THE LIFE OF BART CUMMINGS

NAME: James Bartholomew Cummings

Born: Nov 14, 1927 in Adelaide

Began training in July 1953

AWARDS: AO 1982, Member Sport Australia Hall of Fame 1991, Sportsman of the year ABC 1975,

Bart was an inaugural inductee to the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2001 along with his arch-rivals Colin Hayes and TJ Smith. In 2008 Cummings joined Phar Lap as a Hall of Fame Legend

Group One winners: 266

Stakes victories 758

MELBOURNE CUP WINS

1965 - Light Fingers

1966 - Galilee

1967 - Red Handed

1974 - Think Big.

1975 - Think Big

1977 - Gold And Black

1979 - Hyperno

1990 - Kingston Rule

1991 - Let's Elope

1996 - Saintly

1999 - Rogan Josh

2008 - Viewed

HIS NOTED ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE:

* The first trainer in the Commonwealth to pass $1 million prize money in a season (1973-74).

*When he won the 1989-90 Sydney premiership he became the first trainer to have won premierships in three states - NSW, Victoria and South Australia.