Have we just seen next year's Melbourne Cup winner? Gai Waterhouse horse sends ominous message

Champion trainer Gai Waterhouse is looking to impact this upcoming Spring Carnival with co-trainer Adrian Bott after coming off their best season together since their partnership commenced in 2016. In the 2022/23 season, they trained 160 winners, including four Group 1s. They won an incredible 37 two-year-old races headlined by the Gimcrack Stakes…

Jordan Childs secured a Melbourne Cup start for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott camp when steering Goldman to victory in the Roy Higgins in March. Picture: Getty Images. Many jockeys would love to have Jordan Childs' problem this spring. Childs has the task of plotting a path through the spring with support of an ever-growing band of supportive…

Jordan Childs completed a feature race double at Sandown which in turn could lead to bigger wins later in the year. Forty mintues after guiding Cardinal Gem to victory in the Group 3 Victoria Handicap (1400m) on Saturday, Childs led throughout on White Marlin to win the Group 3 Easter Cup (2100m). The victory in the Easter Cup for White Marlin was…

Melbourne Cup favourite White Marlin looms large in this Saturday's Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington, but that will not stop Ciaron Maher and David Eustace tackling the race with up to three runners. Alakahan and Herman Hesse are definite starters for the co-trainers of last year's Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip with Cadre Du Noir also a chance…

Imported stayer and pre-nomination Melbourne Cup favourite White Marlin has tasted defeat for the first time at Pakenham. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained stayer headed to Pakenham on Thursday night to contest the rescheduled William Newton VC Handicap (2000m). Thursday night's race was programmed from Flemington on Anzac Day after the…

Stables have varied reasons for putting their stayers up against Gai Waterhouse's Melbourne Cup favourite White Marlin at Pakenham on Thursday. White Marlin is a $1.45 favourite to maintain his unbeaten record for Waterhouse and training partner Adrian Bott in the rescheduled William Newton VC Handicap (2000m). The $150000 race was scheduled for…

Gai Waterhouse has the two favourites in early betting for the Melbourne Cup. Picture: Vince Caligiuri-Getty Images. Gai Waterhouse has had enough of the red carpet being rolled out for anonymous international horses in the Melbourne Cup, saying more needs to be done to ensure local hopes are given a chance of getting into the famous race. Speaking…

White Marlin remains unbeaten after winning the Easter Cup at Sandown. Picture: Brett Holburt/Racing Photos via Getty Images Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott's year-long Melbourne Cup plan rolled on when imported stayer White Marlin remained unbeaten in the Group 3 Easter Cup at Sandown. Waterhouse and Bott have sent progressive stayers Goldman and…

Goldman has secured a golden ticket into the Melbourne Cup after trouncing his rivals in the Roy Higgins at Flemington. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images Stocks in Goldman surged with a "scintillating" performance in the Melbourne Cup-qualifying Listed Roy Higgins (2600m) at Flemington. Goldman, a lightly-raced Kiwi import who has gone from a…

Goldman is the early favourite for the Roy Higgins Quality at Flemington on Saturday. Picture: Grant Guy Trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott could boast the top two runners in Melbourne Cup betting after the qualifying $500000 Listed Roy Higgins at Flemington on Saturday. Racing Victoria boosted the Roy Higgins in prizemoney and status recently…

White Marlin wins The Macca's Run at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day last year. Photo: Vince Caligiuri-Getty Images. Exciting staying prospect White Marlin isn't far away from returning to the trials and his upcoming campaign is all about locking down one of the 24 spots in the Melbourne Cup field. Adrian Bott, who trains in partnership with Gai…

Jockey Tim Clark provided an optimistic assessment of Melbourne Cup 2023 contender White Marlin, expressing satisfaction with the horse's current condition. The talented import, trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, is steadily building momentum towards peaking in November. Following White Marlin's first trial over 1100m at Canterbury, Clark…

On Thursday, the undefeated grey galloper White Marlin had his first public outing of 2023 when he trialed in Sydney. Partnered by race day jockey Tim Clark, the former Irish galloper, now trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, finished sixth in the trial which was won convincingly by last-start G2 Autumn Stakes winner and fellow grey galloper…

Summer Loving, a daughter of world champion two-year-old sire Exceed And Excel, is set to make a winning debut in the $1m Golden Gift (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. The boom Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained filly has been backed as if unbeatable since markets were framed on Monday. She has firmed from $11 into $4.80…

Formerly prepared by Melbourne Cup -winning trainer Joseph O'Brien and plucked out of an online auction, White Marlin has started his Australian career in brilliant fashion to remain unbeaten after three starts. While many European imports take time to acclimatise locally, the five-year-old made an immediate impact, relishing a strong tempo in…

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable hope to be back at Flemington in 12 months' time with White Marlin contesting the Melbourne Cup. White Marlin stretched his unbeaten streak to five with an emphatic win in The Macca's Run (2800m) on Tuesday. Tracking the speed throughout for Tim Clark, White Marlin, the $2.35 favourite, took over on…

White Marlin, the current Melbourne Cup favourite, is set to have a change in his upcoming campaign as his trainers opt for a lead-up run at Flemington instead of the previously planned Mornington Cup. The unbeaten grey recorded a stunning first-up win in the Group 3 Easter Cup at Sandown, leading many to anticipate his performance in the…