Rising star Libertini heads up the nominations for the 2019 Group 1 $500,000 Darley Flight Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on October 5.
Libertini, above, is among the nominations for the 2019 Flight Stakes at Randwick. Photo by Steve Hart.
The Anthony Cummings trained Libertini is the winner of four of her five race starts and is one of sixty-eight fillies nominated for the Group 1 over the famous Randwick mile course.
Libertini has taken all before her with two wins from two starts at Randwick this preparation with victories in the Group 2 $200,000 Darley Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) on August 24 and in the Group 2 $200,000 Darley Furious Stakes (1200m) last Saturday.
The Silver Shadow Stakes and the Furious Stakes were the first two legs of the Darley Princess Series which also includes the Group 2 $200,000 Darley Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on September 21 with the Flight Stakes being the fourth and final leg.
“We’ve won the second leg of the Princess Series. I think the way the races have played out today it favoured horses on speed,” Cummings said after Libertini’s narrow win in the Furious Stakes.
“We’ll go to that race (Tea Rose) to give us a guide.”
Cummings has also nominated maiden filly Perfect Impression for the Flight Stakes while his son, James Cummings, has entered six fillies from his Godolphin stable.
Trainer Tony McEvoy is giving himself every chance to win back to back Flight Stakes after taking the major prize last year with Oohood and has nominated thirteen fillies under the stable’s new banner of Tony and Calvin McEvoy.
Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller is light on number for the Flight Stakes and only has four fillies nominated for the Group 1, Funstar, Living Rocks, Maddi Rocks and Subpoenaed.
Funstar showed plenty of potential during her two year old year with two wins from two starts and resumed last Saturday for a second in a 1300m BenchMark 72 Handicap at Randwick while Subpoenaed made it two wins from three starts with a first up victory in a mid-week 1300m BenchMark 70 Handicap on the Kensington track at Randwick on September 4.
Nominations for the 2019 Flight Stakes (1600m)
| # | Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 711 | ACTING (NZ) | F | 3 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | – |
| 2 | 76×22 | ASPECT RATIO | F | 3 | John Sargent | – |
| 3 | 62×11 | ATEN | F | 3 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | – |
| 4 | 1x34334x55 | ATHIRI | F | 3 | James Cummings | 76 |
| 5 | 2254×4416 | AVON RIVER | F | 3 | James Cummings | 65 |
| 6 | 24x | BALAABEL | F | 3 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | – |
| 7 | 1×1 | BEAUTY BOLT | F | 3 | Grahame Begg | – |
| 8 | 28×7 | BRIGHT RUBICK | F | 3 | Bjorn Baker | – |
| 9 | 521×2 | CELESTIAL FALLS | F | 3 | Mark Newnham | 67 |
| 10 | 2×16 | DARLING POINT | F | 3 | Brad Widdup | 62 |
| 11 | 0x213 | EMERALDS | F | 3 | John Sargent | 62 |
| 12 | 7×612 | EXCELIDA | F | 3 | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | – |
| 13 | 153 | EXCUSED | F | 3 | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | – |
| 14 | 345×1 | FASCINO (NZ) | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | – |
| 15 | 312×2 | FLIT | F | 3 | James Cummings | 85 |
| 16 | 4232×6 | FOXBOROUGH | F | 3 | John Sargent | – |
| 17 | 11×2 | FUNSTAR | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 74 |
| 18 | 3110x84x33 | GIRLS ARE READY | F | 3 | Joe Cleary | – |
| 19 | 15×0 | HILLS | F | 3 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | – |
| 20 | 3x5x171 | I AM ELOQUENT | F | 3 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | – |
| 21 | 6255x | JUST ZERENE | F | 3 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | – |
| 22 | 1×1 | KALI (NZ) | F | 3 | Tony Pike | – |
| 23 | 11×3 | KOOWEERUP | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | – |
| 24 | 323116×2 | LA TENE | F | 3 | James Cummings | – |
| 25 | 8×110 | LADY APPLETON | F | 3 | Barry Baldwin | – |
| 26 | 1322 | LADY LOIRE | F | 3 | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | – |
| 27 | 3 | LADYLOVESTOGAMBLE | F | 3 | Clare Cunningham | – |
| 28 | 9×15 | LAKIA | F | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 66 |
| 29 | 3×233 | LET IT POUR | F | 3 | Bjorn Baker | – |
| 30 | 211×11 | LIBERTINI | F | 3 | Anthony Cummings | – |
| 31 | 218 | LIVING ROCKS | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 62 |
| 32 | 71×3 | LOIRE (NZ) | F | 3 | Tony Pike | – |
| 33 | 2 | LUNAKORN | F | 3 | Anthony Freedman | – |
| 34 | 51113×4 | LYRE | F | 3 | Anthony Freedman | – |
| 35 | 21×26 | MADDI ROCKS | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 68 |
| 36 | 2123 | MARNDARRA | F | 3 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | – |
| 37 | 11×5 | MEUSE | F | 3 | Anthony Freedman | – |
| 38 | 11×5 | MISSILE MANTRA | F | 3 | Peter & Paul Snowden | – |
| 39 | 0x64411 | MY SWEET FISH | F | 3 | John Sargent | 64 |
| 40 | 566x2212x | ORIENTAL LILY | F | 3 | Peter & Paul Snowden | – |
| 41 | 35×3 | OUR GIRL SNITI | F | 3 | Ron Quinton | – |
| 42 | 4 | PARCHE | F | 3 | Gary Portelli | – |
| 43 | 0x8 | PERFECT IMPRESSION | F | 3 | Anthony Cummings | – |
| 44 | 1x105x38 | PIN SEC | F | 3 | James Cummings | – |
| 45 | 1×5 | POINT OF INTEREST | F | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 60 |
| 46 | 245×168 | PRETTY BRAZEN | F | 3 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | 65 |
| 47 | 211165×4 | PROBABEEL (NZ) | F | 3 | Jamie Richards | 88 |
| 48 | 4×2 | RAPTURES | F | 3 | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | – |
| 49 | 41x | READY SET SAIL | F | 3 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | – |
| 50 | 2x | SANDSATION | F | 3 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | – |
| 51 | 138431x | SHE SHAO FLY | F | 3 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | – |
| 52 | 93×4 | SHINING EAGLE | F | 3 | John Sargent | 55 |
| 53 | 14 | SILENT SOVEREIGN | F | 3 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | – |
| 54 | 21 | SNAPDANCER | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 62 |
| 55 | 21 | SOCIAL ORDER (NZ) | F | 3 | Billy Healey | – |
| 56 | 7×1 | SOUTHBANK | F | 3 | Anthony Freedman | – |
| 57 | 15x | SPLENDORONTHEGRASS | F | 3 | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | – |
| 58 | 369×6 | ST COVET’S SPIRIT | F | 3 | Jason Coyle | – |
| 59 | 0x83 | STICK ’EM UP | F | 3 | John Sargent | – |
| 60 | 1×21 | SUBPOENAED (NZ) | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 70 |
| 61 | 1x1100x5 | TENLEY | F | 3 | James Cummings | 89 |
| 62 | 95x | THE NATURAL | F | 3 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | – |
| 63 | 31×3 | TRAGIC | F | 3 | Anthony Freedman | – |
| 64 | 183×42 | VILLAMI | F | 3 | Gerald Ryan | – |
| 65 | 8×1117 | WESTPORT | F | 3 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | – |
| 66 | 3 | WRITTEN IN ROSES | F | 3 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | – |
| 67 | 13x | XILONG | F | 3 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | – |
| 68 | 818x | YOU HADME AT HELLO | F | 3 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | – |
