It was the perfect start to James Cummings' time as Godolphin's Australian trainer on Saturday.
The 29-year-old spent the morning casting his eye over Golden Rose favourite Kementari before his first starter was a winner when Manicure lobbed home to open the meeting at Warwick Farm.
He admitted to springing out of bed for trackwork at Agnes Banks and experiencing a few nerves before coming to the races.
"It is the first day and you don't know what to expect. It is different but still the same, but of course I was nervous," Cummings said. Â "I got to see a horse like Kementari at the track this morning, which made it a little more real.
"He is certainly an impressive type and we have high hopes for him - [the] Golden Rose and Caulfield Guineas.
"Then to come here, and for Manicure to get the monkey off my back straight away was great. At least I won't have to answer the question, 'When are you going to get your first winner for Godolphin'.
"There is a long road ahead of us and I'm going to enjoy the journey, especially if it continues like this. But that is a win for the team."
Manicure continued Cummings' record of making winning starts to new chapters of his training life. On his first day in partnership with legendary grandfather Bart, they had a winner at Kembla Grange with Aliyana in August 2013. After his grandfather's death, The Special Two become his first winner in his own right at Canterbury in September 2015. Â
 He also recalled Hallowed Crown being his first winner for Sheikh Mohammed in the Hobartville Stakes, just after he took a share in the colt.
"It's an absolute honour to train for His Highness Sheikh Mohammed and for his first runner with me in his colours to be a winner is pretty special," Cummings said.
"The first runner I had that he was in the ownership with also won, Hallowed Crown [prior to the Hobartville Stakes], so it's a really nice way to start and the period ahead is going to be one I can really enjoy.
"I can focus on being a horse trainer and enjoy the processes and continue to learn and build with a really good team around me.
"Darren [Beadman]Â will be very pleased with that because he has got a lot of time for her.
"She was terribly unlucky on debut. She never got a crack at them and showed a lot of her class in her second start. She's a stylish filly and has trained on.
"It is important for our two-year-old to win those sort of races and I'm sure there is more in front of her."
It was back-to-back wins for Manicure, which grabbed Brook Magic in the final few strides to score under the urging of Corey Brown, who was pleased to be part of the team that supplied Cummings' first Godolphin winner.
Cummings become the fourth trainer Brown has won for in the Godolphin Blue after John O'Shea, Darren Beadman and Charlie Appleby, including group 1s on Polarisation in the Sydney Cup and Impending in the Stradbroke.
"James is a great trainer in his own right. He has some big shoes to fill but I'm sure he'll fill the role," Brown said.
"She is a lovely little horse and really doesn't know [what she is doing]Â yet. She is still very green and very floaty but she got the job done. Onwards and upwards. She is a really nice horse."
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