Swansdown heavily backed to give Luca Cumani winner with final runner

Swansdown, the final runner of Luca Cumani's glittering career, has been heavily backed to give the Newmarket trainer a winning send-off at Wolverhampton on Thursday.

Cumani bows out at the Midlands track after 43 years as a trainer and Swansdown, who lines up in the 1m1½f nursery (5.30), has been supported from an opening show of 4-1 down to 11-10 generally, with Coral going 10-11 about the daughter of Dubawi.

Cumani was not exactly bullish about Swansdown's chances when he spoke to the Racing Post on Wednesday, saying: "It’s difficult to really tell exactly what sort of chance Swansdown has got.

"It's her first run in a handicap and it looks an easier race than running those novices she ran in, but all we’ve learned about her up until this point is that she’s not good enough to win one of those."

However, punters have latched on to the juvenile being successful and provide Cumani with a 26th and final winner of 2018.

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