James Cummings wants to save training partnership with Bart Master trainer Bart Cummings and grandson James have split. JAMES Cummings is adamant he and grandfather Bart can resolve their differences despite a spectacular split in their training partnership. James and Bart Cummings went into partnership at the start of the season, with the highlight in their short union the revival of stayer Precedence during the Melbourne carnival. But it emerged this morning the famous family members were about to go their own way, with Bart to quit Randwick and begin training at Hawkesbury. The Daily Telegraph can reveal 86-year-old Bart plans to head west to Hawkesbury where he will run a small team. James Cummings in the mounting yard at Canterbury after Emerald Fortune finished unplaced. James will have the option to continue leasing stables at Randwick, where Bart moved to in the 1980s. It remains unclear why the members of the famous racing family parted but James has declared the partnership is salvageable. "I wish to make it clear that this issue is a family matter that can be resolved," James Cummings said in a statement. As of now, the Bart and James Cummings training partnership is in tact and we have an obligation to maintain our professional service to the loyal clients that support us. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to work with my grandfather and I sincerely trust that we can resolve the issues and continue to work together in the future. This is the only public statement I will make on this matter at the current time and request everyone respects the family's privacy as we work towards a resolution. James Cummings at Canterbury races before releasing a statement about the split with grandfather Bart Cummings. If James is unsuccessful in saving the partnership, he has the option of entering into a partnership with his father, successful trainer Anthony Cummings. Bart, Anthony and James were to come under the one stable roof at Flemington for their Melbourne-based horses this month. Should James choose to pass on the Randwick lease - and John O'Shea‎ lands Darley's head trainer's role as expected - there will suddenly be plenty of free boxes at Sydney racing's HQ.