Does Gai Waterhouse have many horses any more?

Colted Regal Stage just bolted in.

People say Gai does not have patience.

Carioca wrote: Some new trainers now with massive strings are thinning her prospect too, but she'll find one she always does.

Forget about her tipping as she loves her own but never doubt her producing a rabbit out of a hat come Golden Slipper time, Dawn Passage a handsome Dawn Approach colt won very easily at Randwick and kicked the race record out the door, there will be more as she ain't lost her eye.

Maybe owners want a trainer who will get more than 3 preps out of a racehorse before its burnt out and retired

To answer the threads question, I do not think that she has many horses as she had during the nineties, but that is just a symptom of the way racing is these days.

If you look at Tommy Smith, he and Bart dominated the slipper in the 1970's, but then Tommy had a drought and then won two in the late 80's and had to breed one of those himself.

Plus these days I think you will find that Gai spends most of her time in Melbourne being a grandmother. That is probably why you find that the stables winner to runner ratio, is better in Melbourne, especially during the carnivals.

As far as Bott is concerned, I was also under the impression he was to bring some Asian clients to the stable, but not sure that has happened.

Has a few nice 2yo's trialling later this week. Espaaniyah and Farreti in particular. 

Progold wrote: A miler is not a classic horse I am afraid.  Manikato won the Caulfield Guineas over a mile as a 3yo but I can never imagine a discussion where Manikato, among the world's greatest sprinters of all time, would be classified as a Classic type of racehorse.

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Newtown Old Boy wrote: djebel wrote: Progold,   Classic horses are 3yos between 1600m and 3000m. Vancouver will be siring horses suitable to these assignments. Yes but wait till they get sent to these Aussie trainers.

Sarcasm or not, you are 100% correct.

One learns nothing about a horse with stamina under most Australian trainers.

Gai is one of the more likely to get the best out of them.

Progold,   Classic horses are 3yos between 1600m and 3000m.

Vancouver will be siring horses suitable to these assignments.

I am not sure how a "classic pedigree" is to be defined.  I would imagine that a classic pedigree would reflect families that perform in Oaks and Derbies as 3yo, as these are what have been defined as the classic races for hundreds of years.  In all of the Vancouver yearlings, the only classic performer is Rebel Raider who appears under the 5th dam of lot 409. Lot 185 is out of Streama who won an Australian Oaks, but I Am Invincible has not sired a stakes winner past 1600m so to define it as a "classic pedigree" could be a stretch if we are using the 3yo classics as our benchmark for likely performance.

Lot 46. Vancouver from Show A Heart mare which won to 1100m

If you haven't looked at the lots, how or why can you possibly come on here and make such a totally unsubstantiated comment?  

Though 24 of the 28 she bought at MM are bred along sprinter/miler lines.

Not disagreeing Wheelie, just trotting out some stats.