Two Milestones in One Week for Gai

Randwick-based trainer Gai Waterhouse is an Australian horse-racing trailblazer, widely regarded as the most successful female trainer in the world. On Saturday she continued to break records, becoming the fastest trainer in Australia to notch up 100 Group 1 wins, a timely achievement having just released her second book, this one titled 'Gai, In My Words'.

Fittingly, the Lady Trainer's 100th Group 1 win came in the same race she achieved her first, back in 1992 with Te Akau Nick. Her Metropolitan winner on Saturday was Herculian Prince, who is now set for the $2,555,000 Group 1 Caulfield Cup on 16 October.

Gai’s diary of her life on and off the track since a catastrophic outbreak of equine influenza threatened racing in Australia three years ago is, in many ways, an autobiography of a high achiever named as a 'National Living Treasure' by the National Trust.



At the launch, held at David Jones' Sydney department store last week, the champion trainer was joined by husband Rob, daughter Kate and son Tom plus Kevin Greene, the NSW Minister for Gaming & Racing, racehorse owner John Singleton, fashion designer Carla Zampatti, milliner Neil Grigg, and Waterhouse stable jockey Nash Rawiller.

Daughter Kate described Gai – In My Words as her mum’s voice, commenting “She’s unique, she’s mad, she’s a larger than life character.”



Her stories from the stables, early mornings at the track and afternoons at the races provide inside information about her horses. Her reports about her jockeys, stable staff and owners, combined with tales of her family, friends, travels, and likes and dislikes, make compelling reading.

Gai does not hold back – often praising and occasionally criticising – premier jockey Nash Rawiller, promising apprentice riders Daniel Ganderton and Blake Spriggs, and thoroughbred racing administrators. She talks of the horses who have provided Group 1 glory. She tells of the good times with family and friends at home and abroad.

Her stages include: racetracks from Randwick to Flemington to Ascot (England) to Aqueduct (New York) to St Moritz (Switzerland); studs from the Hunter Valley (NSW) to Makybe (near Geelong, Victoria) to Ireland; horse sales from the Gold Coast to Melbourne to Karaka (Auckland, New Zealand); theatres and restaurants around the world; and holiday destinations from beach resorts in Italy and ski slopes at Aspen, Colorado.

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