Paris Match has provided a bright spot in a frustrating spring for the Anthony Cummings stable with a win on home turf at Randwick.
The gutsy mare has recovered from a virus which struck down many of her stablemates early in the season to win the 1200 metre benchmark 80 on Saturday.
Edward Cummings, son and foreman for his father Anthony, says the win sets up a Group Two Villiers Stakes start in December with an eye to the Doncaster Mile in the autumn.
“She, like many of the good horses in our stable, has succumbed to a bit of bad luck in terms of viruses or bugs,” Cummings said.
“She’ll go onwards and upwards from here.
“If she was to run well or win a race like the Villiers I think she’d be in a race like the Doncaster up to her ears.”
Jim Cassidy steered four-year-old Paris Match from the back of the field at the 400 metres to win by a neck from Peace Force.
“She’s built that way,” Cummings said. “She’s the sort of horse that tends to do best ridden back in the field, given a chance to settle and then bring one run at the end.”
The stable’s frustrating run continued when Spy Decoder was scratched from the Group One Emirates Stakes in Melbourne because of a high temperature.
