How many times has Sir Michael Stoute won the Breeders' Cup Turf?

At the time of writing, Ballydoyle trainer Aiden O'Brien has recently extended his already impressive record in the Breeders' Cup Turf by saddling Auguste Rodin – who, like his namesake, has lived a life full of contrasts – to win the $4 million showpiece for the seventh time. Playing on jokaroom casino I've seen some big money wins but nothing in this bracket!

The Breeders' Cup Turf was inaugurated in 1984 and, not altogether surprisingly, the mile and a half contest has proved a happy hunting ground for European trainers, particularly those from Britain and Ireland, with the likes of Clive Brittain, Saeed bin Suroor, Brian Meehan, John Gosden and Charlie Appleby among the names on the roll of honour.

Aiden O'Brien aside, though, Sir Michael Stoute is the most successful trainer in the history of the Breeders' Cup Turf, with four winners to his name. Based at Freemason Lodge on the Bury Road in Newmarket, Stoute, 78, is well into the veteran stage of his training career, having first taken out a licence in his own right in 1972. Of course, he will forever be associated with the brilliant, but ultimately ill-fated Shergar, but it should not be forgotten that he has saddled 16 British Classic winners, including six Derby winners, and won the trainers' championship 10 times between 1981 and 2009.

As far as the Breeders' Cup Turf is concerned, Stoute opened his account with the outstanding middle-distance colt Pilsudski, who beat stable companion Singspiel at Woodbine in Toronto, Canada in 1996. Two years later, Stoute was knighted for the promotion of sport tourism in his native Barbados and, in 2000, doubled his Breeders' Cup Turf tally with Kalanisi – owned, like Shergar, by Aga Khan IV – at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Later the same decade, he completed his quartet of wins, courtesy of Conduit, who recorded back-to-back victories at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California in 2008 and 2009.

Who is the most successful trainer in the history of the Melbourne Cup?

Nicknamed 'The race that stops a nation', the Melbourne Cup is a Group 1 handicap run over 3,200 metres, or approximately two miles, at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria, traditionally on the first Tuesday in November. Boasting total prize money of $A8,000,000, or just over £4,000,000 at the current exchange rate, the Melbourne Cup is the most valuable race of its kind run anywhere in the world. As such, it is the highlight of the four-day Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington, which, in turn, is a central part of the thre-month Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. Who doesn't love a bit of Australian appeal in sports and gambling. Kingjohnnie aussie pokies fans are firmly in agreement.

The Melbourne Cup was established in 1861 and the inaugural running was won by Archer, owned and trained by the legendary Etienne de Mestre, who would saddle the same horse to win again in 1862, as well as Tim Whiffler in 1867, Chester in 1877 and Calamia in 1878. Far and away the most successful trainer in the long, rich history of the Melbourne Cup, though, remains the late James Bartholomew Cummings, generally known as 'Bart' or 'J.B.', who saddled a total of 12 winners, with 43 years between the first and the last.

Born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, Cummings began his training career in Glenelg, a suburb of the South Australian capital, in 1953. In 1968, he established stables in Flemington, by which time he had already won the Melbourne Cup three years running, with Light Fingers in 1965, Galilee in 1966 and Red Handed in 1967. Later in his career, the 'Cups King', as he became known, also saddled Think Big (1974,1975), Gold and Black (1977), Hyperno (1979), Kingston Rule (1990), Let's Elope (1991), Saintly (1996), Rogan Josh (1999) and Viewed (2008). Cummins died at his home, Princes Farm in Castlereagh, New South Wales on August 30, 2015, at the age of 87. Such was his iconic status in his native land that his family was offered, and accepted, a state funeral.