The Bart Cummings 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Bart Cummings race serves as a potential lead-up into that year’s Melbourne Cup field

The Bart Cummings is a Group 3 staying race held at Flemington Racecourse on Turnbull Stakes Day in either late September or early October as a potential lead-up into the Spring Cup races.

2022 The Bart Cummings winner Lunar Flare. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Heading the day’s racing is the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) for runners looking at backing-up in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) later in the month.

Other features on the Turnbull Stakes Day card include the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) for VRC Oaks hopefuls and the Group 2 Blazer Stakes (1400m) that now runs as the Rose Of Kingston Stakes.

Contested over 2510m and currently offering $500,000 in prize money, the handicap showdown has served as a decent guide over the years to the coveted Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) held back at HQ on the first Tuesday of November.

The Bart Cummings winner is exempt from Melbourne Cup ballot and Almandin (2016) was the last horse to complete the double.

First run in 2000, the inaugural The Bart Cummings (run as the Listed Japan Trophy over 2550m) was the popular grey galloper Brew who went on to take out that year’s Melbourne Cup.

The race was formerly known as the Banjo Paterson Handicap before being renamed in 2004 to honour legendary trainer Bart Cummings who would prepare 12 Melbourne Cup winners over his career.

The latest edition of The Bart Cummings ran on Saturday October 5, 2024 with a Melbourne Cup ballot exemption going to the winner Just Fine ($21) who was brave in an upset win ahead of the big event on the first Tuesday of November.

2024 The Bart Cummings Results

The official The Bart Cummings 2024 results & finishing order will be updated below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 5, 2024.

2024 The Bart Cummings winner Just Fine is Melbourne Cup bound on November 5 for the Waterhouse/Bott stable. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #2 Just Fine
• 2nd: #6 Point King
• 3rd: #5 Amade

The Melbourne Cup on the first Tuesday of November is calling for the back in form Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained import, Just Fine ($21), who posted his first win since last year’s The Metropolitan to narrowly hold on in a stylish front running performance in The Bart Cummings 2024 results at Flemington on Turnbull Stakes Day.

2024 The Bart Cummings Odds

The season’s top The Bart Cummings 2024 odds and Flemington betting markets will be provided below the week of the race so stay tuned for the best Group 3 racing offers this Turnbull Stakes Day.

The Bart Cummings Race Info

• Date: Saturday October 5, 2024
• Track: Flemington Racecourse
• Distance: 2510m
• Conditions: Handicap
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $500,000
• First Run: 2000

The Bart Cummings Betting 

The Bart Cummings odds are led by the season’s in-form stayers coming off nice earlier runs, graduates from Group lead-ups in Melbourne and runners proven over at least a mile and a half.

A nice potential lead-up is the Group 3 Naturalism Stakes (2000m), so looking as that race as a guide to The Bart Cummings betting markets is a key tip.

Recently in 2020 Steel Prince ran third in both the Naturalism and The Bart Cummings before winning the Group 3 Geelong Cup (2400m). In 2021 the Naturalism Stakes also produced The Bart Cummings winner with Grand Promenade improving on a lead-up 5th, while in 2022 Lunar Flare improved on a sixth in the Naturalism to win that year’s The Bart Cummings.

Just Fine improved on a 10th in the 2024 Naturalism Stakes to win that year’s The Bart Cummings in an upset at $21.

Tralee Rose (2021) meanwhile improved on her The Bart Cummings second to win the Geelong Cup next start.

The Bart Cummings Field

The Bart Cummings race field attracts good spring stayers of all age groups with many eyeing a Group 1 run later during the carnival in either the Caulfield Cup or Melbourne Cup.

Following a run in The Bart Cummings field many runners next contest the Group 2 Moonee Valley Cup (2500m). The 2022 The Bart Cummings winner Lunar Flare finished second in the Moonee Valley Cup results at her next start behind Francesco Guardi who improved on a second in The Bart Cummings to turn the tables.

The Bart Cummings nominations close on the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday and the final field and barriers are released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday.

2024 The Bart Cummings Field

The official The Bart Cummings 2024 field and barrier draw is set for release on the Wednesday of race week and will be published below so stay tuned to see what stayers making the starting line-up for the battle for the Melbourne Cup ballot exemption.

The Bart Cummings 2024 final field features a capacity field of Melbourne Cup hopefuls chasing the ballot exemption into the world’s richest handicap race including former Melbourne Cup champ Vow And Declare and the Ciaron Maher-trained favourite Berkshire Breeze who is a dual acceptor.

2024 The Bart Cummings Nominations

The official The Bart Cummings 2024 nominations are taken the Monday of Turnbull Stakes week.

The Bart Cummings Tips

Top The Bart Cummings tips to consider include looking for runners with proven ability at the famous Flemington Racecourse, past Group winners the Melbourne way of racing and the standout turf stars in the field.

2024 The Bart Cummings Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider The Bart Cummings 2024 betting tips and Flemington racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the stayers to back and sack in the Group 3 this spring.

• To Win: #6 Point King ($5.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Open field of genuine Melbourne Cup hopefuls in The Bart Cummings 2024 field and finding it hard not to side with the in-form Point King chasing a hat-trick. A nice price offered for this airborne Zoffany six-year-old from the Mornington stables of Anthony & Sam Freedman. The Irish import, formerly with Joseph O’Brien, looks now to be hitting his stride down under and is already proven at the Flemington track. He is two-from-two this time in since moving to the Freedman stable from Kris Lees. Fresh he saluted at The Valley by nearly 4 lengths in a Benchmark 100 before a last start win here at Headquarters on a Heavy (8) in the Group 3 Lexus Archer Stakes. Goes up from 54kg there to 55.5kg but is drawn well for jockey Ben Melham and ticking plenty of boxes to keep the wins going ahead of the spring cups. 

The Bart Cummings Form Guide

The Bart Cummings form guide features crucial facts and race stats including the jockeys and trainers of the horses in the field as well as their records over the track / distance.

The Bart Cummings race form has gone on to stack-up in tougher races plenty of times in recent years including both the 2019 and 2020 winners Surprise Baby and Persan respectively going on to run fifth in the Melbourne Cup results.

2024 The Bart Cummings Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive The Bart Cummings 2024 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

The Bart Cummings Results

The Bart Cummings race results have been dominated by quality stayers including Brew (2000), two-time champion Light Vision (2008-09), Mourayan (2011), Almandin (2016), and Avilius (2018).

Lunar Flare (2022) was the last The Bart Cummings winning mare.

Light Vision (2008 & 2009) is the sole multiple The Bart Cummings winner to date.

Avilius holds the current The Bart Cummings race record winning in 2001 in a time of 2 minutes 35:43 seconds.

Past The Bart Cummings Winners

Recent The Bart Cummings winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2006 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

When is The Bart Cummings 2024?

What is the prize money for The Bart Cummings 2024?

$500,000

Where is The Bart Cummings 2024?

Flemington Racecourse, 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington VIC 3031.