WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT BART:

* "He was revered by Australians of every sort. From the cabbies who drove him to Randwick and Flemington to leaders of government and industry, even the Queen." Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher

* "It was from his home on the banks of the Nepean River, filled with the scent of nearby gum trees and his prized horses resting nearby, that Bart finished his race of a lifetime." Father Adrian Meaney

* "It doesn't help if they can't gallop." Bart Cummings on the annual blessing of his stables, as told by Archbishop Fisher

* "I was always in awe of my father as people came to him for advice. Common sense, he said, was something that wasn't very common." Anthony Cummings

* "One of his favourite sayings was that there's no such word as no. Find a way. Most importantly, never give up." Anthony Cummings

* "Bart loved and adored his children but sometimes found it hard to express this." Friend and business associate Malcolm Wuttke

* "I remember first riding for him when he had four or five horses." JJ Miller, who rode Galilee to victory in the 1966 Melbourne Cup

"He possessed an innate ability to understand horses as well those immediately associated with the horses." Father Adrian Meaney