Bart Cummings
| Bart Cummings | |
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| Occupation | Horse trainer Thoroughbred horse owner and breeder |
| Born |
14 November 1927 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Died | 30 August 2015 (aged 87) Sydney, New South Wales |
| Career wins | 12x Melbourne Cup |
| Racing awards | |
| 12x Melbourne Cup | |
| Honours | |
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Order of Australia Sport Australia Hall of Fame Australian Racing Hall of Fame Image on Australian Post Postage stamp> Former Australian National Treasure |
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| Significant horses | |
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Light Fingers Galilee Red Handed Think Big Gold and Black Hyperno Kingston Rule Let's Elope Saintly Rogan Josh Viewed So You Think |
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James Bartholomew "Bart" Cummings AM (14 November 1927 – 30 August 2015), also known by his initials J. B. Cummings, was one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers. He was known as the "Cups King", referring to the Melbourne Cup, as he won 'the race that stops a nation' a record twelve times. During his lifetime Cummings was considered an Australian cultural icon and an Australian National Living Treasure.
Cummings was born in 1927, in Adelaide, South Australia, the son of the accomplished Irish-born trainer Jim Cummings, who trained the great stayer Comic Court to a win in the 1950 Melbourne Cup. Bart started his career working for his father as a strapper, despite being allergic to horses and hay. Cummings had an older brother, Pat, and said of his father; "I had the best of teachers. My dad had a lot of experience behind him and I picked up from him by watching, listening, and keeping my mouth shut".
Cummings received his trainer licence in 1953, and set up stables at Glenelg in South Australia. His first significant win came in 1958, when he won the South Australian Derby, his first Group 1 win.
Cummings had a record total of 89 runners in the Melbourne Cup starting in 1958 with Asian Court who finished twelfth. His next entrant was Trellios who fronted up in 1959 and finished fifth. In 1960, Sometime finished in sixth place. It wasn't until 1965 that, with three runners in the Melbourne Cup, Cummings finished first with Light Fingers and second with Ziema, with his other runner, The Dip, finished eighteenth.
Cummings won his first Trainer's Premiership in the 1965–1966 season. Not only did he achieve his first Melbourne Cup victory that year, but he also won the Adelaide, Caulfield, Sandown, Sydney, Brisbane and Queen's cups.
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