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CONTRIBUTORS Gai Waterhouse Rob Waterhouse Lea Stracey A Letter from Kate Waterhouse Zeb Armstrong Petrea Vela the Editor… Emma Pearce Marette Farrell f you thought Winter is here and not much happens in the racing Su-Ann Khaw arena - think again! One of the most anticipated races in the world - Catherine du Peloux Menagé Ithis year's Belmont Stakes was recently won by super horse American Geoff Jansz Pharaoh, making him the first Triple Crown Winner in 37 years. ( He had Coty Farquhar Jackie Shaw previously won the Kentucky Derby, and the Preakness) His victory was decisive - a five and a half length win. It was not only a win for his owners, PHOTOGRAPHERS trainer and jockey, but also a win for several charities when Trainer Bob Trackside Photography Baffert and his wife Jill donated $200,000 US to four charities and winning Mark Gatt – Equine Images Bradley Photographers jockey, Victor Espinoza donated his winnings to the City of Hope... Amanda Wood – Need for Steed Australia See you at the races. Jo McKinnon Ange Bridson Lesley Warwick Bruno Cannatelli Cole Bennetts Lea Stracey Alison Hulett Popov Editor in Chief ADVERTISING MANAGER Simon Green Email: [email protected]

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4 | GG 06 From the Pen of the Lady Trainer CONTENTS BY GAI WATERHOUSE GG July/Aug 2015 10 Special Performances BY ZEB ARMSTRONG

12 Ranjeet Singh - Ten Years On BY LEA STRACEY

14 Interview with Kevin Dixon BY ZEB ARMSTRONG

16 Colleen Fawkes and Riding for the Disabled BY LEA STRACEY

20 The American Hero - He breathes a different air! BY MARETTE FARRELL 14 22 Track Snaps BY AMANDA WOOD

24 - Heritage Society BY ZEB ARMSTRONG

30 News from Across the Tasman BY PETREA VELA

32 Let them Jump BY ZEB ARMSTRONG

34 Northern Meteor x One Sweet Day BY EMMA PEARCE

36 Speed doesn't kill 34 16 BY ROB WATERHOUSE

38 #SummerLikeANomad4 06 BY SU-ANN KHAW

42 Date with Kate - Ksenija Lukich BY KATE WATERHOUSE

44 Cooking with Geoff BY GEOFF JANSZ

46 Skin on Skin BY CATHERINE DU PELOUX MENAGÉ

48 Styling the Table BY COTY FARQUHAR

50 Recent Winners

GG | 5 FROM THE PEN OF THE LADY TRAINER BY GAI WATERHOUSE

Wandjina winning the Caufield Guineas CHAMPIONS ThisHonour year sees the rise Roll and exodus of to stud of a vintage crop of three and four year olds as Gai records

he colt Wandjina (Snitzel x La Bamba) is a physical specimen possessing great presence and is owned by Dr E G T Bateman and Mrs B C Bateman. T As a two year old he showed qualities of speed, but was still quite mentally immature. He showed me abundance of ability, but only when he turned three, did he really mature and focus.The colt ran a brave placing in the Caulfield Guineas and he put in a fantastic effort in the Cox Plate, however it was as an autumn three year old where Wandjina really started to put his best foot forward...

GG … to read more – please purchase your copy of the magazine at one of 1500 newsagents across Australia – on sale July 6, 2015 – EQUINE IMAGES, NEED FOR STEED AUS AND BRADLEY PHOTOGRAPHERS IMAGES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT BY MARK GATT

6 | GG RACE THE BEST WITH THE BEST

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From RED FEVER (by Red Ransom) From VINTEDGE (by Flying Spur) Unraced; Dam has had 2 foals to race – both Dam was a Gr2 & LR Winner: 6 wins 1400m – winners FUNDIDO (10 wins) & STIRRING 2000m & $610,210 inc VRC Matriarch S. Gr2, NJC EMOTION (4 wins) Tibbie S. LR & 4 times stakes placed There are 101 Stakes Horses in her immediate Marvellous Pedigree with Excellent Conformation female family Directly descends from Champion mare Superb Pedigree with Stunning Looks to Match HOW NOW Directly descends from Champion mare Our filly is bred on the same cross as 28 Stakes ANNOCONNOR Winners inc: SEBRING, DISSIDENT, BENICIO, Our filly is bred on the same cross as 19 Stakes PERFECTLY READY, etc. Winners inc: RED RULER, SMART MISSILE, 5% Shares are only $9,850.00 CHANCE BYE, VAVASOUR, etc. & inc FULL OWNERS PRIVILEGES & NAME IN 5% Shares are only $6,900.00 RACEBOOK & inc FULL OWNERS PRIVILEGES & NAME IN Ongoing training and holding costs average RACEBOOK $8.20 per day Ongoing training and holding costs average $8.20 per day.

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GG | 7 SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY ZEB ARMSTRONG

Bohemian Lily and Blake Shinn winning The Roses

Good things COME IN THREES The best performance award for this issue has resulted in a three way tie between the overall performances (since our last issue) of the two fillies Bohemian Lily (O’Reilly x Bohemian Blues) and Najoom (Northern Meteor x Charlety Star) and the star imported entire Pornichet (Vespone x Porza). Gai speaks of Pornichet in her article, and here Zeb Armstrong discusses the wins of the fabulous fillies.

ohemian Lily has now headed to the paddock en-route to the Caulfield Cup in October. Before she went out, the former Kiwi won the traditional BQueensland Oaks lead up race -The Roses by four lengths after having to come across form barrier 10 of 13. The Roses has been won by the likes of Dear Demi and Ethereal in the past...

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BY LEA STRACEY Ranjeet Singh with Excess Knowledge. Ranjeet Singh TEN YEARS ON

Just recently, Ranjeet Singh, Senior Foreman at the Main Stable at Tulloch Lodge celebrated ten years working with Gai Waterhouse Racing. Lea Stracey met with Ranjeet not only to congratulate him, but also to find out what it is that makes him still want to continue getting up at 2.30am most mornings of the week.

en years ago, when Ranjeet was 20 years old, he left the comfort of working with his father in trainer JS Dhariwal’s stables in Hyderabad, in T the south of India and came to Australia to seek work with the best trainers Australia had to offer...

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GG | 9 IF YOU’RE SERIOUS ABOUT THE GOLDEN SLIPPER YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE GOLD COAST

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BY ZEB ARMSTRONG Racing on the Birdsville track; BELOW: Kevin Dixon KEVIN DIXON Racing Queensland Chairman, Kevin Dixon shares his passion for the horse and racing with Zeb Armstrong.

As a biographer of the great Bernborough, I have to ask… do you Q think the Toowoomba Tornado (Bernborough) is the best horse to have ever .been born in Queensland? I believe that it certainly would be hard to toss Bernborough. But we must remember that horses like Bernborough and Gunsynd raced in a different era, when horses raced on for longer....

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GG | 11 GG INTERVIEW

RidingColleen Fawkesfor the Disabled& ONE OF THE DELIGHTS OF MOVING THROUGH THE RACING WORLD WITH GAI IS THAT ONE IS NEVER SURE WHAT EXPERIENCE WILL COME NEXT OR WHICH NEW PEOPLE YOU WILL MEET AND HOW THAT, IN TURN, MIGHT IMPACT ON YOU. BY LEA STRACEY.

recently accompanied Gai to what has become her annual trek to the Jumps Carnival at Warrnambool. One morning, before the races, we made a detour to the Highview I Horse Complex, Illowa Road, Illowa. It was a bitterly cold morning on our arrival and there was no one about. Getting out of the car and walking into the complex we...

Gai and the participants at RDA give a cheer.

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12 | GG Riding for the Disabled BY MARETTE FARELL

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A collection of instagram posts covering American Pharoah and his triumphant win.

The AMERICAN HERO He breathes a different air! The atmosphere was electric when American Pharoah blitzed the field to be the first horse to win the American Triple Crown in 37 years as Marette Farrell reports.

o a crescendo of 90,000 fans who chanted from deep in their souls "Go Pharoah" all the way down the stretch of the Belmont Stakes, the big bay T colt cruised into history as the first Triple Crown winner in America since Affirmed, thirty seven long years ago. And despite all the criticisms and "numbers guys" dour predictions, he did it, five and a half lengths to the good, ahead of the...

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14 | GG BY ZEB ARMSTRONG Kingston Town in full stride.

Australian Turf Club: THE HERITAGE SOCIETY Archives, whether memorabilia or documentation of past events are imperative. We need to know from whence we came and how far we have come. Our heritage with its traditions can help forge the future. If history is lost or not maintained, an important part of our heritage and knowledge is gone forever. Zeb Armstrong recently visited the Archives of the Australian Turf Club and explains how well the history of the past is respected and maintained at the ATC.

pon entering Randwick Racecourse from the Main Gates turn immediately right, pass through the Member’s Car Park and in front of you, on the left, is U a non-descript building in a part of Randwick Racecourse that has been there for ever and a day. Since the beginning of archival collection this has been the home of the historical archives of Sydney racing at the ATC...

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All Vinery stallions carry a transferable free return if your mare fails to deliver a live foal. Payment is not due until June 15 2016. Conditions apply. All prices include GST. GG | 17 1st home in five Group 1 events — two at 2-years and three of Europe’s leading open-age sprints at 3-years

1st overseas 2YO runners already include the near 4-length winners DREAM DREAMER & RAUCOUS

1st Australian-bred crop now rising (USA) BRED | B/BR. 2008 | 16.1 HH 2-year-olds in all of the best stables in the country

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Highclere Thoroughbreds raced RAUCOUS (2c, Dream Ahead-Shyrl, by Acclamation)

18 | GG www.emiratespark.com.au 1st home in five Group 1 events — two at 2-years and three of Europe’s leading open-age sprints at 3-years

1st overseas 2YO runners already include the near 4-length winners DREAM DREAMER & RAUCOUS NEWS FROM ACROSS THE TASMAN BY PETREA VELA 1st Australian-bred crop now rising (USA) BRED | B/BR. 2008 | 16.1 HH 2-year-olds in all of the best stables in the country A rich Contact BRYAN CARLSON 0415 275 885 or TREVOR LOBB 0418 240 230 HISTORY EXTENDED Petrea Vela discusses the success of New Zealand bred horses in Australia and how they consequently return home either for stallion duties or as broodmares to stud.

ith the rain fairly relentless in NZ, racing attention has turned to sunnier climes, and by the time this article has gone to print W hopefully NZ will be holding up its reputation proudly with a strong showing at its favoured Queensland Carnival...

Sacred Falls Grazing at Waikato Stud

Highclere Thoroughbreds raced RAUCOUS (2c, Dream Ahead-Shyrl, by Acclamation) GG … to read more – please purchase your copy of the magazine at one of 1500 newsagents across Australia – on sale July 6, 2015 www.emiratespark.com.au GG | 19 BY ZEB ARMSTRONG

Let them JUMP The 2015 Warrnambool Jumps Carnival is over for another year. Zeb Armstrong offers the case to preserve this age old sport.

Sparton jumping at Warrnambool

he Warnambool Jumps Carnival was a huge success this year, as witnessed by the level of participation both on and off the field. This more than T emphasized the obvious enthusiasm for the sport. Horses have been racing over jumps for 500 years all around the world, and now in 2015, in Australia, jumping is safer than ever. Trying to stop jumps racing is equivalent to trying to...

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20 | GG BY EMMA PEARCE

Northern Meteor x One Sweet Day learning the reins.

A breeder's delight NORTHERN METEOR x ONE SWEET DAY This month, Emma Pearce, Assistant Racing Manager for Gai Waterhouse Racing offers a rare pearl - a very special filly, and daughter of the famed, sadly now deceased Northern Meteor. If your desire is to own a filly that is destined for group success don't hesitate. This filly represents the last year of matings for Northern Meteor. No doubt she will bring great joy one sweet day...

t is such a thrill to train a Group 1 winner and imagine my delight when I train the progeny to Group 1 success,” Gai commented. There is no better example than the Igreat racehorse and Champion Sire, Northern Meteor. Cosmic Endeavour, Amanpour and Romantic Touch are all Group 1 winners, by Northern Meteor...

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GG | 21 BY ROB WATERHOUSE

Gai, holding a bilby (or rabbit) signifying speed

Speed DOESN'T KILL It is a fact that Gai's horses often take up the lead in races. Rob Waterhouse explains the reason for the tactic and the fact that it more often than not provides a successful outcome.

ai Waterhouse’s runners quite rightly are expected by the racing public to lead. In the betting ring, they use the expression: “Gai owns the Glead”. The proof of the pudding is in the eating – Gai has very favourable statistics over her rivals, which I believe are helped by these leading tactics...

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22 | GG GG FEATURE

BY SU-ANN KHAW #SUMMERLIKEANOMAD

Su-Ann reaches the end of her four part series. Her final installment finds her in Germany, specifically Cologne, Baden-Baden and Berlin.

fter a cruisy week in Deauville, Jo Hutson and I posted a challenge for ourselves: three German cities in three days. Perhaps our own version of A the Amazing Race and we got off to what can only be described as a tumultuous start...

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GG | 23 3 GREAT... Dress Watches

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What are you up to at the moment? We [E!] made sure we were on the TV Q Week Logies red carpet, talking to all the Aussie TV stars, and I covered my first .ever Fashion Week. And [we] have been shooting more and more local content all over Australia. I took a press trip to New Zealand and I am heading back over to LA shortly, to catch up with the team over there... 1. Jigsaw Cara Boot, $245, stockists www.jigsawclothing.com.au 2. R.M.Williams Tuena boots, $600, stockists www.rmwilliams.com.au 3. Florsheim Myrcella boot, $199.95, stockists www.florsheim.com.au or 1800 130 000.

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he perfume industry owes a lot to leather. The town of Grasse in southern France has been the capital of perfume for centuries. This is because of the T leather industry which was based there in the 17th century. Today, the tanning process involves the use of chromium salts and other minerals to change the structure of skins and make them into stable materials which do not decay...

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want to share a secret with you. I am obsessed with tableware and fine china and all things that glisten when polished. I melt when I see a gorgeous piece of I silver or an old teapot and I can’t stop collecting vintage decanters and crystal glassware. As a stylist, my job is to set the scene, to build a story and to prepare...

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GG | 29 RECENT WINNERS

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