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TJ and Bart - Revised Group 1 Tallies
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I'm surprised this hasn't been spoken about on here. But I wanted to outline what happened on Twitter last night:
1. I came across a tweet from the Aiden O' Brian Fans site.
2. It had figures for the most Group 1s by a trainer in world racing. Aiden was first whilst TJ was 2nd with 279 and Bart 3rd with 266.
3. However when I looked into further tweets/conversations of the initial tweet the figures for TJ and Bart were incorrect.
4. Form Focus and Thoroughbred (both tweet) pages advised of the new figures - both TJ and Bart are on 246 Group 1s each.
5. Channel 7 made the announcement last month apparently on their racing day.
See below some articles. Also the new figures will be shown to racing Australia to get endorsed and approved but the work that has been done, over 10 year period, seems well done and excellent research too.
https://www.racenet.com.au/news/revision-of-feature-records-has-tommy-smith-and-bart-cummings-to-each-have-246-group-1-wins-20210503
https://formfocus.com.au/champion-trainer/
Thoughts/comments? Seems pretty accurate, well thought out, with excellent research.
1. I came across a tweet from the Aiden O' Brian Fans site.
2. It had figures for the most Group 1s by a trainer in world racing. Aiden was first whilst TJ was 2nd with 279 and Bart 3rd with 266.
3. However when I looked into further tweets/conversations of the initial tweet the figures for TJ and Bart were incorrect.
4. Form Focus and Thoroughbred (both tweet) pages advised of the new figures - both TJ and Bart are on 246 Group 1s each.
5. Channel 7 made the announcement last month apparently on their racing day.
See below some articles. Also the new figures will be shown to racing Australia to get endorsed and approved but the work that has been done, over 10 year period, seems well done and excellent research too.
https://www.racenet.com.au/news/revision-of-feature-records-has-tommy-smith-and-bart-cummings-to-each-have-246-group-1-wins-20210503
https://formfocus.com.au/champion-trainer/
Thoughts/comments? Seems pretty accurate, well thought out, with excellent research.
Comments
Western Australia (WA)
TJ Smith: 10
Bart Cummings: 12
Queensland (QLD)
TJ Smith: 37
Bart Cummings: 15
South Australia (SA)
TJ Smith: 3
Bart Cummings: 24
New South Wales (NSW)
TJ Smith: 130
Bart Cummings: 69
Victoria (VIC)
TJ Smith: 66
Bart Cummings: 126
TOTAL
TJ Smith: 246
Bart Cummings: 246
Reference: https://twitter.com/FormFocusHQ/status/1385800151025868804?s=19