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Edward Cummings will try and join legendary grandfather Bart on the honour roll of the Group 1 Australasian Oaks at Morphettville on Saturday.
Bart Cummings won his first of four Australasian Oaks with Royal Regatta in 1983, added a second in 1989 with Stapleton Lass before successive wins in 1993 (Our Tristalight) and 1994 with Tristalove.
Edward Cummings saddles up exciting filly Arts in the Adelaide feature and said she cost herself by racing keenly in the ATC Oaks over 2400m at Randwick after a brilliant Group 3 win in the Adrian Knox (2000m) at her previous outing.
"I don't think it was so much she didn't stay, more likely she was inexperienced going to that distance for the first time on the back-up,'' Cummings said on RSN.
"She just wanted to pull too much in the run.
"She did the same thing in the Adrian Knox but was too good, the 2000m wasn't any sort of a drama, but doing it a second week in a row and up in trip, a new pain barrier just found her out the last furlong,'' he said.
Arts will jump from barrier 13 and Cummings said the filly may be able to take up a more forward position in a race where a host of chances have drawn wide.
"It will all depend on what happens after the barriers open,'' Cummings said.
"There are more than a few horses that look like they want to be ridden midfield or worse, so it may present an opportunity to go forward and take it up.
"We saw what she was capable of even off a sedate tempo in the Adrian Knox, if she can bring that form she can very competitive,'' he said.
Likewise WA trainer Daniel Morton will leave it to champion jockey Craig Williams when it comes to the tactics with She's Fit from her wide barrier.
"A few of the fancies are out there with us, Craig will have a plan in mind and I'm sure he will execute it,'' Morton said on RSN.
Morton said She's Fit was a horse who could appreciate racing in a bigger field where there should be a stronger tempo then last time out in the WA Derby when she was held up approaching the home turn.
"She has shown versatility,'' Morton said.
"The bigger field, probably a better tempo then she's used to, so hopefully that will help her,'' he said.
