'Cups King' Cummings was something to everyone

By Patrick Bartley
Updated August 30 2015 - 10:08pm, first published 8:32pm
Winning team: Bart Cummings (right) with jockey Roy Higgins, winning horse Red Handed and stable foreman Maurice Yeomans at the 1967 Melbourne Cup. Photo: Supplied
Winning team: Bart Cummings (right) with jockey Roy Higgins, winning horse Red Handed and stable foreman Maurice Yeomans at the 1967 Melbourne Cup. Photo: Supplied

In early 1960 Mick Robins, a horseman from Broken Hill, heard that a young trainer by the name of Bart Cummings was looking for staff.

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