The NRL says public backlash is not the reason bookie Tom Waterhouse’s bid to become its official sponsor has collapsed. Earlier this year, Mr Waterhouse outbid wagering giant Tabcorp to become the preferred bidder for an official sponsor title. But the NRL’s general manager for strategy, Shane Mattiske, has told [...]
Gai Waterhouse swept aside the dramas of the More Joyous inquiry and got back to doing what she does best at Canterbury on Wednesday – training winners. Waterhouse unveiled a promising youngster in Cosmic Endeavour who showed her rivals a clean pair of heels to score a dashing all-the-way victory [...]
The racing career of c may be over in the aftermath of the inquiry into her failure in last month’s All Aged Stakes. The multiple Group One winning mare was one of several horses taken from the Gai Waterhouse stable by owner John Singleton, the rest being mostly unraced two-year-olds. [...]
Bookmaker Tom Waterhouse has been told to draw a line between his business and that of his mother, leading racehorse trainer Gai Waterhouse. Racing NSW chief steward Ray Murrihy told the More Joyous inquiry there was nothing to suggest Tom Waterhouse had passed on any inside knowledge regarding the condition [...]
Former jockey Allan Robinson apparently has more to say about the More Joyous affair but what that is remains unknown. After Robinson, ex-footballer Andrew Johns and punter Eddie Hayson gave evidence at Monday’s inquiry, all were discharged along with their legal counsel. During a lunch adjournment, Robinson and his lawyer [...]
His bad behaviour has cost John Singleton $15,000, but much more in terms of friendship and trust between himself and his former trainer Gai Waterhouse. After two weeks of publicity over the performance of his mare More Joyous in the All Aged Stakes at Randwick on April 27, Racing NSW [...]
John Singleton says he regrets having to bring rugby league personality Andrew Johns into the More Joyous racing inquiry. The businessman said he had nothing negative to say about Johns, who gave evidence to the inquiry on Monday after initially declining. “I love Andrew,” Singleton said. “I hated having to [...]
Racing NSW stewards have laid two charges against trainer Gai Waterhouse over the More Joyous affair.
Punter Eddie Hayson did not back More Joyous in the All Aged Stakes because he was told the mare had problems leading up to the race, the stewards’ inquiry into the mare’s performance heard on Monday. Hayson named his two sources to Racing NSW stewards in camera, after earlier saying [...]
Rugby league great Andrew Johns has told a Racing NSW inquiry he can’t recall precisely what he told brothel owner Eddie Hayson about racehorse More Joyous after drinking beer at a football match. Johns told the inquiry on Monday he was certain bookmaker Tom Waterhouse did not tell him More [...]
