trainers must dread as they juggle spending time in their yards and at the races with attending yearling sales here, there and everywhere. One who will doubtless be patrolling the sales grounds of Doncaster and Baden-Baden this week with an extra pep in his step is Ralph Beckett. Marc Chan, one of Beckett's principal owners, had four runners in the past week and all four won. Even more remarkably, three of those victories came in stakes contests on the same day at three...
Newmarket may be known for its dominant stables that currently house headline names such as Baaeed (GB), Stradivarius (Ire) and Alpinista (GB), but the town is also home to a large number of smaller yards, and the newest trainer to join the town's ranks is Dylan Cunha. The South African is new to Britain but he is not new to training. In his home country he won the G1 Steinhoff International Summer Cup with Strategic News (Aus) (Strategic {Aus}) in 2007. To include him within our Local Heroes series is...