| James Bart’ Bartholomew Cummings was born | | | | - 1966: Galilee |
| and raised in Adelaide on 14 November 1927. After his | | | | - 1967: Red Handed |
| high school completion young Bart’, aptly named | | | | - 1974: Think Big |
| The Cup King in later years worked for his father at | | | | - 1975: Think Big |
| the Adelaide Horse stables. He loved the racing | | | | - 1977: Gold and Black |
| industry so much that in 1953 he took out his own | | | | - 1979: Hyperno |
| training licence. His first Derby was won in 1958 with | | | | - 1990: Kingston Rule |
| Stormy Passage. In the 51 years since Bart’ has | | | | - 1991: Let’s Elope |
| continued to train stakes winners every single year. | | | | - 1996: Saintly |
| Why Bart’ is known as the Cups King: | | | | - 1999: Rogan Josh |
| At the young age of 23 Bart’ first experienced the | | | | - 2008: Viewed |
| excitement and thrill of winning a Melbourne Cup. That | | | | Bart’ and Blake Shinn: |
| was back in 1950 with the home-bred Comic Court. To | | | | Blake Shinn the jockey and Bart’ attracted a |
| date Bart’ success has seen him take out 12 Cup | | | | special kind of attention when Blake rode Viewed over |
| wins and many wonder if he can do it again in the | | | | the finish line at the 2008 Melbourne Cup in front of |
| Melbourne Cup 2009. One thing is clear, Bart | | | | English horse Bauer by a split second. The resulting |
| Cummings is the Cups King due to his incredible | | | | roar in the crowd spoke volumes about the tension |
| success rate of winning the Melbourne Cup 12 times | | | | we all felt at the close-call win. |
| as well as getting 5 quinellas to boost. | | | | It was one of the highlights of Melbourne Cup history |
| In 1968 Bart’ established his own stables at | | | | and once again put Bart Cummings’ name into the |
| Flemington. Saintly Place, as they are known are still his | | | | eyes and mouths of the Australian public. We are |
| Melbourne headquarters today. He manages his | | | | certainly waiting in anticipation what the Melbourne Cup |
| spelling and training operations from Leilani Lodge, his | | | | 2009 will bring. |
| Randwick stables set up in 1975. | | | | Bart’s future in horse racing: |
| Bart’s winning Melbourne Cup horses: | | | | According to news reports in Australian papers |
| Despite his incredible success as horse trainer Bart | | | | Bart’ is confident about his future in Australian |
| wouldn’t be the man he is without the true stars of | | | | horse racing. His confidence reaches to include Roman |
| the show – the thoroughbred horses responsible for | | | | Emperor as a potential winner of this year’s |
| his Cup wins. He won the Melbourne Cup in the | | | | Melbourne Cup. Only time will tell if Bart’s hunch is |
| following years with these champion horses: | | | | going to be proven true or not and all we can do is sit |
| - 1965: Light Fingers | | | | back, watch and bet on the winning horse. |