Bart Cummings is expected to be back where he belongs on Tuesday, at Flemington for the Melbourne Cup.The legendary trainer of 12 Cup winners was admitted to a Melbourne hospital on Wednesday night with a recurrence of a respiratory problem.His son and fellow trainer Anthony said Cummings was expected to remain in hospital for the next couple of days and would not be attending Saturday's Derby meeting which is expected to be held in wet conditions with a top temperature of 17 degrees."Basically

Bart Cummings is expected to be back where he belongs on Tuesday, at Flemington for the Melbourne Cup.

The legendary trainer of 12 Cup winners was admitted to a Melbourne hospital on Wednesday night with a recurrence of a respiratory problem.

His son and fellow trainer Anthony said Cummings was expected to remain in hospital for the next couple of days and would not be attending Saturday's Derby meeting which is expected to be held in wet conditions with a top temperature of 17 degrees.

"Basically he's fine, he's under treatment for a respiratory condition," Cummings told AAP.

"He will probably come out over the weekend.

"He won't be at the races on Saturday but he expects to be there on Tuesday."

A lifetime asthma sufferer, Cummings was hospitalised earlier this year with pneumonia and missed his first Sydney autumn carnival in decades.

More recently he found himself back in hospital after breaking his pelvis in a fall at his home but he recovered in time to attend the Caulfield Cup meeting and Saturday's Cox Plate won for the second time by stable star So You Think.

The four-year-old is favourite in Saturday's Mackinnon Stakes and is second favourite behind last year's winner Shocking for the Melbourne Cup.

Cummings also has Faint Perfume, Dariana and Precedence in line for a Cup start with the final field of 24 to be determined after Saturday's racing.

At 82, Cummings is Australia's most successful living trainer with 263 Group One wins, second only to the late TJ Smith.

Cummings was an inaugural inductee to the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2001 and was elevated to Legend status in 2008.