Racing: 'Just Bart' collects fourth Cox

So you think Bart Cummings is a legend?

You better believe it.

The master trainer just continues to astound, guiding 3-year-old colt So You Think to a resounding win in the A$3 million ($3.7m) Cox Plate at Moonee Valley yesterday, a week after winning his seventh Caulfield Cup and three weeks before his 82nd birthday.

The oldest trainer in the field took the youngest and least experienced horse into Australasia's weight-for-age championship with only four races under his belt.

"I think he's got a good future," Cummings said after the race.

And, even at his grand age, no one would suggest Cummings doesn't still have a bright future in the sport.

His stunning recent record includes last year's Melbourne Cup - his 12th - and three Group One wins in the past three weeks all in partnership with multi-billionaire owner, Malaysian construction magnate Dato Tan Chin Nam.

Cummings' first Melbourne Cup win was in 1965 with Light Fingers and he's still going.

So You Think gave him his 256th Group One win and his fourth Cox Plate as he continues to collect major titles. His first Cox Plate was with Taj Rossi, who also won as a 3-year-old in 1973, Saintly (1996) and Dane Ripper (1997).

With the form his horses are in, last week's Caulfield Cup winner Viewed is a fair bet to take his second successive Melbourne Cup and deliver a 13th triumph for Cummings in Australia's biggest race a week on Tuesday.

Jockey Glen Boss wasted hard to ride at 49.5kg. He surprisingly took So You Think to an early lead in yesterday's 2040m classic and the $14 chance ran away with it down the short Moonee Valley straight to win by 2 lengths from another 3-year-old, Gai Waterhouse's Manhattan Rain.

Boss stood in the saddle and saluted as he passed the post, then jumped into stable foreman Reg Fleming's arms when he dismounted and lauded Cummings, thanking him for the "absolute privilege" of riding for him.

Asked what Cummings' recipe for success was, Boss could only find one ingredient. "He's just Bart, that's all, he's just Bart."

Although Cummings continues to insist his secret is finding good horses, he let his guard slip slightly.

"You can't buy experience and I've got a bit of that".

So You Think is only the fifth 3-year-old to win the Cox Plate since Taj Rossi in 1973 and the first since Savabeel in 2004.

Melbourne Cup fancy Zipping finished third while $2.80 favourite Whobegotyou came home a disappointing sixth.

But even Whobe's thwarted supporters had to smile - Bart had done it again.

- AAP