Melbourne Cup maestro Bart Cummings has won his 11th
Melbourne Cup with Rogan Josh - the horse which demolished
the field in last Saturdays McKinnon Stakes at
Flemington.
Rogan Josh paced most of the race behind the
leader and battled in the long final straight to win the
1999 Melbourne Cup.
Bart Cummings says he is delighted and
had confidence in the horse that it would win the
race.
Cummings is noww being touted as Australasia's top
trainer of all
time.
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