GAI’S GAZETTE12th Edition / AUGUST 2014

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Gai Waterhouse Rob Waterhouse Zeb Armstrong es, with this, our twelfth edition of Lea Stracey Gai’s Gazette, we proudly herald Madison Whant the milestone of our first birthday. Emma Pearce Though it didn’t occur to us at the Petrea Vela Ytime, there is a happy symmetry in the fact that our birthday month will always be the Graphic design & layout birthday month of the Horse. It is hard to believe that a year has passed Madison Whant and that it was twelve months ago that Gai [email protected] came up with the idea of a monthly “news- letter” for you, her owners. The aim of Gai’s chief photographer Gazette was to communicate with you, to in- form you, to engage with you as the extended Bradley Photographers family of Racing. In short, to www.bradleyphotos.com.au bring you all up to date with the comings and goings of the personalities and the horses that work together to make the business of Lodge. Editorial Photographer August is really the month of the Horse. I like to think of this month as the calm before the storm as it is the month that heralds the coming of the excitement of the Need for Steed Aus. Spring Carnival. As January heralds the beginning of a new year in the human world, www.needforsteed.com.au in the horse world, August heralds the beginning of a new year for the thoroughbred. In the southern hemisphere, the first of August has been nominated as the thoroughbred Advertisers horses’ birthday. The reason for this is that historically, the weather at the beginning of September starts to warm up, naturally prompting the mares to “ come into season” Trivettes Aston Martin due to the presence of extended daylight. Come September, the feed is plentiful which Goffs London means while grazing, the mares can produce plenty of nutricious milk which is what Laurneuk Stud nature intended. Hence matings occur in September and the foals are born eleven Three Bridges Thoroughbreds months later in August. During the last week in August many Horse Studs present their Round Table Racing stallions for inspection so that breeeders and interested parties can inspect the stallions Milly Blooms Bradley Photographers to decide on the appropriate mating for their mares. Eucallea Equine Zeb has provided us with his interesting perspectives on Gai’s achievements with her horses this month, as well as some forecasts on the Tulloch Lodge two-year-olds that we will see in the Spring and also the exciting stayers Gai has competing for the riches Advertising Manager of the and Melbourne Spring Carnivals. Emma continues her article on the yearling purchases that have caught her eye and Bruce Slade of Round Table Racing Ric Chapman [email protected] continues to delight us with his inciteful comments on the purchase of yearlings at this time of the year. Our production team would like to thank you all sincerely for your continuing PrINTERS warm reception of our magazine. We will endeavour to continue to bring you not only information of the racing team at GWR, but also stories of interesting horses and people Graphic Impressions around us in the industry. Remember, Gai’s Gazette – Great stories, great information and a great read! So, sit back and enjoy this, our first birthday edition. Happy Birthday to us all Lea Stracey Editor-in-Chief

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Page 6 Liberation: Performance of the Month... by Zeb Armstrong Page 7 Spring Youngsters... by Zeb Armstrong Pages 8 - 9 From the Pen of the Lady Trainer Pages 10 - 13 It’s all About Timing... by Bruce Slade Pages 14 - 15 We Can’t Speak Highly Enough about Not a Single Doubt x Woodie ARQANA... by Zeb Armstrong and Page 36 Su-Ann Khaw Pages 16 - 17 Theseo and Back with Ron Nathans... Interview by Zeb Armstrong Page 18 The Darwin Cup... by Zeb Armstrong Page 19 Training in Paradise... by Joe Callan Pages 20 - 21 Saluting the Stayers... by Zeb Armstrong Pages 24 - 25 An Interview with NZ Owner Hugh Chapman... by Zeb Armstrong Pages 26 - 27 More Thinking Needed... by Rob Waterhouse Pages 28 - 29 Budding Young Apprentice Winona Costin... Interview by Madison Whant Page 30 News from Across the Tasman... by Petrea Vela Pages 31 - 34 Gai’s Group 1 Glory What An Achievement... by Zeb Armstrong Page 35 Track Snaps... By Amanda Wood Pages 36 - 37 No Doubt About it... by Emma Pearce Pages 38 - 39 Recent Winners Page 40 And from You...

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LIBERATION By Zeb Armstrong ( x Liberty Rose)

ometimes things just go as trial win that certainly was not a secret. Generally two-year-olds when carrying rel- planned. Liberation (Fastnet Rock Tim Clark bounced Liberation out of bar- ative weights (between 54kg – 58kg) can’t x Liberty Rose) had two starts rier three and this was really the only thing run as fast as older horses. They are not as during his first preparation without the Group 1 winning jockey had to do. experienced, not as big or strong and simply Smuch success, but he was not getting Liberation did the rest. The colt found the can’t run the times. Therefore, a two-year- enough oxygen into his lungs and therefore lead, travelled perfectly, maintained his mo- old is almost never going to hold a course was not producing his best. He was given mentum, cornered well and extended to the record unless they win an open age race a respiratory operation and a nice long line. No other horse in the race really had a and have 45kg – 48kg but that hardly ever spell in preparation for a hopeful spring chance and the final winning margin of 2.3 happens anymore. This is why we put so campaign. When the colt came back in, he lengths could have been so much more. Not much emphasis on class records in regards made an immediate impact and he was not to two-year-olds. Liberation has now run going a day without receiving a ‘best of the ”The colt found the the 1200m at Rosehill faster than any other morning’ call from one of the trackwork lead, travelled perfectly, two-year-old horse in this class of race hoops. Was he back bigger and better? The since the introduction of the metric system. only way to know for sure was to trial him maintained his momen- Liberation’s time of 1.09.84 is also quicker in a speedy 740m trial. The result… an tum, cornered well and than most of the last ten Golden Slippers effortless five lengths trial victory. which is run over the same track and trip. From here everyone at the stable was get- extended to the line. Quite a feather in the of a horse having ting pretty excited about the son of Fastnet No other horse in the just its third start. Rock and half-brother to the very smart race really had a chance Congratulations to all the owners of this Liberty’s Choice. After his trial, Liberation colt. He is going from strength to strength continued to work very well and sudden- [with] the final winning at the minute and his effortless first up win ly the riders were saying ‘will win’ and margin of 2.3 lengths ...” hopefully might be a sign of things to come. ‘feeling fantastic’ rather than simply listing Well done also to Tim Clark on a perfectly him as their best on any given morning. We only did the colt win with authority but he timed and perfectly balanced ride. Tim rat- now arrive at Rosehill on 19 July 2014 and knocked almost half a second off champion ed the colt as well as possible and allowed Liberation was in the first race, a handicap Thorn Park’s class record. This record had him to show his best. It was a great win and for two-year-olds over 1200m. The colt stood for almost twelve years. Liberation’s a real thrill to see a colt of this quality do was not really wanted in the betting drifting time of 1.09.84 was not too far from All everything right after finally having enough from $6.50 to $7.20 and this was despite his Our Mob’s long standing course record. air in his lungs. ▣

6 www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au Now is the Time

If you haven’t purchased your share in a prospective 2015 Golden Slipper winner, now is a very good time to choose your yearling champion as Zeb forecasts below

By Zeb Armstrong

hile most of the talk at this time of year is about the Spring and the , it is also an exciting Wtime of year for the younger horses. As we speak, the yearlings are about to turn two and come September they will trial before hopefully heading towards the Breeders’ Plate and the Gimcrack Stakes. There are dozens of unnamed colts, geldings and fillies currently at Tulloch Lodge and the list of possibilities is endless. walked into the Moody stable at Caulfield and was just another nice looking filly. When arrived at Tulloch Lodge he was a striking colt, but while hopes are Photo by Need For Steed Aus.

“At the minute we know what level of ability most of the older horses have. They can of course Street Cry x Shashenka, Northern Meteor x Conquistar, Fastnet Rock x Temple of Peace improve and they can put in career best per- their work, and the ones that are flying in is unmatched almost in Australian racing formances, but for the the jumpouts, we are mostly waiting for tri- history. The Slipper is a race that Gai takes most part, the spring als and eventually for races to get a proper great pride in winning and really targets ev- horses are pretty guide. This is why it is so exciting. Some of ery year. It also does not hurt that the race exposed ...” the greatest horses to ever set foot on Aus- is worth $3,500,000. That is one million tralian racetracks have started their lives dollars more than the , and always high, one could only have dreamt at Tulloch Lodge. The stable has a great $500,000 more than the Cox Plate. Put this about what the son of went on to record of producing champions. Therefore together with the fact that Gai’s record in accomplish. How many champions are there could be any number of champions this race is only matched by her late father currently at Tulloch Lodge waiting to be just waiting to be exposed standing in their T.J. Smith, one can see why the youngsters named? Waiting to jumpout for the first stalls within the walls of Tulloch Lodge in the stable create such excitement. time? Waiting for their next 600m gallop? right now. You just never know. There are still plenty of youngsters avail- At the minute we know what level of Gai currently has 109 horses that are able for purchase that are nominated for the ability most of the older horses have. They about to turn two that are nominated for the Golden Slipper, so it is not too late to have can of course improve and they can put in 2015 Golden Slipper. The Golden Slipper a chance to be an owner of the 2015 Golden career best performances, but for the most takes place on 4 April 2015 and it remains Slipper winner. Gai’s record with young part, the spring horses are pretty exposed. this year the richest race for two-year-olds horses speaks for itself and any potential But with the babies, while we have an idea in the world. Gai has won five of the last owners can rest assured that Gai wants to of the ones that are thoroughly enjoying fourteen Golden Slippers in a record that win the Slipper just as much as they do! ▣

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From the Pen Of the Lady Trainer

ime out. And I don’t mean the fa- and ironically, Mitch had gone to school made a point of heading overseas every mous British publication that was with our great mates bloodstock agent John- year to both take time off and learn from established in the late sixties. I ny McKeever and his friend Peter Stanley different cultures and observe different mean time off, and this is exactly of New England Stud. It really is a small training methods. I think this certainly Twhat I have been enjoying over the last few world. It was not until we sat down for a contributed to his longevity and great weeks. After a small operation I was forced cup of tea that we all realised we shared the success. Dad was always prepared to learn into light duties (doctors orders). same group of mates. something new. Three months ago, Rob purchased a small While relaxing at the hilltop farm, the I feel that sometimes people don’t un- farm near Alpine in the Southern High- phone was never too far away. I speak with derstand the rigours that come with being lands. If you draw a line between Mittagong my jockeys, the office, my foreman, my far- a horse trainer. It does not matter if you are and Wollongong on the map below, we are rier and all manner of owners and different training at Newmarket in England, Belmont in there somewhere! people. TJ used to describe it as “seeing the in the USA or Randwick in , the It is just the most beautiful farm. We pur- trees from the forest”, that is staying on top work never stops. Horses need exercise chased the property from Mitch and Rosie of everything but watching from afar. Dad every single day and owners deserve to be informed as much as possible, especially in this age of communication and social media. Neither the business nor the stable ever closes. In Australia we race almost every day and especially at the moment, horses seem to be coming and going from the sta- ble every other day. In quick succession, the babies are in and out in preparation for their juvenile season. By the time this magazine goes to print the babies will be two-year- olds and fast be getting ready to race.

8 www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au This time of year I find so exciting with the back on the track to see for myself how they are tracking along brilliantly as I write. babies because you just never know what’s both the babies and the established horses Then there are the colts – Valentia (Fastnet ahead. There might be multiple champions are tracking heading towards the Spring. I Rock x Smart Company), Liberation ( standing in their stalls looking at you each can tell you right now, the entire team looks Fastnet Rock x Liberty Rose), Wandjina and every morning. Who knows how many to be flying. The ladies, including the likes (Snitzel x La Banba) and Hampton Court prospective Group 1 winners are in the of Sweet Idea (Snitzel x Flidais), Queen- (Redoute’s Choice x Roses N’ Wine) stable at the moment just waiting to turn stown (Stratum x Regal Heights), Twirl together with the Group 1 winning gelding two? This year in particular they all look (Lohnro x Cirque du Soleil), Nayeli (More Almalad (Al Maher x Ilhaam). These boys remarkably big and strong. An Aussie two- (just to name a few) will be three by the year-old at this time of year would look as “Three months ago, time you read this and there is no better mature as a three-year-old you might see Rob purchased a small time to be a fresh, classy and fast three- racing at Ascot. The youngsters’ sheer size year-old than in the Spring. I must not and forwardness make the young aussie farm near Alpine in the forget the stayers, and again just to name sprinters formidable horses at a very early Southern Highlands. If a few, The Offer (Montjeu x Valdara), stage. Greatwood ( x Gaze), Bonfire At the other end of the spectrum there are you draw a line between (Manduro x Night Frolic), Queenstown the older horses that are getting ready for Mittagong and Wollon- (Stratum x Regal Heights) and Projectile the Cups. These horses take much longer gong on the map below, (Encosta de Lago x Patasi). All are getting and require a lot more work. Heading the miles under their belts and are looking towards the start of October they need we are in there some- terrific at this early stage. I will soon be plenty of kilometres under their legs to be where!” back with a renewed bounce as you’ll see in competitive in the really big money races. It my horses. There may not be a better time really is an exciting time of the year. Than Ready x Wasimah) and Forever to be involved in racing than in the Spring What the time out has created in yours Loved (High Chaparral x Diamond Like) in Australia, and I can’t wait. truly is a renewed level of anticipation and are looking particularly good at the minute. See you in the Winners’ Circle. excitement. I simply cannot wait to get They all have very different targets, but Gai xxx Photo by Need for Steed Aus.

Forever Loved and Diamond Drille in a recent Exhibition Gallop

www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au 9 It’s All About Timing

By Bruce Slade

ith spring just around the In truth there can be a number of in the second half of 2014 and I give a corner, and the new season advantages in buying your share/s quick insight into their prospects: upon us, the excitement later in the year: is beginning to build as 1. You have more information. The year- Magic Millions January WRound Table Racing’s first yearling pur- lings offered by Round Table Racing after 1 Lot 99 Lonhro x Spectrolite (Stra- chases hit racing age. They are all officially August will all have started their third rac- tum) filly two-years-old as of 1 August. ing preparation at Tulloch Lodge by now. Purchase price: $160,000 August for a syndicator also marks the The riders have had a good feel for them eight month mark of our twelve month and Gai has watched them closely as they Education: Completed two educational retail year (our last third of the year). Like develop and settle into her routine. preparations and returns for her first full any good business we buy enough horses 2.You take on less risk. Round Table racing preparation in mid-August. at the beginning of our year through the Racing have carried these yearlings right various sales to service our clients’ right through to this stage. Notes: A high quality filly by Australia’s through until December. This can be a fine 3.You are closer to racing. Buying a share record holding stallion Lonhro, from a balancing act, especially in your first year post-August means you are buying a two- young stakes-winning Stratum mare. of business, but I am pleased to say that year-old as opposed to a yearling and you we are exactly on target with twelve of our are that much closer to being at the races Racing profile: Typical of her sire, she eighteen yearlings purchases (two thirds) with him/her. will come into her own as an autumn two- now fully subscribed. There are a number of factors to consider year-old and you can expect her to just keep That leaves us with six yearlings to place when determining when we place each on improving aged three, four and beyond. on the market for the first time in early Au- horse on the market including price, breed- As she is slightly later maturing, we were gust. I know from my experience as Gai’s ing, and future racing style/profile. Below I able to wait before she was placed on the Bloodstock Manager from 2010-2013, and run through the horses we will be offering market. working closely with Denise Martin during that time, that we would often get asked by people during the latter part of the year questions like – Why has he/she not been sold already? Do all the good ones sell first?

The fact of the matter is this: 1. The final six horses placed on the market have not been available for purchase up un- til now. We have not been able to promote them either. 2. Each of our purchases were bought hav- ing had to fulfil the same criteria as each of Photo by Need For Steed Aus. their counterparts. If they are not A-Grade, I am not interested. Off the top of my head , Almalad, Divine Calling, Squamosa, Spurtonic, Laid- back Larry and Queenstown were all sold closer to the end of the year than the start. Day 1 of riding for Lonhro x Spectrolite filly

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It’s All About Timing cont... all year. An outstanding colt who turns heads. He is by promising young sire Want- ed from a good young winning mare who Exceed and Excel x hails from one hell of a Group 1 producing Undercover filly family.

Racing profile: This colt is as classy as they come. You can see his natural ability taking him places in the autumn of his two- year-old year, and then he will come into his own in his Classic year. He already has a big reputation and was offered towards the end of the year as he is not as immedi- ate as our other purchases.

Inglis Premier March Lot 43 – Snitzel x Angel Smoke filly Purchase price: $100,000

Education: Completed an educational preparation and returns for her first full racing preparation in mid-August.

Notes: Stylish filly who was bought very inexpensively. By the sire of the moment Magic Millions January diate and I can imagine I will be pushing to from a young stakes-winning mare. Lot 61 – Snitzel x Seriously (Zedi- get people involved early as she is being set tave) colt for the Magic Millions two-year-old Classic Racing profile: This filly has shown Purchase price: $150,000 in January. She was not offered earlier as genuine precocity as her breeding would we had another filly (Catwalk Kitty) by the suggest. She will target the Inglis Bo- Education: Began his third preparation same sire and at the same price offered in nus Race Series which may see her in at Tulloch Lodge on 21 July and is being the first half of the year. Melbourne during the upcoming spring. aimed at the early two-year-old trials/races. Purchased in March, she is being offered Magic Millions January later as we had another Snitzel filly (Sweet Notes: Smashing colt by the hottest young Lot 510 – Wanted x Lady’s Wish Redemption) at a similar price offered sire in Australia and from a strong Group 1 (Johar) colt earlier. performing two-year-old family. Purchase price: $160,000 Inglis Premier March – Lot 321 – Racing profile: As his pedigree suggests, Education: Begins his third racing prepa- Lope De Vega x It’s Who Deanie colt this colt is all speed and precocity. I will ration at Tulloch Lodge in early August. Purchase price: $130,000 need to fill his ownership quickly as he is an immediate type from which we will Notes: One of the stand-out colts we saw Education: Completed an educational probably see the best of in the autumn. He was not offered earlier as we had another colt (Triple Snitz) by the same sire and at the same price offered in the first half of the year.

Magic Millions January Lot 157 – Exceed and Excel x Under- cover (Covetous) filly Purchase price: $130,000

Education: Completed two educational preparations and returns for her first full racing preparation in mid-August. Photo by Need For Steed Aus. Notes: A powerfully built filly by Austra- lia’s king of precocity (Exceed and Excel) from a sharp two-year-old family including Slipper winner Polar Success. Snitzel x Seriously colt

Racing profile: This filly is rather imme

12 www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au preparation and returns for his first full racing preparation in mid-August.

Notes: A man amongst the boys, this colt was purchased for his pure athleticism and strength. He is from the first crop of world- class racehorse Lope De Vega from a mare that only knows how to leave winners, four from four in fact, and each has gone on to win two races or more.

Racing profile: This big, strong colt is very much in the mold of his sire who was good enough to win as a two-year-old be- fore winning the French 2000 Guineas and French Derby in his three-year-old year. As he will mature a little later than a few of our others, he is being offered later. Photo by Need For Steed Aus.

As you can see, it could well be a case of the ‘lucky last’. Please see our website www.roundtableracing.com.au for more details or call Bruce on +61 400 505 238 Then, just say yes. It is amazing where Wanted x Lady’s Wish (right) loading the barriers at Randwick that word can take you. ▣

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Drafts.indd 18 3/30/2014 4:56:37 PM We Can’t Speak Highly Enough About ARQANA Su-Ann Khaw and Zeb Armstrong take you to the famous ARQANA Sale (or Arc sale as it is fondly known) in France

By Zeb Armstrong and Su-Ann Khaw

Longchamp congratulates Arc Solemia

eld on the eve of one of the est level, Xtension, Collection and Mighty and for those that are of interest, ARQANA most important races in the High as well as several others, have all can also tailor-make them to conform to the world, ARQANA’s Arc Sale started their careers there before going on Hong Kong Jockey Club requirements for on Saturday October 4, 2014 is to compete at the top. The Arc Sale contains purchasers. Hperfectly timed to find future champions, as several horses that conform to the exporta- Su-Ann on the ARQANA’s Arc Sale… well as experience the world famous Qatar tion criteria of Normal Permits and Normal Multiple Stakes winner and Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe weekend. Replacement Permits for horses rated 80 runner up Puissance de Due to start after the racing is complet- and above, as well as Special Replacement Lune was purchased by Robert Roulston ed for the day at 6.30pm, just a couple of Permits for stakes placed horses rated 85 at the 2011 Arc sale for 90,000 Euros. kilometres from Longchamp racecourse at and above for two, three and four-year-olds. The grey entire by Sharmadal has earned Saint-Cloud near Paris, the auction offers a Moreover, to help potential purchasers $752,600 in prizemoney and has a stud fantastic opportunity to choose from a care- to see and gain the best out of ARQANA’s career ahead of him, perhaps after one more fully selected range of horses in training, catalogue, its SmartCat (online virtual cata- spring preparation. Puissance de Lune has mainly two and three-year-olds, sourced logue) provides a huge help when selecting won seven races in Australia by a com- predominantly from across France. horses. Found on their website in the lead bined twenty three lengths which equates European horses have traditionally had up to and during the sale, it provides all the to an average winning margin of over three an excellent record in Hong Kong especial- horses’ performances on their individual lengths. Who will ever forget his eight ly, and the likes of Group 1 winners Viva catalogue page, saving huge amounts of length romp in the 2013 Bendigo Cup? Or Pataca, the richest prizemoney earner in time and research. Besides that, all lots are his exhibition gallop like win in the 2013 history and eight times a winner at the high- presented with a complete veterinary file, Queen Elizabeth at Flemington?

14 www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au Longchamp

Aga Khan bred Lidari was purchased Hana’s Goal. windburn in the 2013 Queen Elizabeth for 90,000 Euros at the 2012 Arc sale by The Arc sale graduates in Australia are a at Randwick such was the strength of his Hubie de Burgh for OTI Racing. The son testament to the quality of horses and the win. In addition to the sale, the weekend of Acclamation has earned $250,000 since value that can be found in the catalogue. is the ideal opportunity to see some of the racing in Australia and won the 2014 Group Two sensational days of racing at best racehorses in the world fight it out for 2 Blamey Stakes at Flemington. The five- Longchamp, include the Prix de l’Arc de Europe’s richest turf race, the Qatar Prix year-old entire as well as being a Group Triomphe, Prix Dollar, Grand Criterium, de l’Arc de Triomphe, worth €4 million 2 winner, has also placed in an additional Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp and the in prizemoney. Racing begins its two-day Group 2 race, the 2013 Dato Tan Chin Nam Prix de l’Opera. Over decades the Arc festival with four Group 2 races on the Stakes over 1600m at Moonee Valley at weekend racing has attracted International Saturday, whilst Sunday’s card sees eight WFA. The horse that beat him by just a few and French Group 1 performers Treve, events at the highest level, including the inches… ! Arc, the highlight of the autumn calendar. Doncaster Prelude winner and dual “ARQANA’s Arc Sale pro- The sales ground and Longchamp race- Group 1 placed Weary an Arc Sale graduate vides an excellent op- course are situated only 20 minutes outside selected by Mick Flanagan. Earning half a Paris, and no trip to France can be complete million (AUD) in prizemoney since racing portunity to find future without visiting the world famous capital. in Australia, the four-year-old was pur- champions, experience In addition to the equine delights, the cele- chased for 145,000 Euros at the 2013 Arc the delights of Paris, brated Champs-Elysees is easily accessible, Sale. Weary is widely tipped as being a real as is the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and spring prospect as it took the very in-form and experience some many other beautiful sites. Sacred Falls and Royal Descent to get past of the best racing that ARQANA’s Arc Sale provides an ex- him in the . Both these Europe has to offer...” cellent opportunity to find future champi- horses absolutely love a wet track and on ons, experience the delights of Paris, and Doncaster Day 2014 at Randwick, the track Danedream, Moonlight Cloud, Orfevre, experience some of the best racing that was a heavy 9. The only other horses to Reliable Man and . Moonlight Europe has to offer. It’s certainly a weekend beat Weary so far Down Under have been Cloud was the filly who almost beat Black filled with great racing, quality horses, art, the ultra-impressive Waterhouse gelding Caviar at Royal Ascot while Reliable Man foodie quests, fashion and fun well worth Ecuador and the flying Japanese mare was the grey horse who gave It’s A Dundeel experiencing.▣

www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au 15 Theseo and Back A quick chat with Group 1 winning owner and Round Table Racing client Ron Nathans

Interview by Zeb Armstrong

Ron and Jill Nathans

Can you tell us a little bit about period of nearly a year for Coolmore in fellow came up to us in the members area your background and how you the Royal Commission into the outbreak at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate day. He came to be an owner of a multiple of Equine Influenza in NSW, and this has told us that he’d been breeding and racing Group 1 winner? given me a unique insight into the thor- horses for 30 years and he’d give anything In winter 2002, I was at a loose end and oughbred industry. to have a horse like Theseo. That more had read an article about thoroughbred than anything, showed me how special our breeding/racing and decided this was some- Theseo won the WFA Ranvet twice experience in racing was. thing I might be interested in. So, on the (2009, 2010), a Chipping Norton, following Monday, I rang the office of Gai a Mackinnon and an Epsom. As a Rumour has it that you and your Waterhouse Racing and asked to speak with Theseo owner, can you tell us if you lovely wife might be having anoth- Gai. Having said I was a solicitor and the enjoyed any of these wins more er try to get a champion? Is it true purpose for the call was ‘personal’, I was than the others? that you have a share in a recently pur straight through. Gai explained some Every win in the city is heart attack excite- purchased Round Table Racing aspects to me and invited me to the stables ment material. The Group 1’s doubly so, but horse? What can you tell us about and that’s how our interest began. to be at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate day, this youngster? Flemington and Caulfield on Carnival days Yes, we have an interest in a very preco- What is the name of your firm and and all this after only four years in racing cious filly by Not a Single Doubt and out what is your speciality? and achieving what many, with a lifetime’s of the mare Speedy Belle. She is a very big I retired as a partner of Norton Rose experience in racing never achieve, made it girl and looks as though she will be quite Fulbright, a global law firm four years even more special. To do this with a horse forward in her development and, with her ago. I now am a consultant to that firm. I as beautiful and tough as Theseo, made it dam having won a Gimcrack Stakes, Gai specialised in commercial litigation and the ultimate racing experience. This was would like to try and emulate that feat with cross-border arbitration. I acted over a brought home to my wife Jill and I, when a her daughter.

16 www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au Have you owned many other horses involved. Whether that involves inviting Apart from Theseo, what is your over the journey? you to lunch at the races or sneaking you favourite thoroughbred of all-time? Yes, we have had a few others with Gai, Hard to say, there have been so many good the most notable being Fusakeo, who was “The experience with ones. It is remarkable that Gai and before a Saturday horse and won over $200,000. Gai is also more than her Tommy, have had plenty of the best However, being a Fusachi Pegasus, he just the business of 100 horses Australia has ever seen between was not as mentally stable or focused as racing horses. She them. you’d like him to be, so we let him go. We makes it a social expe- also took over a very promising Rock of rience as well and goes Away from the firm and the track Gibralter stayer, Biographical, who had to out of her way to ensure what else do you get up to? How leave Gai’s stable because of tendon issues. that you are involved...” does a man of the law spend his He has now had stem-cell treatment and we non-racing weekends? hope to be back at the races with him one into the Winner’s Room when another of Being semi-retired, the week-ends aren’t day. her owner’s horses wins, Gai makes racing quite the premium downtime that they with Gai as fun as possible. were when I was in full-time legal practice. How about Gai and Ron? How do I enjoy golf, the snow, any water based you get along with the Lady What do you think Gai does better activity and hanging out with my kids and Trainer? than anyone else in regards to her grandkids. I’ve gotten along well with Gai from the owners? Frankly, I’ve found winning Group 1’s first day I spoke with her. The beauty with Allowing her owners to feel that they are easier than getting my golf handicap down Gai is that if you’re interested, she’s willing part of the whole experience. Her regular to where I want it! to share her experiences with you. She had communications, the ability to visit the no hesitation in taking me to training with stable and see your horses and above all her Theseo improved so quickly her at 4am when I showed an interest in enthusiasm, all these things sweep you up, from a good Saturday horse, to how it was all done and her regular updates and in our case, introduced us not only to a WFA superstar. When did you about your horse makes you feel you are the world of racing but also introduced us realise he was going to be really part of the whole training process. to many new folk along the way. good? The experience with Gai is also more When he won the Magic Millions Gold Cup than just the business of racing horses. She What is the best performance you as a four-year-old, he just kicked on from makes it a social experience as well and have ever seen on a racetrack? there and after the Epsom win we knew he goes out of her way to ensure that you are Theseo winning the Mackinnon by a nose! wanted to be a champion. KNIGHT EXEMPLAR (AUS)

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By Zeb Armstrong

Fannie Bay Racecourse

ver eight wonderful days each considering in his Cup defence in 2012 he remember that this horse finds it very hard July / August, the Darwin won with the crushing weight of 64.5kg. to win in Melbourne, but he certainly grows Cup Carnival takes place at That is 10.3lbs in the old weights system a leg in Darwin. He must enjoy the warm the picturesque Fannie Bay and four pounds more than Phar Lap carried weather! ORacecourse that is located almost in the to victory in the 1930 Melbourne Cup. On Gai and Rob head to Darwin most middle of Darwin. It is often said that the this occasion the grand campaigner won years. Rob runs a book and Gai enjoys the easiest job in the world might belong to the by a nose thus giving him back to back racing. Gai and Rob are certainly not the Darwin weather forecaster. The weather only southern states racing identities that is either 31 and clear or 31 with showers “In recent years, when attend the Carnival. Hundreds of people for 365 days a year. During the southern thinking of the Darwin from Randwick and Flemington attend the hemisphere winter, Darwin is in the middle Cup, the mind imme- Carnival as well as thousands of locals and of the dry season so for all eight days of diately finds the name plenty of tourists from all over the world. the carnival, you can be almost guaranteed ‘Hawks Bay.’ And it is The Darwin Cup Carnival is the num- that the temperature will be between 30 and with good reason...” ber one tourist attraction in the Northern 32 degrees with no chance of rain. This is Territory. This is remarkable considering in stark contrast to what is happening in Darwin Cup wins. Hawks Bay’s 2011 Cup the Northern Territory is home to Katherine Melbourne at the same time. The weather at win was with 62kg so it too was a superb Gorge, Fitzroy River, Kakadu and of course Flemington while the Darwin Cup is on can win. However the gelding has done much Uluru. range between 10 and 12 degrees with hail, more in the Top End than simply win the The two feature days are Saturday 2 sleet, gales and mud. Yes a trip to Darwin Darwin Cup twice. He has also won the August 2014 when the famous Palmerston for a few days certainly can warm the blood Darwin Derby, the Darwin Guineas, and in Sprint takes place and Monday 4 August and there is some great racing also to enjoy 2009 and 2010 the warm weather champion which traditionally is Cup day. Darwin while thawing out. ran second in the Cup. In all, Hawks Bay has something for everyone. There is the In recent years, when thinking of the has two wins and two seconds in the Cup, perfect weather, great beaches, almost the Darwin Cup, the mind immediately finds has won the two feature Darwin three-year- world’s best fishing, very unique scenery the name ‘Hawks Bay.’ And it is with old races (Derby and Guineas) and he has and wonderful racing at a very special good reason because this boy is probably also won or placed in six other races at the racetrack. See you in Darwin! ▣ the greatest winner of the Darwin Cup iconic Fannie Bay racecourse. We have to http://www.darwinturfclub.org.au/

18 www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au Training in Paradise In the first of a regular blog during work experience with Gai, Joe Callan (21) from Co Kildare describes his time with our legendary Australian Trainer Gai Waterhouse

By Joe Callan

ome people working in Gai Water- all aspects. The facilities at the two tracks I day racegoer. house’s stable say that it is good have been lucky enough to make it too have Another great opportunity for the race- luck when you “strap” or take a been next to none in standard, all aimed goers, horses, owners and trainers are the horse to the races for the first time at an accessible and enjoyable day. In Rand- regular trials that occur here. The trials are Sfor the yard. In my case, this was in fact wick, down by the winning post there is a set up like a race day at the larger tracks true; perhaps the luck of the Irish contribut- large open area with tables and chairs so and the jockeys even wear the owners ed as my first trip to the races in Australia the racegoers can enjoy a relaxing evening silks. The horse goes through the full resulted in me being lucky enough to have in the sun while taking in the action. Most routine from going through the barriers to the opportunity to lead a potentially high meetings would consist of racecourse gal- racing over the set trip of that trial. This is class horse in to the winner’s enclosure for lops too, which take place throughout the excellent for the horse and a great chance such a high class stable. The horse Liber- day in between races, rather than after the for owners to see their horses run. Trainers ation a two-year-old colt by Fastnet Rock, races like at home. This gives the people utilise this opportunity to the maximum won a strongly contested race in Rosehill an opportunity to witness high class horses with Gai sending almost 40 horses to recent on Saturday in tremendous style, all the on a day with racing of not the strongest trials at Randwick last week. while breaking the course record for a race calibre, as it is not until August the Spring As you can imagine this required all of that class. Being my first experience tak- Carnival commences and it is then when the hands on deck in the yards! This time of big races in Australia are held. On Satur- year the trials are amazing, as we creep “Tres Blue the winner day Gai brought two very useful European closer and closer to the first day of the imports to gallop at Rosehill. Tres Blue Spring Carnival we see some pretty flashy of the Prix De Deauville the winner of the Prix De Deauville was types making appearances. The trials are was one, while, Michel- one, while, Michelangelo, the St Leger regularly televised and are part of the form angelo, the St Leger third placed horse behind Encke and guide for all the horses. third placed horse be- Camelot was the other. This opportunity Although I have only been here a few for racegoers to see these high class horses weeks I firmly believe there is much to be hind Encke and Camelot and possible Melbourne Cup contenders learned from Australia about the “racing was the other. This op- gallop throughout the day is one that should experience”. It is a fantastic country with portunity for racegoers be observed. Of course we do a similar huge opportunities and the Waterhouse to see these high class routine occasionally after racing in Ireland stable is of course one of the best places to but it is the frequency of this opportunity in experience this wonderful industry under horses and possible Mel- Australia that is an attraction for the day to the guidance of a great mind. ▣ bourne Cup contenders Strapper Joe Callan with Liberation, Julia Ritchie, gallop throughout the Sheila Burns, Ron Burn and Inglis Sponsors, Arthur day is one that should Inglis and Andrew Munce be observed...”

ing a horse to the races over here, I am sure I looked a bit out of place leading the horse back in and getting directions where to take him in the ring once he had won. It is far different to home as in Ireland there is a clearly marked winners pole in the ring. In Rosehill an area of the ring is cordoned off for the winner, similar to some American tracks. But one thing that was very similar to Ireland was the excitement beaming from the group of cheering owners as the horse had won on only his third start. The racing here is set up for the racegoers

to get as much as possible out of the day in Photographers Bradley by Photo www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au 19 Saluting the Stayers

With her first entry in the Melbourne Cup Gai almost won the race. She has a proven track record with stayers as Zeb relates

By Zeb Armstrong

ai Waterhouse’s record in again came back from a spell and headed to the colt in the final furlong of the race. the shorter races especially Melbourne for the 1993 Melbourne Cup. At Ironically Vintage Crop ran third in this in two-year-old races is well 160-1 Te Akau Nick led the 1993 Mel- race! documented. The Lady Trainer bourne Cup field a merry dance only to be It is now fast approaching the 2014 Gafter-all has won five of the last fourteen run down by the great Vintage Crop in the spring and things have come a long way Golden Slippers and seven of the last last 100m. The Waterhouse trained longshot since the early 1990s. Gai is arguably the fifteen Sires’. But what is often overlooked held on for second and Gai was well and best trainer of stayers in Australia as she is is the fact that Gai’s Group 1 career started truly on the board as a trainer of stayers. Te the reigning winner of the only two Group on the back of stayers. Her most successful Akau Nick conceded Vintage Crop 0.5kg 1 races over 3200m in Australia (the Mel- ever Group 1 race (number of victories) on this occasion. Two years later in what bourne Cup and the ). Gai, next is a staying race, and nowadays, the Lady was one of the best eras of three-year-olds season, will also be defending her 2013 Trainer is leaving no stone unturned in her in recent memory, Nothin’Leica Dane, fresh – 2014 titles in the , David pursuit of winning feature spring Cups. off beating in the VRC Derby, Jones Cup, Grafton Cup, Australia Day Gai’s first Group 1winner was Te Akau backed up in the Melbourne Cup. No three- Cup, ATC Cup and Ballarat Cup. The Lady Nick in the 1992 Metropolitan Handicap. year-old had won the Melbourne Cup since Trainer has also won the last two VRC St. Skipton in 1941 in what was a wartime Cup Leger’s over 2800m which is almost the “Gai’s first Group 1 win- run in front of very few people. Unfortu- oldest remaining feature race in Australia. ner was Te Akau Nick in nately Nothin’Leica Dane did not end this The stayers are flying and there is no youngster drought, but like Te Akau Nick, better time than spring to have a good the 1992 Metropolitan he went mighty close. handle on the distance horses. However, Handicap. This launched The best stayer in the land on the first not all horses can get into the Melbourne what is currently the Tuesday in November 1995 was undoubted- and Caulfield Cup’s, but there is also the third Greatest Group ly and the great Freedman trained Ballarat Cup, the rich Bendigo Cup, the One career in Australian champion was a little more seasoned than Melbourne Cup qualifier the Geelong Cup, history...” Nothin’ Leica Dane and managed to swamp the Herbet Power, the Hotham and any

This launched what is currently the third The Offer winning the Sydney Cup Randwick Greatest Group 1 career in Australian histo- ry and by far the greatest current streak of a participating solo trainer. The Metropolitan is not a race one would normally associate with Gai Waterhouse, but the simple truth is that Gai has won eight of the last twenty one editions of the mile-and-a-half spring feature. The Metrop is Gai’s most success- ful Group 1 race in terms of number of wins. After winning the Metropolitan, Te Akau Nick came back in the autumn to win the Chairman’s, then he ran second in the Group 1 Sydney Cup. He then closed out his preparation by winning the AJC St Leger, a race that Tulloch once won by

twenty lengths. Photographers Bradley by Photo However Te Akau Nick was not done. He

20 www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au Photo by Need For Steed Aus.

Happy owners of Queenstown, (left to right) Alistair and Mary Simpson, Jackie Berry, Jaqueline Coulter and strapper Rajendra Adhikari number of other staying events including Melbourne Cup favourite has trialled gelding that has trialled well and has all the of course, the Metropolitan Handicap in exceptionally well and according to Tommy potential in the world. He has won several Sydney. Berry “you look at him last preparation, really good races so far in his short career Imports Bonfire (Manduro x Night in his trials and he couldn’t keep up to the and he certainly looks a type that will get Frolic) and Greatwood (Manduro x Gaze) second last horse, whereas today he sprint- better with more racing. Forever Loved is have both trialled remarkably well as we go ed home to run second or third. I just can’t by High Chaparral and his progeny gen- to print. Both have acclimatised and are fast believe how big he is behind his saddle. erally get better with age. Forever Loved heading towards their aussie debuts. Tres is about to turn four and she has already Blue (Anabaa Blue x Tres Ravi) has now “Imports Bonfire (Man- placed in a Group 1 over 2000m and she been in Australia for an extended period duro x Night Frolic) and also ran a brave fourth in the ATC Oaks of time and he has grown like a teenager. Greatwood (Manduro x last autumn. Should she get better, to which He looks ready to make a big impact in Gaze) have both trialled all indicators are pointing, it will be a very the spring as he has a stack of ability. The remarkably well as we exciting time for everyone involved as she comeback boy Danas Best (Danasinga x go to print. Both have is already extremely well performed. The Best Promise) won his trial on 18 July and acclimatised and are fast stayers are coming and the stable is ready. he too looks remarkable. Last preparation heading towards their Gai has trained 125 Group 1 winners so far he went from strength to strength and there Aussie debuts...” in her stellar career. The first one was over is no doubt he will be better again this time 2400m, her greatest win was over 3200m in. The St. Leger winners Order of the Sun He’s just so much stronger and he showed and also, in between, she has won plenty (Encosta de Lago x Sequin) and Hippo- that today.” of other good races at 2000m and beyond. pus (High Chaparral x Straight Eight) are There are also several up and coming But now, after several years of attending the coming off successful preparation and both young staying prospects. Two that are Melbourne Cup Carnival, Gai is attacking are proven in Victoria. Melbourne is no looking very good at this early stage are the great race and all the lead up races with doubt where they are heading again in the Projectile (Encosta de Lago x Patasi) and all guns blazing. There is no better time coming weeks and months. Then there is Forever Loved (High Chaparral x Diamond than now to get involved with a Waterhouse The Offer (Montjeu x Valdara). The current Like). Projectile is a very progressive trained stayer. Exciting times ahead. ▣

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(Right) Hugh, Hugh jnr, strapper Joshua Whitaker, John Livingstone, and a Gosford Race Club representative, after Tohunga’s Madien Plate win

An Interview with NZ Owner

Hugh Chapman Photo by Bradley Photographers

Interview by Zeb Armstrong

First of all, can you tell us a little have come back wonderfully well slowly getting back to his best, bit about yourself and how you got from a brief spell after a very suc- and he is one of only a few ’s involved with Gai Waterhouse? cessful albeit winless preparation. throughout the stable. Did you I live in NZ near , not too far Do you think he can make the big have any hand in picking him at from NZ bloodstock actually. I am married step to open class in the spring? the sales? to Karen with a couple of adult children. Well I certainly hope so. He won’t have I don’t actually mind what the breed is so Hugh jnr runs a business in Sydney and to improve too many percentage points to long as they run quickly. I didn’t have any our daughter Celine is a fashion designer in win a few bigger races. Apart from one or hand in picking Tohunga at the sales as he Auckland. two average runs, he was so consistent, was actually on the GWR website. Gai has especially in Scone and . In the When the Lady Trainer asked us to Scone Guineas, the Canberra Guineas and “I don’t actually mind interview you, she said you were the Queensland Guineas he was beaten a what the breed is so up in the Gulf of Carpentaria. What total of about a length combined. Fingers long as they run quick- were you doing up there? crossed that he can turn around his luck a I was helping a company out with some little bit in the coming months. ly [...] Gai has superior training for equipment they had sold to judgement to almost the Doomadgee Aboriginal council. The What other horses have you had anyone so that is good equipment looks for water pipe leaks under with Gai over the years? enough for me ...” the ground. The geography and isolation up Hydro, Tohunga, Almighty Charge, and a there is simply extraordinary, as too is the couple of slower ones. superior judgement to almost anyone so that wildlife. Big crocs! is good enough for me. I know Rudi Leift- Do you have a preference for ing who raced the mare (Tohunga’s dam) Your colt Liberty’s Choice looks to the kiwi bred horses? Tohunga is She’s Just a Tad who won two Group 1s

24 www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au happen today in such a race. Tohunga winning his Maiden Plate at Gosford In early autumn 2012 Tohunga was the hot favourite in a 2100m race at Gosford. He stood in the stalls (like his dam did once or twice) and lost ten lengths. He was hopelessly last for the first half of the race, before he caught the field, looped them and won by six lengths. A good effort that one.

Away from the races, how do you fill in your leisure time? Rugby? Golf? Beer? Yes, although I don’t play much golf. I des- perately need to practice a little more. My provincial rugby team in NZ are The Coun- ties Manukau Steelers. This is the team in which Jonah Lomu started his career. Last year we won the treasured Ranfurly Shield for the first time. We had been very close to winning the shield over the last three years but always fell a little short. It was a bit of a surprise to win it last year, but a very

Photo by Bradley Photographers Bradley by Photo welcome one. We have to defend our title now this year and was beaten just a neck in the Australian Cassidy aboard. This was a remarkable and there are plenty of excellent challeng- Oaks. Rudi thought that her progeny may performance and a real source of kiwi pride ers, but so far so good. well continue on in her footsteps. Tohunga’s for me on the day. When I was a kid Dad grand dam was pretty good so all in all, it used to take me to the races at Ellerslie. What do you most enjoy about be- was well worth having a go and yes, he was Dad loved the jumps as he grew up just ing a loyal Gai Waterhouse owner? much improved at his last start. So again, across the road from Ellerslie and the I’ve had a bit of fun on the big Group 1 fingers crossed! famous jumps course. One day Kaimai, a days with Gai. I have not quite bagged a grey horse ridden by Baggy Hillis fell at the Group 1 winner yet, but it is never too late. Hydro is by a champion stallion out water jump in the Great Northern Steeple- Being involved in the stable gives you a of a Group 1 winning mare. He may chase which is the 6400m epic run every constant source of excitement in that the have inherited a little bit of his year at Ellerslie. Baggy grabbed the horse, next winner is never far away and Gai mother’s famous insanity because remounted, jumped the water jump again wants to win the big ones just as much as his very best is very good, but he and won the race. I doubt this would her owners. can do a little wrong. He too has come back well and looks to have matured remarkably. What do you expect from Hydro this time in? Hydro has been a shade disappointing but it is only because he always looks a million dollars in the mounting yard. He trialled exceptionally well so let’s hope he puts his best foot forward. He certainly has the ability. Do you go to many race meetings in Australia? Yes, I seem to get to a few. It can be a lot of fun and entertaining attending the races in Australia.

What is the greatest performance you have ever witnessed on a race- track? May I have three? I was at Flemington when Kiwi came from last in the 1983 Mel- Some of the locals at Doomadgee bourne Cup with a fresh faced Jimmy

www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au 25 More Thinking Needed

Timing and positioning the yearling sales is not only an integral part of selling yearlings but crucial, as Rob explains in this enlightening article

By Rob Waterhouse

Gai says: “Were the Easter horses sold An aerial view of Warwick Farm four months earlier, they would achieve far more.” But the breeders love Easter, notwith- standing, it can occur anywhere in a six- week window.

Move to Warwick Farm Inglis have more than that to worry about. The breeders would like the sale complex to be moved out of the city to Warwick Farm: “I imagine there would be a good-sized special dividend to sharehold- ers. And they’d build a nice, state-of-the-art Easter and Warwick Farm Sales for the first time at seven. Late kids have ‘The lot of a thoroughbred auctioneer’, to missed out on those skills and habits devel- sales complex out paraphrase Gilbert’s (and Sullivan, who oped in those, the early years. (Although, there ...” wrote the music) famous quote, ‘is not a Gai, a late starter herself, turned out pretty happy one’. well!) easy access from the M5 from the south and They get a lot of “agro” from vendors, And, not wanting to labour the point, the M7 from the north and west. who are usually breeders, whose ideas are but my statistics of different sales Austral- Inglis have an arrangement to buy acre- often counterproductive to their own best asia-wide prove the point. Easter underper- age there, from the ATC, and that would interest. forms in the key success indicators notwith- free the auction house up to unlock the Wm Inglis & Son had proposed a Decem- standing it being the most expensive. value of land in a prime residential area ber yearling sale this year for precocious yearlings. This was a reasonable idea, but TelegraphSource: The Daily the breeders have kyboshed the plan. The breeders love selling their stock at Easter, when their yearlings look very mature. But, Gai, who knows a thing or two about making great racehorses, says that it is far too late to maximise their potential: three months or so behind in education to the Magic Millions and yearlings. Gai compares it to the child who starts kindergarten at four years of age compared with the child who sees the school gates M5 Carpark

26 www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au Destruction

and then in descending order). Or, this could be in reverse order. Perhaps a hybrid method might be more practical: in a 500 lot catalogue, cheap lots increasing in value until, say, lot 100, with it being top lot, then the second top and so on. I believe that would maximise prices. And it is this method used by art auction companies. Rod Menzies, of Menzies Art Brands, Australia’s foremost art auction- eers, says: “Lot order is vital. We start the sale with quirky, interesting items, rising in price, then we have our signature section, again building to crescendo, then after the summit, decreasing value where buyers know they are getting value.” Sounds sensible.

Source: Wallippo Source: “And it is this method at Randwick. I imagine there would be a does not maximise their sales price for the used by art auction com- good-sized special dividend to sharehold- vendors. ers, and, also, they’d build a nice, state-of- A theoretical economist would say they panies. Rod Menzies, the-art sales complex out there. should be sold in an order based on the ex- of Menzies Art Brands, I should add, every buyer and bloodstock pected sale price, possibly in the opinion of Australia’s foremost art agent thinks the Warwick Farm move is the auction house. A simple form would be a terrible mistake. Their view is that a to arrange the catalogue with the expected auctioneers, says: “Lot Warwick Farm horse sale would be only sales topper - lot 1, next most favoured lot 2 order is vital ...” attended by trainers and agents – no actual and so on. This model suggests prospective customers and no interested spectators. buyers would be right on “key”, knowing The market would be more ordered. It Gerry Harvey, who owns Magic Millions, what they have to do to be successful. And would obviate the charade of imaginary has recently purchased the long lease of the all those that failed with lot 1 would be bids till the auctioneer says those magic retail space at Moore Park for $80 million, there for lot 2 etc. words: “It is on the market”, signifying it with the available-for-rent showground, The economist would argue reverse order has reached the reserve. a venue that used to be a thoroughbred would work just as well – working up to Perhaps, Inglis should remember the final auction place (and racecourse). Surely this the best. verse from the famous Pirates of Penzance must be a bombshell for Inglis. At cattle and sheep sales, fat (ready for song: “Duty to be done, to be done” and What a daunting situation Australia’s the knife) or store (ready to be fattened), the stay at Randwick, move the main sale to leading bloodstock company could be in heaviest (i.e. most expensive are sold first January and change the selling order. – their only competition moving into the vacuum they will leave in Sydney. What an interesting case study MBA pro- Brett Whiteley’s ‘The Olgas grams around the world might find it to be. Great and established companies can be swept away. Don’t forget the freak fire that wiped out leading Sydney horse auctioneer, H. Chisholm & Company in the 1930s and made Inglis.

Catalogue order Selling order is another example of breeders exerting influence over auction sales companies, which has a negative influence on their sale outcome. The order of lots used to be ‘by vendor’ (I’m getting very old). All one’s stud horses

were offered, then the next stud and so on. Source: The Australian As a result of vendors complaining they are now sold, usually, in the alphabetical order of dams. Which the breeders say is “fair”. But alphabetical order, in my opinion,

www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au 27 Photo by Bradley Photographers Budding Young Apprentice Winona Costin

Winona winning her first Saturday Metropolitan race on Almalad

This month, nineteen-year-old apprentice jockey Winona Costin sat down to talk with me about women in racing, the sport and the future. She comes from a long line of jockeys and shows a promising career in the racing industry

Interview by Madison Whant

At what age did you start riding When did you start your appren- What has been your most memora- horses? ticeship with Gai and what was the ble ride/win? I was three when I first rode a horse. decision behind it? I have three favourites. The Kembla Cup on About four months ago I made the move to Ready Me Fein, the Boot on I Do you come from a racing family? Gai’s stable and now work full-time at Tull- am Snippety and my first Saturday Metro- My Great Grandfather was champion och Lodge. I wanted to be the best jockey I politan race which was for Gai on Almalad. New Zealand jockey Larry Wiggins. My can and I also wanted to ride in the city in maternal great grandfather was Jack Wood races so I started coming How did you feel after your first who trained Captain Peri to run third in the up once a week to ride for Gai. I was very gallop? 1974 Melbourne Cup and my dad was a lucky to be asked to stay permanently. Your first gallop is an amazing feeling. top apprentice in Victoria in the 1960s. My Working for Gai was the best decision for After that I was completely hooked. mum was also a foreman for Mike Moroney me. in New Zealand and my Aunty Cathy was Being with her, I have learnt that Gai Do you have any stable favourites a jockey in NZ too. So you could say that knows how to get the best out of her horses at track work? racing was definitely in my blood. and her riders. Her results really speak for Almalad and Michelangelo are my top two. themselves. What was the deciding factor for What is it like being apprenticed becoming a jockey? How many winners have you rid- to Gai and riding with top jockeys I always wanted to be a jockey. When I den? such as Tommy Berry and Nash was younger my dad worked in quite a few I just rode my 100th winner on the 16th of Rawiller? different stables. I often went to work with June. I was riding Cocktail Time for Lee It is a lot of hard work but the experience him so my interest in racing came naturally. Curtis. and benefit is amazing. Tommy is a great

28 www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au help to me with my riding and former What does your life consist of Do you think you will follow in jockey, Mark Newnham (who is now Gai’s when you aren’t riding? others footsteps and race overseas assistant trainer) also plays a big role in my After track work and stable work, especial- if you can? rides, watching and helping me with my ly with the early mornings, there isn’t time If the opportunity arises I would love to technique. left to do anything other than sleeping. I do race internationally. a lot of driving and I have also bred a few What has been your hardest step- riding ponies. Who was your favourite race horse ping stone in getting to this point of all time? in your career? Can you remember the first horse . She was an incredible Moving out of home has been very hard, you ever rode? racehorse. I hope to ride a horse like her however, I am lucky to have my family My pony at the time was called Midgy. She one day. only an hour and half away. was chocolate with a white mane and tail. I was only a three-year-old but I loved to What do you tell yourself when Do you know many other female go fast. you need some inspiration to get jockeys in the industry? out there and do the best you can? I have a lot of friends that are female jock- Are you ready for the spotlight Especially with the long hours you eys. There are so many in both the city and that comes with being a successful keep... country. jockey? Sometimes it is very hard but my love for I hope so. I really want to make it in the horses and my ambition to succeed as a Is it hard at times navigating your city. jockey is my motivation. way through a very male dominat- ed industry? Winona cantering Under the Sun I haven’t noticed it personally however it is getting easier for women. More and more trainers are recognising we are just as good as the male jockeys.

What advice would you give to other people striving to become a jockey? Put 100% in every day and you will get there. It is worth it when you do.

How do you stay fit? I ride a lot of track work and travel a lot. Photo by Need For Steed Aus. This takes up most of my life so I don’t get a lot of time to do anything else. I do like to run when I can and I also enjoy swimming.

Do you have a strict diet? I am very lucky, I don’t have to waste at all.

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www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au 29 June and July in New Zealand mark the start of a long and very important process for breeders, as NZB calls for entries for the 2015 yearling sales, and preparers start the six-month countdown to their yearlings’ two golden minutes in the sale ring

s NZB’s biggest auction of Sales. The colt fetched a mighty NZ$1,975,000, the year, the National Yearling This is mammoth activity each year for bought by Coolmore’s Tom Magnier, mak- Sales Series sees over 1400 our bloodstock team of John Cameron, ing one very happy owner. horses catalogued for sale over Danny Rolston and Regan Donnison. For NZB the yearling selection process Asix or seven days of selling, generating over With horses assessed on both pedigree and goes through to the end of September, with 70% of our company’s auction revenue for physical type, a nice type that is to say, bor- pedigrees and catalogue pages sent to the the year. dering on the Select and Premier sessions printer at the start of November, and cata- Getting horses entered, inspected, cata- on pedigree, could win its way into the logues available from the start of Decem- logued and marketed is a lengthy process Premier Sale if it impresses our bloodstock ber. Hopefully by then we’ll be sitting on that starts many months from sale day. team physically. an appealing crop of young horses ready to As entries start rolling in at this time of Meanwhile NZB’s Australian-based reps impress an eager buying bench. year, we generate pedigrees for each horse of Richard Haynes, Clint Donovan and In June racing news, we were thrilled that then forms the basis of our selection Brent Thompson go through the same exer- to see Bruce Slade’s Round Table Racing process. This is not the pedigree that ends cise with yearlings entered for the Karaka experiencing its first success with a horse up in the catalogue, but a longer and more Sales from Australia. Often an Australian purchased from Karaka. Mr Boomsday was detailed version that incorporates historical owner will send yearlings to New Zealand a NZ$240,000 horse from NZB’s Ready to sales data to assist the bloodstock team to early in their prep to benefit from the farms, Run Sale, purchased with the assistance of start to select each yearling for its eventual horseman and often smaller sire representa- James Harron and trained by Gai to deliver sale session. tion here, many with outstanding results. In a win at his very first outing on 25 June. With entries in and pedigrees done, the 2013, Sydney owner John Camilleri entered No doubt there will be many more to come selection process begins. First, a selection his Fastnet Rock colt (ex Celebria) at Kara- from such a dedicated team, and we wish committee comprising of our full blood- ka, with the horse sent to Gordon Cunning- them all the best of luck for many more stock team meets to review the entire ham’s Curraghmore Stud to be prepared. successes to come. ▣ bundle of entries based on pedigree. At the same time, they have a pile of data to review: sire tables, strike rates, race results, Gai with the New Zealand Prime Minister John Key sales history, etc. This week-long discus- sion involves some juicy debates about “Often an Australian owner will send yearlings to NZ early in their prep to benefit from the farms, horseman and often smaller sire representa- tion here ...”

the merits of individual stallions, current racetrack performers and performances, and other information relevant to how a horse might be received by the market come next January. With that done, over 1000 yearlings are then physically inspected from the top of the North Island to the bottom of the South Island, and across to Australia, so they can be graded across our three main sales ses sions – the Premier, Select and Festival 30 www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au Grand Armee winning the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2004 Photo by Bradley Photographers Bradley by Photo Gai’s GROUP 1 Glories An Astonishing Achievement

By Zeb Armstrong

hat have been Gai’s great- Group 1s for the Lady Trainer. the 1600m for three-year-old est Group 1 victories? Well Thirty two of Gai’s Group 1 wins have fillies have also given Gai seven winners before delving into that, been in handicap races. Ninety three have each. Then there is the Doncaster, which we first must explore the been in WFA or Set Weights races. What has been Sydney’s best race for a long time WLady Trainer’s all-time Group 1 statistics. is remarkable is that for a trainer who for and one of the richest mile handicaps in As from the time between the last Group most of her career has been famous for the world. Like the Ranvet and the Flight One race of the 2013 – 2014 season and training brilliant two-year-olds, Gai’s most Stakes, Gai has won this great race seven the first Group 1 race of the 2014 – 2015 successful Group 1 race is the 2400m Met- times making her tied as the all-time lead- season, Gai Waterhouse has won a total of ropolitan Handicap. The Lady Trainer has ing Doncaster winner with her father T.J. 125 Group 1 races, and the Lady Trainer led in eight winners in the famous spring Smith. The 1600m WFA Chipping Norton has no plans whatsoever of slowing down. has been won by Gai on six occasions while Gai’s 125 Group 1 victories puts her third “Gai’s 125 Group 1 victo- the richest race for two-year-olds on earth on the all-time list. She is now one ahead of ries puts her third on the the 1200m Golden Slipper has been won who is not currently active all-time list; she is now by Gai 5 times. Having won the Slipper as a solo trainer. The next on the list as a five times, Gai is second behind her father currently participating solo trainer is David one ahead of Lee Freed- (six wins) as the greatest trainer of Golden Hayes on 59. The two trainers ahead of man ...” Slipper winners. Gai on the all-time Group 1 wins list are The first 36 Golden Slippers happened (266) and T.J. Smith (282). handicap. Another longer race where Gai under T.J.s’ watch while the next twenty T.J. trained for about fifty years to get his has had a remarkable record is in the 2000m two have been run and won while Gai has 282 whereas Gai is at 125 after 22 years. . Gai has trained seven been in charge of Tulloch Lodge. T.J. there- The seasons 2004 – 2005 and 2006 – 2007 winners in this great autumn WFA race. fore won six of 36 Golden Slippers, Gai has resulted in Gai having her best Group 1 Then there is the Epsom, the best 1600m won fic of twenty two. The other two most seasons with eleven. Gai also had ten Group handicap of the spring. Like the Ranvet, successful Group 1 races in regards to mul- 1 winners in 1996 – 1997 and 2002 – 2003. Gai has trained seven winners in this race. tiple Waterhouse wins are the 2000m WFA The season just gone resulted in seven The 1400m Sires’ for two-year-olds and Queen Elizabeth and the 1600m WFA

www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au 31 Gai’s Group 1 Glories cont...

George Main. Gai has won each of these between $4.20 and $101 and they ended up with very little fanfare at all. He started at two great races on four occasions. running 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 12th. It is tru- 50-1 in a Group 3 race at Rosehill shortly As far as Group 1 ‘Classics’ go, Gai has ly a remarkable effort that Gai could train after his arrival. He won. He then went to won eleven. These eleven are made up the trifecta in this race. Consider how many Newcastle and won the Newmarket before of a Derby, two Sydney Cups, six Oaks two-year-olds are aimed at this race each narrowly being beaten in the Group 1 races Australia wide, a Caulfield Cup and year, and how hard it is to get them to the George Ryder. He had not put a foot wrong a Melbourne Cup. Of Gai’s 125 Group 1 race. Gai did all this and on race day, the since arriving in Australia and as to put an wins, exactly 100 have taken place in NSW. Lady Trainer managed to get home the first exclamation mark on his career, the entire Seventeen have been won in Victoria, five three. This is the only time this has ever won the Doncaster at his next start. He in Queensland and three in South Australia. been done. The winner was Ha Ha who was managed to hold out stable favourite All Gai’s most successful Group 1 winners a $13 chance. The filly with Jimmy Cassidy Our Mob and gun miler Catalan Opening in terms of number of wins are Juggler aboard came from midfield to storm past in winning in tremendous fashion and in (fourwins), (four wins), Dance her highly rated stablemates. Gai often great time. This win marked Gai’s fourth Hero (four wins), Grand Armee (seven mentions that Ha Ha was not fancied by the consecutive win in the Doncaster, a record wins), (six wins), punters, but in fact she knew the filly was that still remains today. (eight wins) and Pierro who won five Group her best chance because of the improvement 1 races in just fourteen starts over just an she had shown in the weeks leading up to 9. All Our Mob – 1995 Newmarket eighteen month racing career. the 2001 Slipper. Handicap The 1995 Newmarket was Gai’s first Gai’s top Twelve 11. Sebring - 2008 Sires’ Produce Group 1 victory in Melbourne. All Our If Gai was the one putting together the Stakes Mob had won a Stradbroke but he generally list of her top twelve greatest Group 1 wins, In just six starts, Sebring won two Group saved his best for races around the 2000m. there is absolutely no way the list would 1 races and was narrowly beaten in another. However, the gelding had put the writing His Sires’ win gets the nod for this particu- on the wall the previous spring (1994), that “The wins are rated on lar list over his Slipper win due to the horse he was no slouch as a sprinter with a great the quality of the field, that ran second. It was the magnificent filly second to the champion beaten the strength of the win, Samantha Miss. Sebring would have easily less than half a length. Heading towards beaten Samantha Miss in the 1200m Gold- the 1995 Newmarket, the gelding was in there place in Australian en Slipper had she contested the race, and pretty good form but had not won since the thoroughbred history Samantha Miss beat Sebring (by an inch) in winter of 1994. Here he was in the autumn / folk law and the fact the 1600m Champagne Stakes. The 1400m 1995, in Australia’s greatest sprint race and that a particular horse Sires’ was over a neutral distance and both he managed to storm home and win in what gun youngsters had great runs. Sebring was the second fastest winning time since was able to be trained to came out on top by a length in what was his the switch to the metric system. find its best...” greatest ever win. 8. Nothin’ Leica Dane – 1995 VRC stop at twelve. At a guess, Gai would have 10. Secret Savings – 1997 Doncast- Derby her Melbourne Cup win as her number one er Handicap Tommy Smith’s career famously got the greatest victory then the other 124 Group 1 Secret Savings may have been ahead kick along it needed when a horse named wins in a tie for second! This list of Gai’s of his time. He was imported from the Playboy won the VRC Derby at 100-1 in top twelve Group 1 victories is an indepen- United States and arrived at Tulloch Lodge 1949. Forty six years later with Tommy in

dent view. The wins are rated on the quality HA HA winning the 2001 Golden Slipper of the field, the strength of the win, their place in Australian thoroughbred history / folk law and the fact that a particular horse was able to be trained to find its best on a given day. Rarely does a horse win a Group 1 when it is not at its best, so all these twelve were at their peak when they won these races. And why twelve you may ask? After all most lists are top tens or top fives. Well the humble author of this article simply could not cut out two and make it ten! Here is Zeb Armstrong’s list of Gai’s top twelve greatest ever (to date) Group 1 victories.

12. Ha Ha – 2001 Golden Slipper In the 2001 Golden Slipper, Gai had a remarkable five runners or just over 30% of

the field. The five horses were rated Photographers Bradley by Photo

32 www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au Pierro winning the Group 1 at Rosehill in 2013 Photo by Bradley Photographers Bradley by Photo

the mounting yard, Gai (with Tommy’s urg- and the gelding did the rest to give Gai her over 1400m. In this race, despite winning ings) instructed Shane Dye to make every first Victorian major. the Golden Slipper, Pierro was only the post a winner on Nothin’ Leica Dane in the second favourite. The race favourite was 1995 VRC Derby. 6. More Joyous – 2012 Doncaster the brilliant colt and Pierro’s great rival All The gelding had to make it hard for the Handicap Too Hard who jumped at $1.50. On this champion Octagonal who was in the race The week leading up to the 2012 Don- occasion Pierro easily beat in fresh off a Cox Plate victory. Octagonal caster will forever be remembered for one a brilliant display that included a breathtak- would be flying home and Nothin’ Leica thing… rain. It poured for days before the ing final two furlongs. All Too Hard went Dane had to be far enough in front so to race and all the talk was about whether or on to win a further three Group 1 races over make sure Octagonal would run out of not More Joyous would run. She had not 1400m, but on this day over 1400m, Pierro ground before he got past him. The plan lost a race in Sydney in almost three years was unbeatable. worked a treat and Nothin’ Leica Dane held apart from the previous year’s Doncaster on to win the Derby by just under a length. which was run on a very heavy track. Final- 4. Desert War – 2006 Mackinnon The colt backed up three days later in ly Doncaster day arrived and the sun was Stakes the Melbourne Cup and the tactics almost out. Gai declared to the radio stations in the Heading into Derby Day 2006, the Mel- worked again, only to have the best stayer morning that the mare would run and would bourne press was somewhat unfriendly. The in Australia at the time Doriemus wheel win. This is exactly what happened. More critics were sure the Lady Trainer could not him in over the last 100m. Joyous had to carry 57.5kg to victory which reproduce her Sydney results in Melbourne. was only 0.5kg less than carried to Without taking any notice of the critics at 7. Descarado – 2010 Caulfield Cup victory in the race ten years earlier. More all, Gai took four horses to Flemington on Gai, up until October 2010 had never Joyous’ winning weight remains the second Derby Day 2006. won a Melbourne Spring major. The Lady highest (behind Sunline) since Super The results… Tuesday Joy won the Trainer had won every good race in Sydney Impose in 1991. Then there are the rivals. , Dance Hero won the Salinger and but had been quiet in Melbourne for a More Joyous beat ten individual Group 1 Aqua D’Amore ran third in the Mackinnon. little while. Gai said in the press that she winners in the 2012 Doncaster and apart But by far the most impressive Waterhouse absolutely hated going to the Caulfield Cup from Rangirangdoo (58kg) she gave them runner on the day was Desert War who won or the Melbourne Cup and not having a all weight. the Mackinnon as effortlessly as you will horse running. The solution… buy a good ever see a Group 1 over 2000m won. The gelding from New Zealand and aim it at the 5. Pierro – 2012 Sires’ Produce champion gelding had the rest of the field Caulfield Cup. got the ride The champion colt could have had his off the bit at around the 800m and from which is another story in itself considering 2012 Golden Slipper or his 2013 Can- here it was simply a procession. It was a he was not long out of prison at the time. terbury Stakes included in this list, but great win from a grand campaigner on a The rain came, Munce rode a perfect race in the end, his best win was in the Sires’ magnificent day. Gai’s Group 1 Glories cont...

3. Dance Hero – 2004 Golden Cup and an easy win in the George Ryder. listed this as the strongest cup ever run. Slipper Lonhro jumped at $1.28 while Grand Ar- There were champion stayers and middle Behind Dance Hero in the 2004 Golden mee was $7.50. distance horses all in great form from all Slipper (in order) was Charge Forward, Lonhro just had one major rival to over the world all meeting over the famous Alinghi and Fastnet Rock. Dance Hero sat account for and the fairy tale would be “Before Fiorente, only outside the leader, and kicked away in the complete. Unfortunately, Grand Armee straight to win brilliantly. Charge Forward was not just a rival, the gelding might even three male horses had ended up winning the Group 1 Galaxy, have been Lonhro’s equal. On this day in ever placed in a Mel- Alinghi is rated by Lee Freedman as one of this race Grand Armee won by six lengths, bourne Cup, and then the best two-year-olds he has ever seen and with Lonhro never even looking like getting Fastnet Rock is now a generation defining close to him. Yes it might have been a little come back the next year sire. Fastnet Rock also ended up a multiple sad to spoil the party for so many people to win it ...” Group 1 winner over the sprint trips. who wanted to see Lonhro win, but what In winning this race, Dance Hero held out we did see was Grand Armee at his absolute two miles at Flemington. Before Fiorente, perhaps one of the deepest fields assem- best. It is hard to think of a horse that has only three male horses had ever placed in bled in the great race for many years. The run in the last ten years in Australia that a Melbourne Cup, and then come back the gelding won ten races in all including the would have got past Grand Armee in this next year to win it. Gold and Black was Triple Crown for two-year-olds, but no win race on this day. one and he was a good horse, but the other was completed against a better field than two were immortal champions Carbine and the 2004 Golden Slipper. 1. Fiorente – The 2013 Melbourne Phar Lap. Fiorente had to do something that Cup only Gold and Black and Australia’s two 2. Grand Armee – 2004 Queen Eliz- Ok so it might be an anticlimax, but how greatest ever horses had done. The entire abeth Stakes can you go past a Melbourne Cup? Fiorente did it with ease. Well not really, because On 17 April 2004 Randwick was packed only graced our racetracks eleven times Red Cadeaux put up a hell of a fight, but with people there to see Lonhro’s farewell and he never ran a bad race. He won three in the end Fiorente was too strong and too race. The champion WFA warrior was races, and the best of them was no doubt classy and powered to the line for a historic coming off a dramatic win in the Australian in the 2013 Melbourne Cup. Many people victory. ▣

Fiorente winning the 2013 Melbourne Cup Photo by Lisa Grimm by Photo

34 www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au 35 No Doubt About It... Each month as I am preparing to write a piece on two of our yearlings, I look to- wards horses who are in the stable at present and who really seem to be catching the attention of our breakers; those who are shining like a neon light at this vital stage in their preparation. With the Gimcrack and the Breeders’ Plate just around the corner, now is the time in that those yearlings stand up to be counted. The following yearlings are completely different in breeding, looks, price tag and race targets but they couldn’t be more similar in the way that they have commanded not only our breaker’s attention but also Gai’s attention

By Emma Pearce

Not a Single Doubt x Woodie and Free Hugs, who was the winner of five comments when inspecting her for the first If toughness and tenacity are the makings races and over $440,000 in prizemoney. time: of a future champion then this filly will Woodie is from the family of Dothraki, “She is a well grown filly with good rein be unbeatable come race day. Her attitude winner of the Group 3 Gold Coast Guineas and nice length, lovely balance and well towards her work is second to none. From and second placegetter in the Group 2 Pago developed forearms.” day one, Not a Single Doubt x Woodie has Pago Stakes. This cracking filly (Lot 177) Not a Single Doubt x Woodie is in her had a good idea of what life as a racehorse was purchased from the Magic Millions third preparation at Tulloch Lodge, having is all about and she is ready to get on with Gold Coast Sale in January. Born and jumped out on the grass and completed the job. She is sharp and is one of the most raised at George Altimonti’s, supreme- some three quarter pace work. There is a determined yearlings to walk through the ly successful Corumbene Stud, she was special spark about this filly so do not be gates of Tulloch Lodge. It is this kind of purchased for a mere $90,000 and quickly surprised when she represents the stable in gritty determination that makes a talented became one of the greatest bargains of the early two-year-old races in the spring horse a champion that is written about time the whole sale. Gai made the following and causes a few heads to turn. and time again in the pages of horseracing Not a Single Doubt x Woodie history. She is by Not a Single Doubt, the current leader of the General 2 Year Old Sires list by winners, leading the way in front of Northern Meteor, Snitzel, Fastnet Rock, I’m Invincible and Sebring. Not a Single Doubt is a son of the Champion Sire, Redoute’s Choice, and is a constant source of preco- cious individuals. Not a Single Doubt was, himself, a precocious two-year-old winning the Listed AJC Canonbury Stakes and placing second in the Magic Millions two- year-old Classic behind the Golden Slipper winner, Dance Hero. This year his progeny include the likes of Group 1 Blue Diamond winner, Miracles of Life, and the Magic Millions winner Karuta Queen. Woodie is already the dam of five foals to race, of which four are winners, including

the two-year-old stakes placed, Very Cherry Aus. Steed For Need by Photo

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High Chaparral x Viviane

High Chaparral x Viviane The Miniver Rose and the Listed winner lian Derby, Group 1 Randwick Guineas, When discussing Breeders’ Plate hope- Tempest Fugit. It was also highlighted Group 1 fuls, a High Chaparral colt may not make recently by Western Hymn who won the • MONACO CONSUL – won Group the top of your list although switch the Group 2 Grand Prix De Maisons-Laifitte in 1 Victorian Derby and Group 1 Spring focus towards the Derby, the Epsom and the France by an impressive three lengths. Championship. Queen Elizabeth and they begin to make We were able to secure the colt for • DESCARADO – won Group 1 Caul- their mark. Lot 334, a High Chaparral colt NZ$200,000 which is great value when you field Cup, Group 1 Caulfield Stakes. out of the Volksraad mare, Viviane was pur- chased for NZ$200,000 from Windsor Park “The colt is also bred on Not to mention the latest superstar, It’s A Stud at Karaka Premier Sale. Currently in the proven cross of High Dundeel, who was winner of the Three- his third preparation, High Chaparral x Viv- Chaparral over Green Des- Year-Old Triple Crown and retired to stud a iane is very forward for this typically later ert lined mares which has six-time Group 1 winner. Gai’s comments maturing style of colt and he has the most already produced Group on the colt were: professional attitude. He has been complet- 1 winner, Wrote (Breeders’ “He has got great length and good rein. ing plenty of barrier work in the bull ring He is a lovely bodied colt and moves freely and has worked around the track here at Cup Juvenile Turf USA), across the ground. A very striking colt with Randwick impressing with his lovely long, Group 2 winner The Min- plenty of class and upside.” fluent stride. iver Rose and the Listed Viviane is a half-sister to Group 1 win- winner Tempest Fugit ...” Whether you are looking for a Gimcrack ners, Sirstaci, Nimue and Smiling Like who filly or a colt to contest the Classics, the was also Champion Stayer in New Zealand. consider the success that the High Chapar- aforementioned colt and filly have ticked She has a pedigree loaded with Black Type ral progeny have achieved not only in Aus- every box and continue to mature into the and she is the dam of two foals to race, both tralia but worldwide. He is the sire of ten exact types of horses that Gai has had so of which are winners. The colt is also bred individual Group 1 winners and amazingly much success with in the past. Expres- on the proven cross of High Chaparral over his first crop included: sions of interest please contact Adrian Bott lined mares which has already • SO YOU THINK – 10 x Group 1 win- [email protected] or Emma produced Group 1 winner, Wrote (Breeders’ ner in Australia, Ireland and England. Pearce [email protected] or Cup Juvenile Turf USA), Group 2 winner • SHOOT OUT – won Group 1 Austra- phone +61 (0)2 9662 1488.

www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au 37 Recent Winners

Photo by Bradley photography Guitarist ( x Midnight Rock)

July 15, 2014 Kembla Grange HOLCIM AUSTRALIA CLASS 1

July 5, 2014 Newcastle MAIDEN PLATE 2300m

Santuario (Purrealist x Zargana) Photo by Bradley Photography July 12, 2014 Newcastle VARLEY GROUP 2YO MAIDEN PLATE 1200m

38 www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au Pajaro (Align x Astuto)

June 28, 2014 Rosehill SIGNIFICANT STAKES 1900m

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Echo Prince (Casino Prince x Femme Voleur)

July 20, 2014 Hawkesbury Turf Drain Australia 2YO maiden plate 1000m

www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au 39 Shaftesbury

And froom You ...

Dear Shaftesbury, It’s wonderful to hear that you are doing so well and I know you are look- ing forward to your race at Kembla Grange on 19 July. I’m pleased to hear that you’re get- ting on so well with young Thomas. I wonder if he has taught you to say “Neigh” in French?? Soon you’ll be having a new friend with you there at Tulloch Lodge, and I’m sure you’ll be good to him and look after him well. He is only a baby. He has the same father as you. As you know, your father does get around quite a bit! His mum is very demand- ing, and she too has been around over Photo by Gary Beecroft the years. I think Paul King, who has been on you on the track a few times lately, used to ride his mum when he was in Perth. Another of her sons lives with Mr Hayes in Melbourne and they are letting him play a new game called jumping. It’s great fun. They might let you do it one day when you are much older. You would get to see all sorts of interesting places like War- rnambool, and others that are easier to spell. It’s good to keep in touch with you, and having been unable to see you run at Newcastle and Wyong when Regular correspondents and owners of you tried so hard, it will be quite a Group 1 winner Dreifontein (above), Dave thrill for me to see you in action at Kembla. I’m sure you’ll do well there. and Ingrid Murphy Remember me to your Aunty Gai, Uncle Adrian and everyone there who looks after you. --Your proud owner, 40 www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au Adrian Roden Please drop Gai a line @GaiWaterhouse1

Stratum x Flamboyance

Alix Vanny @alixvanny

Met my newest pride & joy at @GaiWaterhouse1 racing stables yesterday. She is an absolute beauty #FlamboyantLass pic.twitter.com/auiCx1Wna7

Round Table Racing @roundtableracng

Thanks @GCTurfClub & our QLD based friends and clients for a fun day at the races yesterday #black+yellow #givingback pic.twitter.com/3ZVRBd8OTB

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