, ▁Br is b ane ▁and ▁Queen ' s ▁cu ps . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁C umm ings ▁opened ▁st ables , ▁now ▁called ▁Saint ly ▁L odge , ▁at ▁F lem ington ▁in ▁Melbourne , ▁home ▁of ▁the ▁F lem ington ▁Race course . ▁Later ▁that ▁year , ▁he ▁won ▁the ▁Tra iner ' s ▁Prem iers hip ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁five . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁the ▁favour ite ▁for ▁the ▁Melbourne ▁Cup ▁was ▁C umm ings ' ▁horse ▁Big ▁Phil ou , ▁which ▁had ▁already ▁won ▁the ▁Ca ul field ▁Cup . ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁horse ▁was ▁dru gg ed ▁ill ic it ly ▁with ▁a ▁large ▁do se ▁of ▁la x ative ▁the ▁morning ▁of ▁the ▁race ▁and ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁comp ete . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁he ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁tra iner ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁Commonwealth ▁to ▁train ▁horses ▁who ▁won ▁$ 1 ▁million ▁in ▁prize ▁money . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁C umm ings ▁moved ▁his ▁operations ▁to ▁a ▁new ▁facility ▁near ▁Rand wick ▁Race course ▁in ▁Sydney , ▁called ▁' Le il ani ▁L odge '. ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁C umm ings ▁spent ▁millions ▁of ▁dollars ▁purch asing ▁race h ors es , ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁money ▁spent ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁a ▁tax ▁minim isation ▁synd icate . ▁Unfortunately , ▁like ▁many ▁other ▁train ers ▁C umm ings ▁was