`TRAINING RECORD`           

                                                       `J.B. Cummings with his 12 Melbourne Cup trophys'

The 66 Group 1 races held each racing season are the pinnacle of thoroughbred racing in Australia.  From the premier race for two-year-olds, the Golden Slipper, to the elite sprint races, the Newmarket and the Lightning, to the three-year-old Classics, the Derby’s and Oaks, to the premier staying race the Melbourne Cup; a Group 1 race win is the aim of all trainers.   

The Group 1, 2, 3 and Listed status system only commenced in Australia in the mid 1970’s and therefore, in calculating the number of Group 1 winners trained by Bart Cummings, we have counted races which were considered to be Group 1 status at the time the race was won.    

`Six times Group 1 winner Leilani`  

Bart currently holds the record for the most number of Group 1 wins in a training season.  At the close of the 1974 -1975 racing season, Bart Cummings had trained the winners of 20 Group 1 races with ten different horses, such as Leilani, Cap d’Antibes, Think Big, Leica Show and Lord Dudley winning in five different states.   The races won include the Australian, Brisbane, Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, the Goodwood, Newmarket and Toorak Handicaps, WATC & QLD Derby’s, the VRC Oaks and the Flight and Mackinnon Stakes.  The variety of races won reflect the extensive training skills of the trainer.

         Trainer:                                 Group One Winners (as of 25/8/10)

12 Melbourne Cups

1965,  1966,  1967,  1974,  1975,  1977,  1979,  1990,  1991,  1996,  1999, 2008

Viewed - 2008 

32 Derbys

(10 SAJC,  8 WATC,  5 VRC,  5 AJC,  4 QTC,  1 TRC)

1958 - 2009

`Roman Emperor` - 2009 AJC Derby

24 Oaks

(9 VRC,  7 AJC,  6 SAJC,  1 QTC,  1 WATC)

1964 - 2009

`Faint Perfume` - VRC Oaks winner 2009

7 Caulfield Cups

1966, 1969, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1991, 2009

`Viewed` - 2009

4 Cox Plates

1973, 1996, 1997, 2009

So You Think - 2009  

       4 Golden Slippers

1966, 1973, 1976, 1979

`Tontonan` - 5 times Group 1 winner, including 1973 Golden Slipper

5 Doncaster Handicaps

1974, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1998

`Catalan Opening` - 1998

13 Australian Cups

1968, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2008

`Sirmione` - 2008

10 Mackinnon Stakes

1959,  1970,  1974,  1976,  1980,  1981,  1984,  1991,  1999,  2007

`Bounty Hawk` - 1984

8 Newmarket Handicaps

5 Caulfield Guineas

1966, 1974, 1996, 2005, 2006

1963, 1989, 1991, 1996, 2001

16 Sires Produce Stakes

(AJC x 2, QTC x 1, SAJC x 8, VRC x 5) 

1966-1993

7 Lightning Stakes

1967, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1991

5 Flight Stakes

1974, 1976, 1977, 1994, 1996

4 Champion Stakes

1974, 1981, 1987, 1989

4 Stradbroke Handicaps

1988, 1989, 1993, 1997

16 St Legers

(SAJC x 8, AJC x 1, VRC x 7)

1965-2005

                                                         1 Crown Guineas

2010

1 Storm Queen Stakes

2010

So far, Bart has trained 9 Champion Racehorses of the Year.  The Australian Racehorse of the Year awards only commenced in 1968/69 and we can safely assume that Bart would have many more awards considering the achievements of Light Fingers, Galilee and Storm Queen during the early 1960’s.

1972/73 - Dayana

(VRC, SAJC, WATC, WATC Australian Derby’s, WATC Perth Cup)

1973/74 - Taj Rossi

(MVRC Cox Plate, VRC Derby, VRC George Adams)

1974/75 - Leilani

(AJC Oaks, VATC Toorak Hcp, Caulfield Cup, CF Orr, VRC Mackinnon, Australian Cup)

1975/76 - Lord Dudley

(VATC Blue Diamond, VRC Sires Produce, Australian Cup, MVRC Manikato
Stakes, William Reid stakes)

1977/78 - Maybe Mahal

(VRC Craven Stakes, George Adams Hcp, Lightening Stakes, Newmarket
Hcp, BTC Doomben 10,000, AJC Doncaster)

1980/81 - Hyperno

(VRC Melbourne Cup, Australian Cup, VATC Caulfield Stakes, STC Rawson Stakes

1987/88 - Beau Zam

(AJC Spring Champion, STC Rawson Stakes-twice, STC Tancred Stakes, AJC Derby)

1991/92 - Let’s Elope

(VATC Caulfield Cup, CF Orr Stakes VRC Mackinnon Stakes, Melbourne Cup,
Australian Cup)

1996/97 - Saintly

(VRC Australian Cup, Melbourne Cup, MVRC Cox Plate, VATC CF Orr Stakes)

Bart Cummings Melbourne Cup runners :

Summary: 81 Runners, 12 Winners, 9 Placegetters

15% strike rate win

11% strike rate place

26% strike rate win/place

5 quinellas