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Kiwi jumper in his element ahead of Grand National

Posted on August 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand-bred jumper Social Element is flying heading into the Australian Grand National Steeplechase (4500m) at Ballarat on Sunday. The eight-year-old son of Savabeel has won his last four races, including the Crisp Steeplechase (4200m) at Sandown earlier this month, and trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott couldn’t be happier with the gelding heading into[...]

Posted on April 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The absence of Anamoe from the Champagne Stakes could tempt Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott to back up Randwick winner Converge in the Group 1 race. Anamoe was widely regarded to have a stranglehold on the final leg of the two-year-old triple crown but he was ruled out on Saturday by Godolphin, who confirmed he[...]

Posted on April 8, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Despite the success of new wave races like The Everest and All-Star Mile, the classics still carry a history and prestige that has stood the test of time. And that is why Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott covet a maiden success in the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m). Waterhouse is one of the most decorated[...]

Posted on April 4, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tulloch Lodge will have two runners in the Doncaster Mile after Yao Dash secured his place in the $3 million race with a faultless performance in the Prelude. Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott already have Group 1 winner Shout The Bar safely in the field and Bott confirmed Yao Dash would join her after racing[...]

Posted on March 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Patience and precision have been the vital ingredients to Sacramento’s Sydney Cup campaign, which will finally ramp up a notch at Rosehill. Last year’s VRC St Leger winner, Sacramento kicked off his current preparation on Boxing Day as trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott set about boosting his rating in the hope of targeting some[...]

Posted on March 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tulloch Lodge will rely on improving filly Swift Witness in its quest for successive Golden Slipper wins and co-trainer Adrian Bott is hoping her barrier draw is an omen. Farnan proved too brilliant for his rivals last year from barrier 12 to give Gai Waterhouse a record seventh Golden Slipper and Bott his first. Swift[...]

Posted on March 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Dawn Passage made an underwhelming return to racing but his Tulloch Lodge trainers are confident he will rebound in the Group One George Ryder Stakes. The four-year-old finished a lacklustre seventh to Savatiano when he resumed in the Canterbury Stakes, a performance that initially had co-trainer Adrian Bott feeling deflated. But on reflection, Bott believes[...]

Posted on March 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Golden Slipper winner Farnan has been retired after suffering a training setback and will stand at Kia Ora Stud this spring. Trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott were hoping the colt would resume in the Group One Galaxy this Saturday ahead of a possible overseas campaign but Bott said they had run out of time[...]

Posted on March 12, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Shout The Bar has been given the all-clear to take her place in the $5 million All Star Mile (1600m) at The Valley on Saturday. Racing Victoria vets inspected runners on Thursday with Shout The Bar deemed ‘two-out-of-five’ lame, but after being reshod and undergoing another inspection on Friday,[...]

Posted on February 6, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

She boasts a pedigree more akin to an Oaks-type filly but juvenile Tilianam is showing herself to be a natural talent with two wins from as many starts.

Posted on January 25, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lightly-raced stayer Wolfe is favoured to give Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott consecutive wins in the Listed Australia Day Cup at Warwick Farm.

Posted on January 23, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tulloch Lodge will take a long-term view with Sacramento, who has underlined his staying potential with a strong all-the-way victory at his home track.

Posted on November 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Alligator Blood has found a new home in Sydney after his former trainer David Vandyke split with the horse's owners.

Posted on November 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Despite a lack of recent racing, expectations are high for Tulloch Lodge four-year-old Rule The World when he resumes at Kembla Grange.

Posted on November 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Connections of Butter Blonde are hoping a preparatory gallop at Ballarat has schooled the filly sufficiently for her first race in the clockwise direction.

Posted on November 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Golden Eagle placegetter Dawn Passage will extend to a mile for the first time at Kembla Grange and his trainers expect him to relish the rise in distance.

Posted on October 31, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Damien Oliver wasn't impressed by Shout The Bar's trackwork midweek but the addition of blinkers on race day has proven to be a masterstroke.

Kiwi jumper in his element ahead of Grand National

Champagne back-up on the radar for Converge

Elusive Derby win in sight for Waterhouse and Bott

Yao Dash earns Doncaster Mile berth

Patience paying off with Sacramento

Swift Witness flying under the Slipper radar

Ryder the perfect Doncaster Passage

Golden Slipper winner retired to stud

Shout The Bar to take her place in All Star Mile

Slipper Conundrum For Tilianam’s Owners

Wolfe Set To Deliver Trainers Another Cup

Sacramento Puts A Spring In Bott’s Step

Tulloch Lodge Snaps Up Alligator Blood

Gooree Gelding Primed To Rule On Return

Blinkers Go On Butter Blonde At Ballarat

Gong Could Provide Perfect Autumn Passage

Oliver Says Bott’s Blinker Idea Wins Race

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