BART Cummings has said his Flemington base is small on numbers but big on group 1 winners as he begins another assault on the Melbourne Cup carnival, reports The Age.It says: Cummings spoke from his Sydney office, where doctors have allowed him to return after three weeks in hospital with pneumonia.''They've allowed me to come to the office each morning and I can go into the stables but I'm not allowed to go to the track yet. It's a hell of a thing, pneumonia. It's so hard to shake. But I'm feel
BART Cummings has said his Flemington base is small on numbers but big on group 1 winners as he begins another assault on the Melbourne Cup carnival, reports The Age.
It says: Cummings spoke from his Sydney office, where doctors have allowed him to return after three weeks in hospital with pneumonia.
''They've allowed me to come to the office each morning and I can go into the stables but I'm not allowed to go to the track yet. It's a hell of a thing, pneumonia. It's so hard to shake. But I'm feeling terrific and it won't be long before I'm out in the centre,'' Cummings said.
''We're building our numbers in Melbourne but the numbers we've got there are pretty well distinguished group 1 horses so it's all looking pretty good.''
One of his most interesting additions to the Melbourne stable is last year's Cox Plate winner So You Think who missed the autumn due to injury.
''He's in Melbourne and doing everything right,'' Cummings said. ''He's put a bit of weight on, he's working well. You just have to ask a couple of my experienced track riders and they'll tell you he's going beautifully.''
Cummings said he was likely to start So You Think's spring in late August but was keen to see the horse's condition before naming a starting event.