By AAP
If a 16-year-old Bart Cummings had taken expert medical advice to combat the chronic asthma which plagued him, the history of Australian racing would be so much different, and so much poorer.
Cummings was given a simple cure for the chronic condition he had suffered all his life.
“It’s easy, stay away from horses and chaff,” his doctor told him.
It wasn’t easy, it was impossible, and Cummings immediately high-tailed it back to his father Jim’s stable to feed the horses.
Seven decades and 12 Melbourne Cups later, Cummings is firmly entrenched in Australian folklore as the Cups King.
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Source:: http://www.justhorseracing.com.au/news/australian-racing/bart-cummings-a-legend-of-his-time/293433
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