Meet Gai Waterhouse, Australian racing's first lady. Feisty and fashionable, the Flemington ambassador boasts a Melbourne Cup winner in Fiorente. Video courtesy of World Horse Racing.
Based in Sydney, Australia, Waterhouse has raced horses around the world, including at Royal Ascot Racecourse.
She's a number of Group One winners and well known horses include More Joyous, Pierro, Wandjina, Global Glamour and Descarado.
Gai trains in partnership Adrian Bott and is the daughter of legendary horse trainer Tommy Smith.
Big career wins:
AJC Oaks - Coco Cobanna (2000); Sunday Joy (2003); Once Were Wild (2010)
All Aged Stakes - All Our Mob (1997); Arlington Road (2003); Shamekha (2005); Bentley Biscuit (2007); English (2016)
Australasian Oaks - Tempest Morn (2001)
Australian Cup - Fiorente (2014)
Australian Guineas - Al Maher (2005); Wandjina (2015)
BTC Cup - Bentley Biscuit (2007)
Canterbury Guineas - Carnegie Express (2002)
Canterbury Stakes - Pierro (2013); Cosmic Endeavour (2015)
Caulfield Cup - Descarado (2010)
Caulfield Stakes - Descarado (2011)
Champagne Stakes - Assertive Lad (2000); Hasna (2003); Dance Hero (2004); Meurice (2007); Pierro (2012)
Chipping Norton Stakes - Pharaoh (1995); Juggler (1996); Grand Armee (2005); Desert War (2006); Tuesday Joy (2009); Theseo (2010)
Coolmore Classic - Assertive Lass (1997); Bollinger (2003); Shamekha (2004); Tuesday Joy (2007); Con Te Partiro (2020)(1)
Coolmore Stud Stakes - Northern Meteor (2008)
Doncaster Handicap - Pharaoh (1994); Pharaoh (1995); Sprint By (1996); Secret Savings (1997); Assertive Lad (2001); Grand Armee (2003); More Joyous (2012)
Doomben 10,000 - English (2018)(1)
Doomben Cup - Juggler (1996); Pornichet (2015)
Epsom Handicap - Iron Horse (1997); Excellerator (2002); Desert War (2004); Desert War (2005); Theseo (2008); Rock Kingdom (2009); Fat Al (2012)
Flight Stakes - Danglissa (1999); Ha Ha (2001); Lotteria (2004); Fashions Afield (2005); Cheeky Choice (2006); More Joyous (2009); Speak Fondly (2015); Global Glamour (2016)(1)
Futurity Stakes - Aqua D'Amore (2007); More Joyous (2011)
George Main Stakes - Juggler (1996); Grand Armee (2004); Mr Celebrity (2005); More Joyous (2010)
George Ryder Stakes - Pierro (2013)
Golden Slipper Stakes - Ha Ha (2001); Dance Hero (2004); Sebring (2008); Pierro (2012); Overreach (2013); Vancouver (2015); Farnan (2020)(1)
Mackinnon Stakes - All Our Mob (1996); Grand Armee (2014); Desert War (2006); Theseo (2008)
Melbourne Cup - Fiorente (2013)
Myer Classic - Lotteria (2005)
Newmarket Handicap - All Our Mob (1995)
Queen Elizabeth Stakes - Grand Armee (2004); Grand Armee (2005); Desert War (2007); More Joyous (2012)
Queen of the Turf Stakes - More Joyous (2011); More Joyous (2012); Diamond Drille (2014); Amanpour (2015)
Queensland Oaks - Zacheline (1998)
Ranvet Stakes - Stony Bay (1995); Electronic (1996); Grand Armee (2005); Desert War (2007); Tuesday Joy (2008); Theseo (2009); Theseo (2010)
Robert Sangster Stakes - Driefontein (2014)
Rosehill Guineas - Carnegie Express (2002); Laser Hawk (2012)
Salinger Stakes - Dance Hero (2006)
Sires' Produce Stakes (ATC) - Assertive Lad (2000); Hasna (2003); Dance Hero (2004); Fashions Afield (2005); Sebring (2008); Manhattan Rain (2009); Pierro (2012)
Sires' Produce Stakes (VRC) - Spectatorial (2001)
South Australian Oaks - Zacheline (1998)
Spring Champion Stakes - Platinum Scissors (2002); Hampton Court (2014)
Stradbroke Handicap - All Our Mob (1994)
Sydney Cup - Linesman (1997); The Offer (2014)
Tattersall's Tiara - Cosmic Endeavour (2014); Prompt Response (2018)(1)
The BMW - Stony Bay (1995); Tuesday Joy (2008)
The Galaxy - Snowland (2003); Sweet Idea (2015)
The J. J. Atkins - Romantic Touch (2013); Almalad (2014)
The Metropolitan - Te Akau Nick (1992); In Joyment (1998); Coco Cobanna (2000); Dress Circle (2001); Herculian Prince (2010); Glencadam Gold (2012)
The Thousand Guineas - Global Glamour (2016)(1)
TJ Smith Stakes - Shamekha (2005); Bentley Biscuit (2007)
Toorak Handicap - More Joyous (2010)
Victoria Derby - Nothin' Leica Dane (1995)
Vinery Stud Stakes - Tempest Morn (2001); Shower Of Roses (2003); Shout The Bar (2020) (1)
VRC Oaks - Pinot (2017)(1)
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