JAMES Cummings is expecting Gravina to return to his best in The Hunter at Newcastle after a poor first-up effort at Flemington.
Gravina didn’t fire a shot in the Rising Fast Stakes and finished last in a race he finished fifth in last year before he finished third in The Hunter.
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Cummings had made a gear change taking the blinkers off Gravina and placing visors on for this start.
Cummings said he had seen Gravina’s form yo-yo before.
“The thing in Gravina’s favour is he’s a horse who has turned his form around quickly in the past,” Cummings said.
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“I expected more of the horse and he disappointed me that day.”
“He went pretty poorly, but we made a little gear change and he just got squeezed coming out of the barriers and failed to chase hard.”
“He turned it around and produced a big effort for third in The Hunter at his next start.”
Cummings said Gravina had worked well during the week.
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“He did come off a sustained campaign last time in work, so we’re hoping to see him get back into form down in the weights.”
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