Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.
GAI Waterhouse arrives for trackwork at 4.37am, relaxed and happy, without a care in the world. You wouldn't know that just five days later, she will be back here at Flemington in her quest for the holy grail of racing that has eluded her for 20 years.
The Melbourne Cup, Australian racing's greatest prize, is there for the taking and Waterhouse has her best chance yet to claim a key piece of silverware missing from her trophy cabinet when she saddles up Fiorente on Tuesday.
In this exclusive insight, here is the first in a series of daily videos leading up to the Cup with a never-seen-before access to a Melbourne Cup runner, the race favourite no less.
Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Fiorente ran a slashing second in last year's race, beating every rival except Green Moon in an exceptional Australian debut.
Waterhouse has had the horse for more than 12 months now and knows how to prepare him for big races.
Fiorente scored a diving win in the Group 1 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Mooney Valley over 1600m first-up, and his latest effort, a gutsy third in the Cox Plate last weekend after being trapped wide for most of the run, was full of merit.
At Flemington this morning, Waterhouse gave Fiorente a light run on the dirt track after his tough Cox Plate run, with the promise of more work during the day before he is put back into his stable at night.
Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.
"He's come through (the Cox Plate) super," Waterhouse enthused. "Damien (Oliver) rode him the other day and .... he said he's unbelievable. He says his recovery rate is enormous and he said he's very relaxed."
Asked what she wanted out of Fiorente, Waterhouse says he was there to "shoot the breeze".
"He just canters a couple of laps on the dirt here. Dirt being a nice even surface. I use it a lot in Sydney," she explains.
"He'll head to the beach, do some pool work. He does quite a few kilometres before he goes to bed."
Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Waterhouse appears remarkably relaxed, despite still trying to win her first Melbourne Cup 21 years after her first runner in the race, Te Akau Nick, finished second to Dermot Weld's import Vintage Crop in 1993.
But she has reason to be.
"He's a really happy horse," she said. "He's doing well and he doesn't have to do much more.
"His credentials are impeccable."
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Ride alongside Gai's Fiorente
Dengan url
http://sportfoxer.blogspot.com/2013/10/ride-alongside-gais-fiorente.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Ride alongside Gai's Fiorente
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar