We are expecting Book of Kells to prove one of our most exciting representatives in the coming spring and he will have his first pipe opener at Warwick Farm on Friday (15th August).
James
Bartholomew
Cummings
was
born
and
raised
in
Adelaide,
working
for
his
father
at
the
Adelaide
stables
after
completing
high
school
at
Marist
Brothers,
Sacred
Heart
College.
He
took
out
his
own
training
licence
in
1953,
utilising
his
father’s
stables.
He
won
his
first
Group
1
with
Stormy
Passage
in
the
SAJC
Derby
in
1958
and
has
gone
on
to
train
stakes
winners
every
year
for
47
years
since.
God`s
Own`s
win
in
the
2005
Group
1
Caulfield
Guineas
saw
the stakes
winners
total
reach
678,
including
245
Group
1
winners.
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.
