placed horses in the Melbourne Cup. In all, Cummings won twelve Melbourne Cups with eleven horses: Light Fingers (1965) Galilee (1966) Red Handed (1967) Think Big (1974 & 1975) Gold and Black (1977) Hyperno (1979) Kingston Rule (1990) Let's Elope (1991) Saintly (1996) Rogan Josh (1999) Viewed (2008) In February 2016 the Victoria Racing Club unveiled a precinct in honour of Cummings at Flemington Racecourse to be named Saintly Place. The chairman said, We’re extremely pleased that Bart endorsed this initiative, which importantly is in general admission and accessible to all,...Bart has generously bequeathed a collection of his trophies for public display at Flemington, and in time Saintly Place will become a permanent trackside museum dedicated to the Cups King. The large collection includes Saintly’s Melbourne Cup and Bart’s 12 Melbourne Cup trainer’s trophies, as well as Caulfield Cups and Cox Plates. Personal life and death Born in the Adelaide suburb of Glenelg he attended the Marist Brothers' Sacred Heart College in Adelaide in the beachside suburb of Somerton Park. He left school at 14. Cummings met Valmae "Val" (died 12 January 2017) at a church social in Adelaide and they married in 1954. Like his parents Cummings was a practising Catholic and their faith played an important role in their lives He had five children, daughters Sharon (now Robinson), Anne-Marie (now Casey), and Margaret and sons John (deceased 2011) and Anthony. His son Anthony and grandson James (who Bart made a partner in 2011) are also trainers, while second grandson Edward was a stable foreman with Anthony. but has now been approved to train in partnership with Anthony. Cummings authored a book Bart: My life which was published in 2009. Cummings died on 30 August 2015 in Prince's Farm in Castlereagh NSW, two days after he and wife Valmae celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary. He was 87. His family accepted an offer by the Premier of New South Wales, Mike Baird, of a state funeral, which took place on 7 September at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, on College Street, and was televised on Sky Thoroughbred Central, 7Two, ABC and Nine Network Australia from 10AM AEST. Will dispute On 28 October 2016 a dispute over Cummings will was heard in the New South Wales Supreme Court. The dispute was between Anthony with his sister Margaret who wanted the $30 million estate to be settled as per Cummings will. They have