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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 2520m. 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 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 3, 2020 and saw Persan secure the Melbourne Cup ballot exemption. 

The Bart Cummings 2020
Date:	Saturday October 3, 2020
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	2520m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$500,000

2020 The Bart Cummings Results

• 1st: #15 Persan
• 2nd: #6 Sound
• 3rd: #4 Steel Prince

The Bart Cummings 2020 results saw the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Pierro four-year-old Persan ($10) secure his $8 million Lexus Melbourne Cup bid with an eye-catching victory over Sound ($15).

Click here to read more on the 2020 The Bart Cummings winner Persan who is now into the Melbourne Cup field.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	15	PERSAN	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jye McNeil		1	55kg		$10
	2	6	SOUND (GER)	Michael Moroney	Jamie Kah	1L	3	57.5kg		$15
	3	4	STEEL PRINCE (IRE)	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Mark Zahra	1.1L	14	58kg		$7.50
	4	12	SCHABAU (GER)	Robert Hickmott	William Pike	1.6L	10	55kg		$5.50
	5	2	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	1.9L	9	58.5kg		$5F
	6	8	CREEDENCE	Matt Cumani	Michael Poy (a)	2.1L	7	56kg		$15
	7	11	ADMIRE ROBSON (JPN)	Paul Preusker	Brett Prebble	2.3L	4	55kg		$10
	8	5	LORD BELVEDERE (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Melham	3.05L	2	57.5kg		$5.50
	9	20e	SUPER GIRL	Josh Julius	Jordan Childs	5.05L	15	55kg		$101
	10	19e	GOOD IDEA	Phillip Stokes	Craig Newitt	5.8L	12	55kg		$81
	11	3	HAKY (IRE)	Archie Alexander	Declan Bates	7.05L	6	58kg		$61
	12	17e	SOUTH PACIFIC (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Michael Dee	7.25L	8	55kg		$61
	13	13	DABIYR (IRE)	Chris Waller	Michael Walker	9.25L	11	55kg		$31
	14	14	GAME KEEPER	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	14.25L	13	55kg		$31
	15	1	YOUNG RASCAL (FR)	Archie Alexander	John Allen	22.25L	5	60.5kg		$61
		9	PATHS OF GLORY (GB)	Richard & Michael Freedman	Craig Newitt		0
		7	CARIF	Peter & Paul Snowden			0
		21e	ROLAND GARROS	Adrian Corboy			0
		16	POLLY GREY (NZ)	Chris Waller	Damian Lane		0
		10	IN GOOD HEALTH	Peter G Moody	Luke Nolen		0
		18e	KINANE (NZ)	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 The Bart Cummings Odds

The season’s latest The Bart Cummings 2020 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.

2020 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 latter producing the 2017 winner Amelie’s Star (4th).

The 2020 The Bart Cummings field & barriers will be released on the Wednesday leading-up to race day and published in full below.

The Bart Cummings 2020 field features a line-up of potential Melbourne Cup horses led in betting by Chris Waller’s last-start Kingston Town Stakes runner-up in Sydney Shared Ambition.

Click here to read more on the key chances in the 2020 The Bart Cummings field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	6x19x17x78	YOUNG RASCAL (FR)	Archie Alexander	John Allen	5	60.5kg		107
2	1x3103x092	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	9	58.5kg		103
3	386x051x90	HAKY (IRE)	Archie Alexander	Declan Bates	6	58kg		102
4	11x4679x03	STEEL PRINCE (IRE)	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Mark Zahra	20	58kg		102
5	141x7811x1	LORD BELVEDERE (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Melham	2	57.5kg		101
6	005x532x52	SOUND (GER)	Michael Moroney	Jamie Kah	3	57.5kg		101
7	2x0352x678	CARIF	Peter & Paul Snowden		18	57kg		100
8	0218×01611	CREEDENCE	Matt Cumani	Michael Poy (a)	7	56kg		98
9	1123×00114	PATHS OF GLORY (GB)	Richard & Michael Freedman	Craig Newitt	13	55.5kg		97
10	10x38x3114	IN GOOD HEALTH	Peter G Moody	Luke Nolen	14	55kg		98
11	21x214x7x6	ADMIRE ROBSON (JPN)	Paul Preusker	Brett Prebble	4	55kg		95
12	1x111x7x33	SCHABAU (GER)	Robert Hickmott	William Pike	10	55kg		94
13	615129×337	DABIYR (IRE)	Chris Waller	Michael Walker	11	55kg		93
14	6x1111x336	GAME KEEPER	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	17	55kg		93
15	x312111212	PERSAN	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jye McNeil	1	55kg		93
16	652×025245	POLLY GREY (NZ)	Chris Waller	Damian Lane	15	55kg		93
17e	xF1216x936	SOUTH PACIFIC (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Michael Dee	8	55kg		92
18e	2x2113x500	KINANE (NZ)	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver	19	55kg		85
19e	7712432×06	GOOD IDEA	Phillip Stokes		16	55kg		82
20e	1x4143x150	SUPER GIRL	Josh Julius		21	55kg		80
21e	x409213919	ROLAND GARROS	Adrian Corboy		12	55kg		72

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
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