While the Melbourne Cup carnival has been a triumph for Bart Cummings it hasn't been so good for his trainer son Anthony who is hoping to turn things around on Saturday.Bart Cummings won his 12th Melbourne Cup on Tuesday while Red Lord, trained by Anthony, finished out of the placings.Among the most frustrating times for Cummings has been the efforts produced by Turffontein whose five starts in Melbourne this spring have netted two fourths and two placings including a third in the Group One Sir

While the Melbourne Cup carnival has been a triumph for Bart Cummings it hasn't been so good for his trainer son Anthony who is hoping to turn things around on Saturday.

Bart Cummings won his 12th Melbourne Cup on Tuesday while Red Lord, trained by Anthony, finished out of the placings.

Among the most frustrating times for Cummings has been the efforts produced by Turffontein whose five starts in Melbourne this spring have netted two fourths and two placings including a third in the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m).

The four-year-old, who won the Queensland Guineas (1600m) on a heavy track earlier this year, will line up in the Patinack Farm Classic (1200m) in an attempt to validate his trainer's faith in him as a Group One horse.

"He is a deserved Group One winner without having a Group One beside his name," Cummings said.

"He's been placed in a Group One at weight-for-age and trialled very well on Tuesday so I'm confident he will do well."

One of Turffontein's fourth placings came last Saturday in the AAMI Travel Insurance Stakes (1400m) and Cummings said he had come through that race better than he could have hoped.

"He is an absolute marvel," he said.

"He is as fresh as a daisy and looking cheeky."

The race will be without one of its star attractions with Takeover Target suffering a slight stone bruise which trainer Joe Janiak said was not serious.

"He pulled a shoe off in a trial on Tuesday and has a bit of a stone bruise," Janiak said.

"It's not serious but he would have to be right at his top to race at this level on Saturday so he will stay at home.

"We will head straight to Perth with him."

However, his main rival in the popularity stakes, Apache Cat, will be there with trainer Greg Eurell thrilled with the baldy-faced chestnut.

"He won a trial at Cranbourne on Monday," Eurell said.

"It was only over 800 metres but was enough to top him off for the race."

Apache Cat hasn't raced since the autumn when he won all five Group One races he contested to earn the title of Australian Sprinter of the Year.

Meanwhile, Cummings will be trying to resurrect the career of Rosehill Guineas winner Dealer Principal in the other Group One race on Saturday's Flemington program, the Emirates Stakes (1600m).

Dealer Principal has had four starts this spring, two in Melbourne and two in Sydney, without winning and a proposed sale to Asia fell through.

"He won a barrier trial in Sydney on Friday and has pleased me since," Cummings said.

"It will be my last-ditch attempt to win a race at the carnival if Turffontein can't do it."

Both Turffontein and Dealer Principal will be ridden by Peter Robl.