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The ATC has launched its spring carnival at Randwick, announcing the ambassadors include Gai Waterhouse's daughter Kate and her husband, Luke Ricketson. South Sydney NRL players Tom & George Burgess, actress Anna Bamford & Channel V host Carissa Walford. However it was Gai Waterhouse who took centre stage, spruiking the fashion and social element of racing. "It's great to see so many younger people getting involved," Waterhouse said.

KAWI became the tenth (10th) individual Group 1 winner by Zabeel’s outstanding son SAVABEEL - with his win in the Makfi Challenge Stakes, New Zealand’s first G1 race of the season. This yet another example how New Zealand’s Champion Sire continues to uplift mares to produce Stakes Class progeny.

We post this story to highlight the variation to the training regimes GAI employees to get the best out of her equine athletes and the standard of service set by GAI WATERHOUSE RACING for our owners which is without peer. Our owners with GAI WATERHOUSE have had their ownership involvement taken to a new level of excellence.

The next sets of Sydney 2yo trials will be held at Randwick on September 7, Warwick Farm on September 11, Rosehill on September 15 before the official Sydney two-year-old trials are conducted at Randwick on September 21. The first races for the 2yo’s will be at Randwick on October 3 - the Breeders Plate 1000m for colts and geldings and the Gimcrack Stakes 1000m for fillies

Exciting filly PAYROLL is aiming at the $1 million Crown Oaks (2500m). Trainer Richard Laming said he was considering the Flemington feature for the daughter of Not A Single Doubt ex Workhard, who worked over 1000m at Moonee Valley Tuesday, covering her final 400m in 24.33 secs. Laming said Payroll would resume in Saturday week’s Listed Cap D’antibes Stakes (1100m), before heading towards the Group 1 Schweppes Thousand Guineas (1600m) and then the Gr1 Oaks.

REWARD FOR EFFORT’s oldest progeny are now 3yo’s and he's off to a great start as stud. He's gone on with the job since the start of the new season. GOLD SYMPHONY made it 2 Stakes Wins in a row taking out the McNeil Stakes and also MARIE CLARE easily won. He is now entrenched at the top of the Leading Second Season Sire List.

Milanova, the most expensive broodmare ever sold in Australia at auction, produced a very exciting winner at Wexford in Ireland on Saturday as 3yo Galileo colt Los Barbados demoralised his peers, by a staggering 11 lengths x ½ length as they took his picture.

Australia's Racing Fraternity is mourning the passing of one our treasures, Bart Cummings OAM at 87yo. Bart Cummings was synonymous with horse racing in Australia and we are all forever indebted to him for the wonderful racing memories and champion thoroughbreds he trained over a remarkable six decades.

With all the fluff and bubble surrounding stallions at stud at this time of year, as the big studs marketing machines go into overdrive, spreading the gospel of their latest editions to their farms whilst singing the praises of their tried brigade, a somber thought is shared as to what was lost on the 12th July 2014.