Training career Gai Waterhouse
waterhouse granted australian jockey club (ajc) licence in january 1992, although made difficult husband, robbie waterhouse, banned on involvement in fine cotton scandal. ajc rules @ time stipulated spouse of banned person not licensed, although subsequently overturned. first winner horse gifted poet in march 1992, , first group 1 winner te akau nick in metropolitan handicap in october year. after father, t. j. smith became ill, passed on tulloch lodge stable in 1994–95 season.
waterhouse first achieved fame in australia when nothin leica dane came melbourne cup in 1995 after winning victoria derby 3 days earlier. three-year-old colt ran second in melbourne cup, race no three-year-old had won since skipton in 1941. during 1996–97 season, had ten group 1 wins , won first sydney premiership. in 2001, waterhouse trained first, second, , third place-getters in golden slipper , added first of 3 successive sydney training premierships, culminating 156 wins in 2002/03, equalling father s sydney training record. in 2004–05 racing season, waterhouse had eleven group 1 wins , added fifth sydney training premiership. of 2010, waterhouse stable @ tulloch lodge had won 102 group 1 races.
waterhouse s other successful horses include golden slipper winners dance hero, ha ha , newly crowned 2008 golden slipper winner , australian two-year-old of year, sebring. prolific group 1 winners grand armee, juggler, , our mob 2 time epsom handicap winner desert war. waterhouse won 2010 bmw caulfield cup descarado. in 2012 caulfield guineas waterhouse s hot favourite pierro, undefeated in first 8 races, beaten hard in major upset. hard half-brother of star sprinter black caviar. in caulfield cup, waterhouse dealt yet blow when favourite glencadam gold finished 15th, 9 lengths behind last year s melbourne cup winner dunaden.
at 2013 sydney cup day, owner john singleton sacked waterhouse live on television after son tom waterhouse, bookmaker, allegedly told acquaintances singleton s horse more joyous lose ages stakes, did. both gai waterhouse , tom waterhouse denied wrongdoing. stewards laid 2 charges against waterhouse; (1) fail report stewards condition or occurrence may affect running of horse in race , , (2) having failed keep record of treatments administered horse . on 27 may, waterhouse found guilty , fined a$5500.
on 5 november 2013, waterhouse won first melbourne cup fiorente. second female trainer win race, , first australian woman.
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