Gai looks to add Cox Plate and Everest to legend

“It’s the things people don’t see about Gai that define her – the advice, even straightening your tie – that makes you feel special.”

For Waterhouse, there is always another race to win.

Her Tulloch Lodge stable, where she trains in partnership with Adrian Bott these days, is once again at the top of the Sydney premiership, and the spring team has an imposing feel that hasn’t been seen for a number of years.