Master trainer Bart Cummings says his winning run this spring is not over after taking the first two majors with Viewed in the Caulfield Cup and So You Think in the Cox Plate."It's not finished yet. You've got to be in it to win is my motto and everything is going pretty well. I couldn't be happier going into the Melbourne Cup carnival at Flemington," he said enthusiastically."So I think for those who follow the stable there is no reason to stop."Cummings, who turns 82 next month, also gave an i

Master trainer Bart Cummings says his winning run this spring is not over after taking the first two majors with Viewed in the Caulfield Cup and So You Think in the Cox Plate.

"It's not finished yet. You've got to be in it to win is my motto and everything is going pretty well. I couldn't be happier going into the Melbourne Cup carnival at Flemington," he said enthusiastically.

"So I think for those who follow the stable there is no reason to stop."

Cummings, who turns 82 next month, also gave an insight into why he ran three-year-old colt So You Think in the Cox Plate at just his fifth race start.

The son of High Chaparral is the least experienced Cox Plate winner.

"You've got to have an idea about a horse and I just thought he's as good a three-year-old as you'd find. (He has) a great constitution and I do really think at a mile and a quarter (2000m) it's probably his right distance," Cummings said.

"And what he did earlier was very, very impressive. You don't see it very often so we were entitled to give him a go and we gave him a go and won.

"Everyone said not to and all. Even the owners and the managers were a bit doubtful but here we are and we won it and it's all over."

Cummings said he was considering trying to emulate his feat with three-year-old Taj Rossi, the first of his four Cox Plate winners in 1973 who went on to win the Emirates Stakes.

"We have thought about it and it is a possibility because he'd be a great chance in that too (and) it's worth $1 million," he said.

Cummings recalled the great spring Taj Rossi had.

"After the Cox Plate he won the (Victoria) Derby, the Emirates and the Sandown Guineas and I thought it was about time I gave him a break," he said.

"While they're winning and they've got the ability you might as well let them prove their worth and they do it.

"That's what they're all about. It's no good leaving them in their box if you think they could be winning and they love getting out on the grass track and having a go."

And Bart departed with a final pearl of wisdom.

"You can't buy experience, you've got to earn it, and I've earned a fair bit and it's starting to work," he said, chuckling.