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Matt Cumani shoots for another Pakenham Cup win with Future Score and Nobel Heights

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Matt Cumani won the 2019 Pakenham Cup with Etah James. He also won it last year with Team Captain. Future Score and Nobel Heights are his two runners in Saturday's $300,000 feature. Fred Kersley will ride Future score, Declan Bates will be aboard Nobel heights. The Pokenham is the last of the rich country Cups run in Victoria this year. It's a big money race. The winner is announced on Saturday. There are two horses in the race: Futurescore and Noble Heights. They are both trained by Cumana. Next year's winner will probably be Future scored.

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