Byline: DAVE MITCHELL
TRACK specialist Luca Cumani struck immediately as Glorious Goodwood got under way.
Kuster gave the trainer his 25th career victory at the big summer meeting with a hard-fought win in the opening Bet Direct Summer Stakes.
Jamie Spencer forced the 6-1 shot through a narrow gap between Pat Eddery's mount Parisien Star and Frankie Dettori on 11-2 favourite Prairie Wolf inside the final furlong to lift the pounds 350,000 event by a length and a quarter and a head.
But Cumani himself was not present to greet the winner.'He said the horse doesn't run well when he comes, so if he stayed at home it would win!' Spencer said.
Meanwhile, Bishops Court should not be deserted despite failing to justify favouritism in the King George Stakes.
Lynda Ramsden's charge was continually checked on the rails and by the time Robert Winston had extricated him from his position at the rear of the pack the leaders had well and truly flown.
Pushed out to finish fourth of the 15 runners, he barely knew he'd had a race and connections will be looking for a similar event to run him in.
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SPECIALIST: Trainer Luca Cumani
