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The Bart Cummings is a Group 3 race held at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse in early October over the Spring Racing Carnival.

The Bart Cummings is run under quality handicap conditions and is open to horses of all ages and sexes. Contested over 2510m. The Bart Cummings provides a valuable opportunity for local stayers to test their mettle over distances greater than 2400m. Because the race is a key lead-up to the Melbourne Cup, it is now named in honour of the twelve-time Melbourne Cup winning trainer, Bart Cummings.

The Bart Cummings winner is exempt from ballot for the Group 1 $8 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) held over the two miles back at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November and the double was last completed by Almandin (2016).

More recently in 2019, The Bart Cummings winner Surprise Baby ran an eye-catching fifth in the Melbourne Cup results that spring and was immediately installed as the all-in favourite for the 2020 Melbourne Cup.

The next year, Persan did the same backing up from his The Bart Cummings victory to run a credible fifth to Twilight Payment in the Melbourne Cup 2020.

The Bart Cummings is held on Turnbull Stakes Day that is headlined by the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m), Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m), the Group 2 Gilgai Stakes (1200m), the Group 2 Blazer Stakes (1400m).

The Bart Cummings ran on Saturday October 2, 2021 and was won by Grand Promenade. 

The Bart Cummings 2021
Date:	Saturday October 2, 2021
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	2510m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$750,000

2021 The Bart Cummings Results

• 1st: #11 Grand Promendade
• 2nd: #13 Tralee Rose
• 3rd: #6 Master Of Wine

Click here to read more on the 2021 The Bart Cummings win by Melbourne Cup-bound Grand Promenade.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	11	GRAND PROMENADE (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen		6	55kg		$5.50
	2	13	TRALEE ROSE (NZ)	Symon Wilde	Dean Holland	1.25L	16	54kg		$7.50
	3	6	MASTER OF WINE (GER)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Fred Kersley	1.55L	7	56.5kg		$51
	4	1	SELINO (GB)	Chris Waller	Damian Lane	2.05L	4	58kg		$81
	5	4	PONDUS (GB)	Robert Hickmott	Brett Prebble	2.55L	1	57kg		$5.50
	6	12	REALM OF FLOWERS	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damien Thornton	2.75L	15	54.5kg		$21
	7	15	THE GOOD FIGHT (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Zac Spain	3.5L	5	54kg		$51
	8	14	MOSH MUSIC	Archie Alexander	Declan Bates	4.75L	11	54kg		$51
	9	9	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Daniel Moor	5.5L	3	55.5kg		$41
	10	2	DAWN PATROL (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Jye McNeil	6.25L	13	57kg		$17
	11	3	KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Michael Dee	9L	12	57kg		$17
	12	5	AMADE (IRE)	Phillip Stokes	Ben Allen	10.25L	9	56.5kg		$13
	13	17e	LONG ARM (IRE)	Peter Gelagotis	Craig Newitt	12.25L	2	54kg		$26
	14	10	SHERAZ (FR)	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver	12.75L	8	55.5kg		$4.40F
	15	16	SWEET THOMAS (GER)	Matthew Smith	Dean Yendall	13.5L	14	54kg		$101
	16	8	PORT GUILLAUME (FR)	Ben & JD Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	13.9L	10	56kg		$19
		19e	HASTA LA WAR	Sue Murphy	Ms Linda Meech		0
		20e	KILLOURNEY (IRE)	Paul Preusker			0
		7	DASHING WILLOUGHBY (GB)	Chris Waller	Luke Nolen		0
		18e	ZEYREK (FR)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Will Price (a)		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 The Bart Cummings Odds

The season’s latest The Bart Cummings 2021 racing odds and Flemington betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the potential Melbourne Cup horses will be provided below the week of the race.

2021 The Bart Cummings Field

The Bart Cummings field tends to attract fairly top quality stayers. Because it is one of the earliest staying events in the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, some genuine Melbourne Cup contenders enter The Bart Cummings field. Other horses who are targeting later major staying events will seek entry into The Bart Cummings field in order to get as much fitness as possible over longer distances.

Good lead-up races into The Bart Cummings field include the Listed JRA Trophy (2500m) in mid-September and Caulfield’s Group 3 Naturalism Stakes (2000m).

The 2021 The Bart Cummings field & barriers will be released on the Wednesday leading-up to race day and published in full below.

A full line-up of Melbourne Cup hopefuls do battle in The Bart Cummings 2021 field this weekend led in betting by dour stayer Grand Promenade and the resuming Chris Waller-trained French import Sheraz. 

• Scratched: #7 Dashing Willoughby (17); #18e Zeyrek (16)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	8x86541x08	SELINO (GB)	Chris Waller	Damian Lane	4	58kg		105
2	313616x2x0	DAWN PATROL (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Jye McNeil	15	57kg		103
3	143x8511x9	KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Michael Dee	14	57kg		103
4	40x22x722x	PONDUS (GB)	Robert Hickmott	Brett Prebble	1	57kg		103
5	1x121x41x8	AMADE (IRE)	Phillip Stokes	Ben Allen	10	56.5kg		102
6	08x663x000	MASTER OF WINE (GER)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Fred Kersley	8	56.5kg		102
7	9x11400x90	DASHING WILLOUGHBY (GB)	Chris Waller	Luke Nolen	17	56kg		101
8	11x1510x06	PORT GUILLAUME (FR)	Ben & JD Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	12	56kg		101
9	x878333x00	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Daniel Moor	3	55.5kg		104
10	1122x3321x	SHERAZ (FR)	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver	9	55.5kg		100
11	4×22121125	GRAND PROMENADE (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	6	55kg		99
12	2x62251x00	REALM OF FLOWERS	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damien Thornton	19	54.5kg		102
13	1112114×33	TRALEE ROSE (NZ)	Symon Wilde	Dean Holland	20	54kg		101
14	651716×807	MOSH MUSIC	Archie Alexander	Declan Bates	13	54kg		99
15	30×3185144	THE GOOD FIGHT (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Zac Spain	5	54kg		97
16	48×7531260	SWEET THOMAS (GER)	Matthew Smith	Dean Yendall	18	54kg		93
17e	x4x16123x0	LONG ARM (IRE)	Peter Gelagotis	Craig Newitt	2	54kg		90
18e	1122x05x64	ZEYREK (FR)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Will Price (a)	16	54kg		88
19e	12x547x771	HASTA LA WAR	Sue Murphy	Ms Linda Meech	7	54kg		82
20e	11x330x724	KILLOURNEY (IRE)	Paul Preusker		11	54kg		74

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 The Bart Cummings Nominations

Early nominations for The Bart Cummings race in 2021 close the Monday of race week and will be updated below once confirmed.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	1x121x41x8	AMADE (IRE)	G	8	Phillip Stokes	102
2	x216570x5x	BUCKHURST (IRE)	G	6	Robert Hickmott	105
3	3x73590x00	CHAPADA	G	6	Michael Moroney	102
4	1622x32x05	CHARMS STAR (NZ)	M	4	Chris Waller	90
5	9x11400x90	DASHING WILLOUGHBY (GB)	G	6	Chris Waller	101
6	313616x2x0	DAWN PATROL (IRE)	G	5	Robert Hickmott	103
7	1x440x1x61	DEGRAVES (IRE)	G	5	Robert Hickmott	93
8	x1111x6x42	DELPHI (IRE)	H	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman	103
9	253x6133x0	FUTURE SCORE (IRE)	G	7	Matt Cumani	100
10	4×22121125	GRAND PROMENADE (GB)	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	99
11	12x547x771	HASTA LA WAR	G	6	Sue Murphy	82
12	0313514143	HEIR TO THE THRONE (NZ)	G	7	Andrea Leek	76
13	3x31x932x2	HOMESMAN (USA)	G	8	Anthony & Sam Freedman	110
14	11x330x724	KILLOURNEY (IRE)	G	6	Paul Preusker	74
15	143x8511x9	KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	G	7	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	103
16	25x57170x5	LE DON DE VIE (GB)	G	6	Anthony & Sam Freedman	103
17	x4x16123x0	LONG ARM (IRE)	G	6	Peter Gelagotis	90
18	101x71x574	LUNCIES (GB)	G	5	Kris Lees	88
19	08x663x000	MASTER OF WINE (GER)	G	7	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	102
20	x878333x00	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	M	5	Danny O’Brien	104
21	651716×807	MOSH MUSIC	M	7	Archie Alexander	99
22	x333112163	NO COMPROMISE (NZ)	G	5	Chris Waller	91
23	215x1244x3	PERSAN	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	104
24	40x22x722x	PONDUS (GB)	G	6	Robert Hickmott	103
25	11x1510x06	PORT GUILLAUME (FR)	G	5	Ben & JD Hayes	101
26	113×101133	PURRFECT DEAL	M	5	Michael Costa	96
27	2x62251x00	REALM OF FLOWERS	M	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman	102
28	900x00x503	ROSTROPOVICH (IRE)	G	7	Ben & JD Hayes	97
29	8x86541x08	SELINO (GB)	G	6	Chris Waller	105
30	1122x3321x	SHERAZ (FR)	G	5	Chris Waller	100
31	9217232111	SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ)	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	86
32	48×7531260	SWEET THOMAS (GER)	G	10	Matthew Smith	93
33	30×3185144	THE GOOD FIGHT (NZ)	G	7	Michael Moroney	97
34	63×1122211	TOORADIN	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	92
35	1112114×33	TRALEE ROSE (NZ)	M	5	Symon Wilde	101
36	600x0516x0	WARNING	G	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman	104
37	1122x05x64	ZEYREK (FR)	G	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	88

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

The Bart Cummings History

The Bart Cummings was previously known as the Banjo Paterson. That name has since been reserved for a separate series of racing. The Bart Cummings was named as such because the man himself often used the race as a platform for developing his stayers ahead of feature events such as the Melbourne Cup.

The Bart Cummings gained its current name in 2004, when the VRC made the decision to honour the Australian Racing Hall of Fame inaugural inductee. In response to the accolade, Mr Cummings famously said “I will be doing my very best to try to prepare the winner of it”.

Previously a listed event, the Bart Cummings was granted Group 3 status prior to the 2014 edition. In 2012 and 2009, the race was run over 2520m.

Light Vision won this race two years running in 2008 and 2009. Mourayan took top honours in 2011, while Araldo seized first place in 2013. More recently Almandin (2016) completed The Bart Cummings – Melbourne Cup double for prolific owner Lloyd Williams. The Bart Cummings results since 2006 are provided below.

Bart Cummings Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 The Bart Cummings	1st	Grand Promenade	2 minutes 37.73 seconds
	2nd	Tralee Rose
	3rd	Master Of Wine
2020 The Bart Cummings	1st	Persan	2 minutes 36.24 seconds
	2nd	Sound
	3rd	Steel Prince
2019 The Bart Cummings	1st	Surprise Baby	2 minutes 38.66 seconds
	2nd	Supernova
	3rd	Wolfe
2018 The Bart Cummings	1st	Avilius	2 minutes 35.43 seconds
	2nd	Jaameh
	3rd	Yogi
2017 The Bart Cummings	1st	Amelie’s Star	2 minutes 37.69 seconds
	2nd	Granddukeoftuscany
	3rd	Kellstorm
2016 The Bart Cummings	1st	Almandin	2 minutes 37.47 seconds
	2nd	Zanteca
	3rd	Excess Knowledge
2015 The Bart Cummings	1st	Let’s Make Adeal	2 minutes 35.6 seconds
	2nd	Our Ivanhowe
	3rd	Hawkspur
2014 The Bart Cummings	1st	Who Shot Thebarman	2 minutes 39.62 seconds
	2nd	Marksmanship
	3rd	Anudjawun
2013 The Bart Cummings	1st	Araldo	2 minutes 38.23 seconds
	2nd	Sea Moon
	3rd	Gotta Take Care
2012 The Bart Cummings	1st	Tanby	2 minutes 36.69 seconds
	2nd	Maluckyday
	3rd	Dame Claire
2011 The Bart Cummings	1st	Mourayan	2 minutes 40.78 seconds
	2nd	Niwot
	3rd	Showcause
2010 The Bart Cummings	1st	Harris Tweed	2 minutes 40.32 seconds
	2nd	Exceptionally
	3rd	Above Average
2009 The Bart Cummings	1st	Light Vision	2 minutes 38.76 seconds
	2nd	Miss Darcey
	3rd	Zacroona
2008 The Bart Cummings	1st	Light Vision	2 minutes 41.34 seconds
	2nd	Baughurst
	3rd	Zavite
2007 The Bart Cummings	1st	Dolphin Jo	2 minutes 39.06 seconds
	2nd	The Fuzz
	3rd	Light Vision
2006 The Bart Cummings	1st	Irazu	2 minutes 38.22 seconds
	2nd	Aznavour
	3rd	Bay Story