Anthony Cummings — the son of horse racing legend, Bart — reportedly owes more than $2 million and has had his training business placed into liquidation. The Cummings name is synonymous with horse racing in Australia, with the late Bart Cummings training a staggering 12 Melbourne Cup winners, with a race now named after him at Flemington to go with his statue. Anthony’s son, James Cummings, is also a very successful trainer.
That’s a matter of fact. I’ve had discussions with the majority of people involved and there is no issue there.” Cummings is confident of keeping his trainer’s licence and says Racing NSW is across all the details. He has trained more than 30 Group 1 winner but says a lack of recent success has attributed to his business’ demise. It has also been suggested that some of his clients had been hit by the cost of living crisis and have been sluggish in paying their fees to the company.