Gai Waterhouse
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Gai Waterhouse (maiden name Gabriel Marie Smith, born September 3, 1954) is an Australian horse trainer and businesswoman.
The daughter of Randwick racehorse trainer TJ Smith, she served an apprenticeship under him for fifteen years after being overseas pursuing a career in acting (including a role in the Doctor Who story The Invasion of Time).
She was granted her Australian Jockey Club licence in January 1992, although this was made difficult as her husband, Robbie Waterhouse, was banned over his involvement in the Fine Cotton scandal. AJC rules at the time stipulated that the spouse of a banned person could not be licensed, although this was subsequently overturned. Her first winner was the horse Gifted Poet in March 1992, and her first Group One winner was Te Akau Nick in the Metropolitan Handicap in October that year. After TJ Smith became ill, he passed on the Tulloch Lodge stable to her in the 1994-95 season.
She was well-known to many Australians when Nothin' Leica Dane came into the Melbourne Cup in 1995 and won the Victoria Derby. In 1996-97 she had 10 Group One wins and won her first Sydney premiership, and in 2001 trifected the Golden Slipper. As of 2005 the Gai Waterhouse stable at Tulloch Lodge has won 80 Group One races.
Waterhouse's other successful horses include Golden Slipper winners Dance Hero and Ha Ha, prolific Group One winners Grand Armee, Juggler, and All Our Mob as well as two time Epsom Handicap winner Desert War. Her best horse currently in training is two time Group One winner and Cox Plate placegetter Lotteria.
[edit] References
- WATERHOUSE, (Gai) Gabriel Marie International Who's Who. accessed September 3, 2006.
- Gai Waterhouse (Official Website)
