Delighted to announce BART and JAMES Cummings are now DYNAMIC

22 May 14

Dynamic Syndications is delighted to announce that Bart and James Cummings Racing Partnership have joined forced with us and become Dynamic in 2014.

JAMES & BART CUMMINGS - TRAINING PARTNERSHIP

A surname synonymous with racing, the Cummings name has left a hoof print on our industry that is unlikely to ever be replicated.

With a lifetime of knowledge and experience, Cummings Racing offers our a new dimension to our business and offers clients the chance to experience a training environment at Leilani Lodge on High Street Randwick that has produced some of the nation’s top horses over many decades.

Bart Cummings

In 1953, the now legendary Bart Cummings was granted his trainer’s licence at the age of 26 and in 1958 he won his first Gr 1 race, the SAJC Derby with Stormy Passage. From this point on, Bart’s training feats re-wrote Australian Racing History. In 1965, Light Fingers won Bart his first Melbourne Cup.

He achieved his first Training Premiership in 1965-66. In this year, he won the 7 Group 1 Cups across Australia: Melbourne, Caulfield, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sandown and Queens Cup.

His success however, was not limited to these prestigious stayer’s championships. During the 1974-75 racing season, Bart trained 10 different racehorses to win 20 Group 1 races. The honour role for that season included the likes of Leilani, Think Big and Lord Dudley.

The stable has produced champions that have won 4 Golden Slippers, 32 Derbies, 5 Cox Plates, 24 Oaks and 7 Caulfield Cups. No other trainer has succeeded in this kind of success so far.

Bart has earned the title of the “Cups King”. He has achieved 266 Gr 1 victories, more than 758 black type stakes victories and he has won the ‘Race that Stops a Nation’ 12 times.

James Cummings:

James Alexander Cummings is the fourth generation of the Cummings dynasty to enter the racing industry. Born and raised in Sydney, James attended St Joseph’s College at Hunters Hill.

At the age of 13, James began working as a stable hand for his father, Anthony. During this time, he learned the hard work and dedication that is required to be successful in the industry. At 18, he began to study a Bachelor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Sydney. As he sat in lectures and tutorials, it became apparent to James that he had an insatiable desire to pursue a career in horse racing. Reading form guides instead of course curriculum was indicative enough that James had racing in his blood. From this time on he pursued a full-time career in the racing industry.

To broaden his knowledge of horses and explore his passion, James relocated to the heart of the breeding industry and worked for Patinack Farm where he worked in the sale of stallion nominations and also got hands on experience with the horses in the stallion barns.

Following this, in late 2006, James returned to his father’s stable in a managerial position as a junior foreman.

In August 2009, the request came from his grand-father Bart for James to fill the position of Foreman at Leilani Lodge, Randwick.

At the age of 21, James was the youngest person ever to be given such a position by Bart, aside from James own father Anthony. Although thrown in the deep end, he took on the opportunity- eager to learn from the master trainer and ready for the challenge.

During James’s years as Bart’s foreman, the honour roll includes the almighty So You Think, Dariana, Faint Perfume, Empress Rock, Rock Classic, Allez Wonder, Precedence, Roman Emperor and Norzita.

The 2012-13 racing season proved to be a highlight for Bart Cummings with James as his foreman, as the stable hit the lead in the most number of Group 1 winners trained with 265 successes.

In July 2013, at the age of 25, James was granted his Racing NSW metropolitan trainer’s licence.

After 4 years of being under the watchful eyes of his accomplished grandfather, Bart acknowledged James’s readiness to be a successful trainer in his own right. So Bart and James entered into a training partnership commencing on 1st August 2013.

The partnership has had a solid start to its first racing season. Currently sitting on 36 wins Australia wide with earnings of $2,187,000. Included amongst this are 17 Sydney Winners whilst they have also recorded 118.5 placing’s to date. Importantly the Bart and James Cummings Racing Stables have won 6 Stakes Races this season with: HALLOWED CROWN, PRECEDENCE, EUROZONE and SHAMALIA.

James has been empowered with the knowledge, skills and understanding of racehorses from his tutors in grand-father Bart and father Anthony. His intelligence and adaptability will ensure achievements of great heights well beyond expectation.

Bart and James Cummings Racing partnership brings together a potent mix of experience, wisdom and youthful exuberance, attributes that we feel are key for our clients to enjoy racetrack success.

There is one other important synergy between our operations. Bart Cummings and Dean Watt are the ONLY 2 industry participants to have won the BIG 3 2yo Races in Australia – Golden Slipper - Blue Diamond and Magic Millions.

Dynamic Syndications boss Dean Watt enjoys winning the classic races too, however there is one race that has eluded his resume for which he has a burning ambition to win - a DERBY.

Dean has won an OAKS and come close on several occasions to win a Derby when running 2nd with Savabeel in the 2004 VRC Derby, 2nd with De Beers in the 2006 AJC Derby, 3rd with Set Up in the 2004 Queensland Derby and 4th with He’s No Pie Eater in the 2007 AJC Derby.

Dynamic Syndications is delighted to announce that we will shortly be launching our HIGH CHAPARRAL x QUEEN’S SUITE Colt with the Bart and James Cummings Stable. Bart and James meticulously guided High Chaparral’s best son SO YOU THINK to multiple Cox Plate Wins and we are excited to be offering this high quality colt around the Cummings clan.

Our High Chaparral x Queen’s Suite colt is bred to be a Derby contender, so fittingly for the first time we have joined forces and teamed up with a stable that has produced 32 Derby Winners to help us attempt to achieve this goal.

About The Colt

By HIGH CHAPARRAL (by Sadler’s Wells) - Champion Australian Sire (AEI) twice, Sire of over 50 Stakes Winners including superstars SO YOU THINK, IT'S A DUNDEEL, SHOOT OUT, MONACO CONSUL, DESCARADO, etc., etc., etc.

From QUEEN'S SUITE (by MARAUDING – a son of Sir Tristram)) - A Sydney Winner over 1200m. 1/2 Sister to Gr2 Winner & Gr1 Placed REGAL CHAMBER (dam of Gr1 Winner REGAL CHEER - she's now the dam of KNOYDART) & a 1/2 Sister to Stakes Placed SPLENDID RETREAT.

QUEEN'S SUITE is the dam of 7 foals to race, 5 winners inc:

MY LADY'S CHAMBER – 2 wins. Stakes Winner at 1400m, National Sprint LR, 2d AJC Flight Stakes Gr1, City Tatts Furious S. Gr2, BTC Doomben Roses Gr3, STC Epona S. LR, 3d STC Tea Rose Gr2, 4th AJC Aspiration S. LR, ITC Keith Nolan Classic. LR.

ROYAL EQUERRY - 3 Wins at 2100m

WONDERFUL GAINS - Winner at 1800m in HK

THEBE - Winner at 1400m, 4th STC Magic Night S., Gr2.

SOFT ANGEL - Winner at 1350m.

QUEEN'S SUITE is a daughter of LA MAISON (that’s our colt's Grand-dam).

LA MAISON won 2 races in Sydney and is a blood-sister to the dam of Stakes Winner BORDER TIME, 1/2 sister to Stakes Winner YOUNG BLOOD and a 1/2 sister to the dam of Stakes Winner AVULSION.

LA MAISON has been a wonderfully successful broodmare. She produced 14 foals, all raced, 12 Winners including the Gr2 Winning and Gr1 Placed REGAL CHAMBER.

A successful racehorse in her own right, REGAL CHAMBER has produced Gr1 Winner REGAL CHEER and now - REGAL CHEER is the dam of the latest Stakes Winning addition to this pedigree in KNOYDART – a recent LR Winner (twice) and Gr1 placed.

Apart from boasting such a wonderfully successful pedigree full of high quality Stakes Class horses, the genetics of this cross are also simply outstanding.

To date there has been 5 Stakes Winners bred on this HIGH CHAPARRAL - SIR TRISTRAM cross including one of his best Sons IT'S A DUNDEEL along with FAIRY OAK, HIDDEN ASSET, SHOW THE WORLD and VAQUERA.

Whilst the SADLER'S WELLS (sire of HIGH CHAPARRAL) over SIR TRISTRAM (sire of MARAUDING) cross has produced 24 Stakes Winners to date including other Gr1 Winners PERLIN, SCENIC SHOT as well as ABBADENA, COUP ENTERPRISE, ELATHEA, FULMONTI, GALIZANI, JUSTINE COUP, MAJESTICAL, MALGARA MISS, MAREA ALTA, MONTAHLIA, SAIN KHAPITAL, SPACECRAFT, SPIRIT OF TARA, SUNDAY GOLD, THE MEISTA, VISUAL DISPLAYS and WELLBEING.

As can be determined by statistical fact, this cross is highly successful and in the Australian Thoroughbred Industry is considered an A +++ mating.

Also the yearling was ranked in the Best of Sale Rating Score - placing him in the top echelon of this Melbourne Premier catalogue.

We look forward to being part of the continued growth and success of Bart and James Cummings Racing.