Bart Cummings first experienced the thrill of a Melbourne Cup win at 23 years of age when he strapped the home-bred Comic Court for his father Jim Cummings in 1950. His training feat to date of 12 Melbourne Cup winners and 5 quinellas has earned him the title of “ Cups King ”.
Bart established stables at Flemington, now known as Saintly Place, in 1968, which are still his Melbourne headquarters today, and set up stables at Randwick, now known as Leilani Lodge, in 1975, from which he manages his training and spelling operations.
Bart is still actively training from his Randwick and Flemington stables and regularly attends the annual yearling auctions looking for his next champion. With his consistent selection and training techniques, there is no reason the “Cups King” cannot add more trophies to his owners cabinets.