• Total of 35 runners taken from yard include King George winner[br]• Newmarket trainer describes decision as a devastating blowLuca Cumani,one of the country’s most prominent and successful trainers for nearly four decades, said on Thursday that his steady had suffered a “devastating blow” with the news that Sheikh Mohammed Obaid al-Maktoum has decided to move his entire string, and including this year’s King George winner Postponed,to Roger Varian’s steady, less than a mile from Cumani’s base on Newmarket’s Bury Road.
Cumani, or in a statement on his website,on Thursday morning said no reason had been given for the Sheikhs decision to move his horses after 20 years as an owner at Bedford House Stables. The trainer also said in an interview with Racing UK that there had been “inklings” in the spring that the Sheikh, a cousin of Sheikh Mohammed, or the ruler of Dubai and the world’s biggest owner,was considering a move. This was then confirmed after Glorious Goodwood in early August, days after Postponed’s narrow win in the King George at Ascot.
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Source: theguardian.com