Gai Waterhouse

Bott expecting Surf Dancer to bounce back in The Gong

Posted on November 19, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

With a different jockey and riding plan, Adrian Bott has every bit of confidence Surf Dancer will be thereabouts at the finish in The Gong at Kembla Grange on Saturday. This means the six-year-old’s odds of $17 with online bookmakers could offer good value for punters after his gallant fourth – under Regan Bayliss – last start[...]

Posted on November 5, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Alligator Blood has taken out the Champions Mile for Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott, capping off a successful spring campaign for the much-maligned galloper. Alligator Blood was kept safe in the market as a $5.50 second favourite with online bookmakers, following Private Eye who was heavily backed into a short favourite, who ultimately didn’t fire a shot in[...]

Posted on September 25, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Alligator Blood has won an Underwood Stakes that is set to shake up the Cox Plate markets with both of the two market fancies, I’m Thunderstruck and Zaaki finishing third and fourth, respectively. Tim Clark took Alligator Blood to the lead with Zaaki eventually sitting on his girth as the six horse field ran in three pairs for the[...]

Posted on September 24, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Surf Dancer was thrown into the deep end – and he responded with a Shannon Stakes victory at Rosehill. The six-year-old gelding’s last start was a victory in the South Grafton Cup on July 10, so Saturday was always going to be a big step up for him. But he brilliantly answered the call from co-trainers Gai[...]

Posted on September 17, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand-breds featured prominently at Geelong on Thursday, scoring a treble courtesy of St Lawrence, Notabadbuy, and Captain Envious. St Lawrence was making his Australian debut over 1325m, and despite showing signs of greenness, he posted a one length victory for new trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace. Jockey Mark Zahra said he had to[...]

Posted on August 2, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A Kiwi horse with humble breeding is starting to make waves in Australia. Cross Talk, a son of Keano, recorded his fifth win and first at stakes level in the Listed Winter Challenge (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday for trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. “He is an exciting galloper,” Bott told RSN. “He has probably progressed[...]

Posted on March 15, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Sacramento has been able to lead all of the way in the Listed Canberra Cup on Monday, defeating Dadoozdart by a length and a half. After jumping from barrier 11, jockey Tim Clark took the top-weight straight to the front, finding the running rail well before the first turn,[...]

Posted on February 26, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

“From an ugly duckling to a beautiful swan,” those were the words that Gai Waterhouse used to descrive her Autumn Classic-winning three-year-old Castlereagh Kid. Having claimed a Gosford maiden a month ago, the Snitzel gelding has since gone on to claim a BM64 at Sandown last week, before coming to Caulfield and leading throughout the[...]

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,[...]

Bott expecting Surf Dancer to bounce back in The Gong

Alligator Blood reigns supreme in Champions Mile

The Gator reigns supreme in Underwood Stakes upset

Surf Dancer claims Group 2 glory on way to The Big Dance

Kiwi-breds to the fore at Geelong

Cross Talk potentially set for big autumn campaign

Classic Waterhouse front running tactics claim Canberra Cup with Sacramento

Castlereagh Kids firms in ATC Derby markets following Autumn Classic win

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