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The Cummings name is attached to some of Australias most famous races, and the latest generation has ensured it will be so for many years to come.James Cummings has become the fourth generation to train the winners of the Victoria Derby, with Prized Icon upsetting New Zealander Sacred Elixir in the blue-riband Myer Classic at Flemington on Saturday.The 28-year-old remained calm and collected as he vowed to ensure the Cummings name would be around for a long time.Most of Australia knows the name, Cummings said.I reflect on it but right now Im proud of the horse and the job hes done.Hes been a model of consistency throughout his career and (jockey) Glyn Schofield has been a part of that.The horse was just in his own comfort zone and happy in his own space and he was strong.Prized Icon ($17) was 2-1/2 lengths too strong for $2.70 favourite Sacred Elixir, whose trainer, Tony Pike, was disappointed, believing he had hit the front too soon.Schofield timed his run perfectly.He was just too good today, Pike said.I told James when (Prized Icon) won the Champagne Stakes in the autumn he was a Derby horse, and it doesnt always work out but it did today.Pike said Sacred Elixir would bounce back for a Sydney autumn campaign.He possibly over-raced a couple of times in the run but not too badly, he said.He might have got there far too soon.Zac, I think, was worried about getting held up by the horse coming around him three-deep.He had a decent old bumping duel with it on the corner, and both him and Swear probably landed in front together at the top of the straight and he had to sit and wait for a fair while.But hes probably better just coming into it the last couple of hundred metres.Thats it for him this prep. Hell go home and have a spell and head to the Championships in Sydney.The winning trainer was surrounded by family, including his father, Anthony, who trained the 2012 Victoria Derby winner, Fiveandahalfstar.James Cummings trained in partnership with his grandfather Bart until the master trainers death in 2015.Bart Cummings trained five winners of the Victoria Derby and his father, Jim, trained one, Comic Court, which won in 1948 and went on to win the Melbourne Cup.That race is unlikely for Prized Icon, which is raced by Eduardo Cojuangco, the grandfather of James wife, Monica.Anthony Cummings was also on hand to celebrate the win after a tough couple of days in which a family dispute over his later fathers will became public.Im very proud, he said.Its a great thing. Four generations and still going. 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Australian Tyler Wright has taken a mammoth step towards claiming her first world surfing championship, winning the title at Lower Trestles in California.Wright is now a chance to claim the world crown at the the next event in Portugal later this month after she defeated Stephanie Gilmore in an all-Australian final on Wednesday (Thursday AEST).If Wright claims the 10,000 points for a title win in Portugal, the third-last event of the year, and second-placed Courtney Conlogue fails to reach the semi-finals, the Australian will clinch the crown.Even if that fails to eventuate, Wright is in the box seat heading into the end of the season given her 7250-point lead over the American will only grow further given surfers can drop their worst two results of the season.It doesnt really change much for me what I set out to do this year, Wright said.I set out with a goal to win every heat and win every final and learn along the way.Ill go into the next event with that same attitude.Wrights fourth victory of the year never looked in doubt after she posted a wave ride of 8.50 to open the heat, before finishing with a combined score 17.13 despite continuinng to battle an ankle injury.ddddddddddddGilmore struggled to mount a competitive reply until late, and despite ending the heat with a ride of 9.13, she finished with a combined total of 15.13 in swells of a metre.Today was just a big smile, Wright said.I had Steph in the final and I knew I had to get on the bigger waves because she surfs so good.Surfing against Steph and growing up with Steph as someone I look up to, I still look up to her now, shes honestly my surfing idol.Earlier, Gilmore produced the highest heat score of the womens event to defeat fellow Australian Nikki Van Dijk in the semi-final.In pursuit of her first tour victory since 2014 after suffering a serious knee injury last year, the six-time world champion logged 18.60 to reach the final.I love this place, I love this wave, Gilmore said.Its so rippable. Its a skate park.Theres no real fear of getting hurt or big waves. Its just a really fun place.Meanwhile Wright claimed her spot in the final by beating the USs Sage Erickson by a margin of 0.43. ' ' '