Bart Cummings dead at 87: The King of the Melbourne Cup

By Michael Lynch
Updated August 31 2015 - 5:19pm, first published August 30 2015 - 7:02am
Number 12: Bart Cummings with the Melbourne Cup after Viewed's win in 2008. Photo: Vince Caligiuri
Number 12: Bart Cummings with the Melbourne Cup after Viewed's win in 2008. Photo: Vince Caligiuri
Number 1: Bart Cummings, Light Fingers and Roy Higgins after the 1965 Melbourne Cup
Number 1: Bart Cummings, Light Fingers and Roy Higgins after the 1965 Melbourne Cup