Anthony Cummings has found an ideal Sydney target for Turffontein in Saturday's Canterbury Stakes but the dual Group One winner is no certainty to run.Since being injured in the Telegraph Handicap in New Zealand last year, the five-year-old is carefully managed by Cummings who won't run him on firm ground.The Randwick trainer confirmed he would be keeping a close eye on the Sydney weather and Rosehill track conditions before deciding whether Turffontein would take his place."The sun is shining n

Anthony Cummings has found an ideal Sydney target for Turffontein in Saturday's Canterbury Stakes but the dual Group One winner is no certainty to run.

Since being injured in the Telegraph Handicap in New Zealand last year, the five-year-old is carefully managed by Cummings who won't run him on firm ground.

The Randwick trainer confirmed he would be keeping a close eye on the Sydney weather and Rosehill track conditions before deciding whether Turffontein would take his place.

"The sun is shining now which is good for most horses but not great for him," Cummings said.

"I'll monitor that and make a decision on race day.

"But he's in good form and it's the right race for him at the right time."

Turffontein has raced sparingly in Sydney as an older horse with Cummings preferring to chase the superior prizemoney on offer in Victoria's big sprint races.

It has proved a profitable option with the entire claiming the Group One double of the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes last spring and William Reid Stakes in February, taking his stakes earnings to more than $1.2 million.

With the major carnival races in Melbourne now over, Cummings has brought Turffontein back home and is weighing up a number of options.

If he does run in the Canterbury Stakes (1300m) he will step up to 1500 metres in the George Ryder Stakes a fortnight later.

Otherwise, Cummings will switch him back to shorter distances.

"He will probably come back to the TJ Smith and All-Aged if he misses out on Saturday," Cummings said.

The TJ Smith (1200m) is at Randwick on April 10 with the All-Aged Stakes (1400m) on the final day of the carnival, April 24.

There were nine acceptors for the Canterbury Stakes including Stradbroke Handicap winner Black Piranha, popular mare Hot Danish and promising three-year-old Demerit.