Proven Oaks blueprint in place for Honeycreeper

Godolphin coach James Cummings is emulating what his brother Edward did past year as he chases victory in Saturday week’s $700,000 Queensland Oaks at Eagle Farm.

Twelve months back, Edward Cummings created his star galloper Duais to rating an emphatic get in Queensland’s premier fillies’ staying contest and older brother James is chasing this year’s renewal with Honeycreeper which went by way of her paces in a 1030 Rosehill demo final Friday.

With Hugh Bowman in the saddle, Honeycreeper was carrying out her very best work late, closing to within just 2-1/2 lengths late in a heat received by the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-experienced Mr Trusted.

Click on Listed here: Indicator-UP FOR A RACENET IQ MEMBERSHIP FOR ONLY $4.99

“She trialled up sweetly,” Cummings explained. “We’ve intentionally kept her fresh new for the (Queensland) Oaks.

“I like the way she’s been going about her perform.”

Honeycreeper’s trainer James Cummings. Picture: Mark Evans–Getty Illustrations or photos.

In 2021, Edward Cummings gained the Queensland Oaks with Duais, which hadn’t raced considering the fact that finishing 2nd in the Australian Oaks.

Honeycreeper’s lead-up to the Queensland attribute is also similar acquiring gained the Group 3 Adrian Knox Stakes prior to her defeat in the Australian Oaks and a subsequent trial foremost into her Eagle Farm assignment.

“It’s the Myrtle Home blueprint, the Edward Cummings blueprint,” James Cummings explained. “It tends to make a ton of sense.

“You deal with each horse as they come together and in the scenario of my filly Honeycreeper, I have travelled her thoroughly in one campaign.

“It’s not her first prep, it is not her very first rodeo but I’ve travelled her thoroughly.

“This will be the fourth point out of this excellent nation she’ll have observed this yr.

“She’ll have nearly observed a lot more states than Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese noticed through the election marketing campaign.

“As a end result of her travels, I’ve meant to carry her to the Oaks fresh new, like she was going into the Adrian Knox.”