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Gai Waterhouse

Australian thoroughbred horse trainer

Australia · Gai Waterhouse chases elusive Cox Plate victory with favourite Sir Delius

Gai Waterhouse, trainer of Cox Plate favourite Sir Delius, is aiming for her first victory in Australia's greatest weight-for-age race on Saturday. The 70-year-old training legend, who has won more than 150 group 1 races including a Melbourne Cup and eight Golden Slippers, has never claimed the Cox Plate, a race her father Tommy Smith won seven times.