2025 Golden Slipper: Blake Shinn to ride Tempted for trainer James Cummings

Victoria’s top jockey Blake Shinn has the chance to secure back-to-back Golden Slippers when he teams up with Godolphin maestro James Cummings to ride top filly Tempted at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.

Champion Victorian jockey Blake Shinn (right) will attempt to win back-to-back Golden Slippers aboard the James Cummings-trained Tempted (left) on Saturday. He won last year's $5 million two-year-old feature aboard Lady Of Camelot. Pictures: Racing Photos, Getty Images

Godolphin maestro James Cummings has secured Melbourne’s champion jockey Blake Shinn to ride top filly Tempted in the $5 million Golden Slipper at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.

Cummings, who prepared a Golden Slipper quinella with Kiamichi and Microphone in 2019, confirmed Shinn as the new rider of Tempted, the impressive last start Reisling Stakes winner and $6 second favourite for the world’s richest two-year-old race.

Shinn, the only jockey to win premierships in Sydney and Melbourne and the leader of both the Melbourne and Australian premierships this season, replaces James McDonald who is on Wodeton, the long-time race favourite at $4.50.

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Shinn is aiming to defend the Golden Slipper crown he won last year aboard the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Lady Of Camelot. He also won the race in 2016 with Capitalist for trainers Peter and Paul Snowden.

Cummings is hopeful of getting three into the Golden Slipper with Silver Slipper winner Beiwacht a confirmed starter and stablemate Aleppo Pine on the fringe of getting into the elite 16-horse field.

Tempted wins the Reisling Stakes in fantastic fashion for @JamesCummings88! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/GOmVIuwBPP

— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) March 8, 2025

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The Godolphin stable has strong chances in four of the five Group 1 races on Saturday including their superstar colt Broadsiding in the $750,000 Rosehill Guineas (2000m).

Broadsiding, the $2 favourite for the three-year-old classic, won the Hobartville Stakes first-up easily then just failed to reel in Linebacker in the Randwick Guineas.

Cummings said Broadsiding had trained on well and would get his chance to record the fourth Group 1 win of his career.

Linebacker has WON the G1 Randwick Guineas for @JohnOSheaRacing! 🏆@ZacLloydx with a flawless performance to land Linebacker his first G1! pic.twitter.com/NnkGgo7cEr

— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) March 8, 2025

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Tom Kitten, the last start Group 1 All-Star Mile winner, is nominated for the $1 million George Ryder Stakes (1500m) although Cummings has the option of waiting a week for the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington.

Commemorative is back in winning form after taking out the Group 3 Wenona Girl Stakes and will take her place in the $1 million The Galaxy (1100m), a race Cummings won 12 months ago with Zapateo.

Originally published as 2025 Golden Slipper: Blake Shinn to ride Tempted for trainer James Cummings