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Singleton sacked the trainer and cited “a conflict of interest” involving her son, bookmaker Tom Waterhouse.
Brendan Cormick
The Australian http://www.theaustralian.com.au5
April 27, 2013
THE 40-year friendship between racehorse trainer Gai Waterhouse and advertising guru John Singleton is in tatters tonight.
A very nasty public spat played out on national television at Randwick this afternoon aftert the running of the $400,000 All Aged Stakes on the closing day of the autumn carnival.
The source of discontent between the pair and not for the first time, was the champion mare More Joyous, owned by Singleton and trained by Waterhouse.
Singleton told the TVN racing audience that More Joyous would leave the Waterhouse stable if she didn't win.
More Joyous missed a place in the All Aged Stakes, won by All Too Hard - owned by Singo's mate Gerry Harvey's Vinery Stud.
Friendly banter between Harvey and Singleton post-race quickly changed gear when 7TWO interviewer Peter Donegan asked if More Joyous would be retired.
Singleton sacked the trainer and cited “a conflict of interest” involving her son, bookmaker Tom Waterhouse.
Singleton had intended to wager $100,000 on his mare, who eased in betting markets after opening favourite, but baulked after hearing third hand about fitness concerns.
"When Gai’s son knows last night exactly the result today, the conflict of interest becomes personal,” Singleton said.
“When her own son, who is a bookmaker, is saying she's got problems I didn't know about … well you have to ask the racing officials, you have to ask Gai, you have to ask Tommy.
“All I'm saying as an owner is there is too much conflict of interest.
"She (More Joyous) won't be running again with Gai Waterhouse as trainer.
“All my horses are leaving Gai's tomorrow."
Prior to jockeys mounting up, Singleton and Waterhouse clashed in the parade ring and jockey Nash Rawiller looked uncomfortable as Watethouse gave him his riding instructions.
Tom Waterhouse, who was doing betting updates during the afternoon on 7TWO, immediately pleaded ignorance and defended his mother.
“I never said that it had problems. I never knew that it had problems. Mum wouldn't have started it if it had problems,” Waterhouse said.
“It's the best result out of any of the three favourites. I've done (lost) $250,000 on the race on the race. More Joyous was the best result by far.
“He says that kind of stuff just to cause a bit of controversy and always has a fight, tiff with mum regularly but they always kiss and make up the next day,” the young bookie said.
“Hopefully they will tomorrow.”
Waterhouse said he backed More Joyous and All Too Hard was “a strip out”.
Singleton's vet John Peatfield examined More Joyous this morning and passed her fit to go to the races.
Gai Waterhouse was later called before the stewards and revealed there had been a problem with More Joyous's neck.
Chief steward Ray Murrihy asked Waterhouse why she didn't report the issue to stewards. Waterhouse replied "I didn't think was an issue.”
Bookmaker Robbie Waterhouse, Gai's husband, exchanged words with Singleton outside the stewards' room Racing NSW Stewards will re-open inquiry next Friday.
Last spring, it appeared Singleton and the trainer would sever ties after she hand-picked barrier 11 for More Joyous in the Cox Plate when she could have selected an inside draw, confounding the owner and observers.
More Joyous was never closer than three-wide during the race and finished 11th. Singleton and Waterhouse argued after that race.
Singleton's racing manager Duncan Grimley said at the time it was “more than a storm in a tea cup but it was a pretty good storm”.
Singleton had the last word saying at least in this divorce he wouldn't lose half this time
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It wouldn't happen here...innit....Ballydoyle's mustachio man.
waterhouse has always come across as a c**k. just proves it
that reminds me to withdraw the 80 odd dollars I have in his bank account before he does a runner to Rio
Inquiry looms into circumstances surrounding John Singleton, Gai Waterhouse and the More Joyous feud
Ray Thomas
News Limited Network
April 28, 2013
http://www.heraldsun.com.au
A SECOND showdown is looming between some of Australian racing's biggest names after the volatile relationship between John Singleton and Gai Waterhouse boiled over in the most sensational way at Royal Randwick yesterday.
Owner-breeder Singleton, trainer Waterhouse, bookmaking son Tom Waterhouse, bookmaking husband Robbie Waterhouse and jockey Nash Rawiller will all front stewards on Friday in the wake of Singleton's stunning decision to sack Waterhouse as trainer of More Joyous.
The champion mare Singleton bred and owns produced one of the worst races of her career when finishing seventh to All Too Hard in the All Aged Stakes (1400m).
Singleton made the sensational claim that Gai's bookmaker son, Tom Waterhouse, had told "good friends of mine for 20 years" last Friday night that More Joyous couldn't win.
"Why (did she run)? Her son Tom Waterhouse is the biggest bookmaker in Australia ... who told mates of mine who I trust and have known for 20 years (she wouldn't win). This is the third time it's happened."
Tom Waterhouse vigorously denied the allegation both to The Sunday Telegraph and to his mother, Gai, who relayed her conversation to stewards.
"I rang him after the race with John Singleton's assertions," Waterhouse explained to chief racing steward Ray Murrihy.
"I said, 'What did you say?', and he said, 'Nothing was said, mum. If anything, I backed the horse, and it was a $300,000 difference to me. I was on More Joyous to win the race'."
Singleton then told the media he would be taking his horses off Waterhouse and transferring them to new trainers today - including More Joyous. It was a claim he repeated in a stewards inquiry,
Waterhouse told stewards that although More Joyous had a slight problem with her neck after a brilliant track gallop on Thursday, she maintained the mare was fit to race.
Racing NSW chief steward Ray Murrihy was clearly unhappy that Waterhouse had not informed stewards of More Joyous' neck problem but the trainer told Murrihy repeatedly it was not an issue.
As the drama unfolded, the body language between Singleton and Waterhouse told a revealing story.
Singleton, arms folded and clearly upset, refused to look at Waterhouse and also refused a stewards' request to reveal the names of those who had told him of More Joyous' plight two days ago.
Waterhouse is always confident and ebullient, but she was clearly rattled by Singleton's outburst and the course of the stewards inquiry.
The whole sorry, sad saga was being played out before a shocked national television audience.
Stewards adjourned their inquiry until Friday, while Singleton and Waterhouse remained well apart as they left the inquiry, their lifelong friendship and professional relationship fractured - and possibly forever.
Two of Sydney's most famous people have been friends for 35 years and Waterhouse has trained 26 Group 1 winners for Singleton.
But none has meant more to him than More Joyous. He bred and raced her dam, Sunday Joy, who delivered him Group 1 glory in the 2003 AJC Australian Oaks. He also bred Sunday Joy's half-sister Tuesday Joy, who went on to win four more Group 1s for Singleton - the Coolmore Classic, Ranvet Stakes, The BMW and the Chipping Norton.
But then came More Joyous. The best horse he has bred and raced. The daughter of his beloved Sunday Joy.
Every owner-breeder wishes to have a horse like More Joyous. She's almost like part of the family. She has lived her life under Singleton's watchful eye at his boutique Strawberry Hills farm at Mt White on the Central Coast. She even spells there whenever she's not in work with Waterhouse at Tulloch Lodge.
The filly showed immediate potential, winning on debut by five lengths. She has gone on to win eight Group 1 races.
This was always the horse Singleton thought could win him the elusive Cox Plate, only for those dreams to go horribly awry last spring.
That's when the first cracks appeared in the Singleton and Waterhouse relationship, when the trainer drew barrier 11 for More Joyous in the 2012 weight-for-age classic.
Singleton rang this writer soon after the barrier draw to vent his feelings - and they were on the record.
"I love Gai but this is bloody madness," Singleton said at the time. "If this was a normal race and not the Cox Plate, the horse would be scratched and the trainer sacked!
"I instructed my racing manager Duncan Grimley to tell Gai to get barrier 4-6 if possible.
"Gai didn't need to pick that barrier. It's absolutely ridiculous, no one in the world thinks this is a good barrier."
Singleton was only just warming up.
"This isn't death, it is suicide," Singleton said. "It will be almost impossible for her to win now.
"The bookies aren't idiots, she is out to $13 and will probably end up $20 on race-day.
"I'm absolutely gutted."
Waterhouse maintained at the time the barrier would suit More Joyous, giving jockey Nash Rawiller "options" and ensuring the mare did not get snookered on the inside rail.
More Joyous ran only 11th and Singleton left Moonee Valley fuming.
Over summer, Singleton cooled down but the tension between them remained bubbling under the surface until boiling over yesterday at Randwick.
Stewards have their adjourned their inquiry until 2pm on Friday.
It will be standing room only at Racing NSW's Druitt Street headquarters when Singleton and Waterhouse front each other again.
Ray Thomas
News Limited Network
April 28, 2013
http://www.heraldsun.com.au
A SECOND showdown is looming between some of Australian racing's biggest names after the volatile relationship between John Singleton and Gai Waterhouse boiled over in the most sensational way at Royal Randwick yesterday.
Owner-breeder Singleton, trainer Waterhouse, bookmaking son Tom Waterhouse, bookmaking husband Robbie Waterhouse and jockey Nash Rawiller will all front stewards on Friday in the wake of Singleton's stunning decision to sack Waterhouse as trainer of More Joyous.
The champion mare Singleton bred and owns produced one of the worst races of her career when finishing seventh to All Too Hard in the All Aged Stakes (1400m).
Singleton made the sensational claim that Gai's bookmaker son, Tom Waterhouse, had told "good friends of mine for 20 years" last Friday night that More Joyous couldn't win.
"Why (did she run)? Her son Tom Waterhouse is the biggest bookmaker in Australia ... who told mates of mine who I trust and have known for 20 years (she wouldn't win). This is the third time it's happened."
Tom Waterhouse vigorously denied the allegation both to The Sunday Telegraph and to his mother, Gai, who relayed her conversation to stewards.
"I rang him after the race with John Singleton's assertions," Waterhouse explained to chief racing steward Ray Murrihy.
"I said, 'What did you say?', and he said, 'Nothing was said, mum. If anything, I backed the horse, and it was a $300,000 difference to me. I was on More Joyous to win the race'."
Singleton then told the media he would be taking his horses off Waterhouse and transferring them to new trainers today - including More Joyous. It was a claim he repeated in a stewards inquiry,
Waterhouse told stewards that although More Joyous had a slight problem with her neck after a brilliant track gallop on Thursday, she maintained the mare was fit to race.
Racing NSW chief steward Ray Murrihy was clearly unhappy that Waterhouse had not informed stewards of More Joyous' neck problem but the trainer told Murrihy repeatedly it was not an issue.
As the drama unfolded, the body language between Singleton and Waterhouse told a revealing story.
Singleton, arms folded and clearly upset, refused to look at Waterhouse and also refused a stewards' request to reveal the names of those who had told him of More Joyous' plight two days ago.
Waterhouse is always confident and ebullient, but she was clearly rattled by Singleton's outburst and the course of the stewards inquiry.
The whole sorry, sad saga was being played out before a shocked national television audience.
Stewards adjourned their inquiry until Friday, while Singleton and Waterhouse remained well apart as they left the inquiry, their lifelong friendship and professional relationship fractured - and possibly forever.
Two of Sydney's most famous people have been friends for 35 years and Waterhouse has trained 26 Group 1 winners for Singleton.
But none has meant more to him than More Joyous. He bred and raced her dam, Sunday Joy, who delivered him Group 1 glory in the 2003 AJC Australian Oaks. He also bred Sunday Joy's half-sister Tuesday Joy, who went on to win four more Group 1s for Singleton - the Coolmore Classic, Ranvet Stakes, The BMW and the Chipping Norton.
But then came More Joyous. The best horse he has bred and raced. The daughter of his beloved Sunday Joy.
Every owner-breeder wishes to have a horse like More Joyous. She's almost like part of the family. She has lived her life under Singleton's watchful eye at his boutique Strawberry Hills farm at Mt White on the Central Coast. She even spells there whenever she's not in work with Waterhouse at Tulloch Lodge.
The filly showed immediate potential, winning on debut by five lengths. She has gone on to win eight Group 1 races.
This was always the horse Singleton thought could win him the elusive Cox Plate, only for those dreams to go horribly awry last spring.
That's when the first cracks appeared in the Singleton and Waterhouse relationship, when the trainer drew barrier 11 for More Joyous in the 2012 weight-for-age classic.
Singleton rang this writer soon after the barrier draw to vent his feelings - and they were on the record.
"I love Gai but this is bloody madness," Singleton said at the time. "If this was a normal race and not the Cox Plate, the horse would be scratched and the trainer sacked!
"I instructed my racing manager Duncan Grimley to tell Gai to get barrier 4-6 if possible.
"Gai didn't need to pick that barrier. It's absolutely ridiculous, no one in the world thinks this is a good barrier."
Singleton was only just warming up.
"This isn't death, it is suicide," Singleton said. "It will be almost impossible for her to win now.
"The bookies aren't idiots, she is out to $13 and will probably end up $20 on race-day.
"I'm absolutely gutted."
Waterhouse maintained at the time the barrier would suit More Joyous, giving jockey Nash Rawiller "options" and ensuring the mare did not get snookered on the inside rail.
More Joyous ran only 11th and Singleton left Moonee Valley fuming.
Over summer, Singleton cooled down but the tension between them remained bubbling under the surface until boiling over yesterday at Randwick.
Stewards have their adjourned their inquiry until 2pm on Friday.
It will be standing room only at Racing NSW's Druitt Street headquarters when Singleton and Waterhouse front each other again.
Andrew Bensley @AndrewBensley 6m
The seven horses owned by John Singleton left Waterhouse Randwick stable at 6 this morning. Have arrived at Strawberry Hills Farm.
The seven horses owned by John Singleton left Waterhouse Randwick stable at 6 this morning. Have arrived at Strawberry Hills Farm.
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/superracing/john-singleton-and-gai-waterhouse-lock-horns-after-failure-of-more-joyous-in-all-aged/story-fn67tkww-1226630657653
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/superracing/john-singleton-and-gai-waterhouse-lock-horns-after-failure-of-more-joyous-in-all-aged/story-fn67tkww-1226630657653
Singleton was heard saying ''that's my f---ing horse''
No joy as Singo and Gai split
By Chris Roots
April 28, 2013, 3 a.m.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1461718/no-joy-as-singo-and-gai-split/?cs=12
The fallout from John Singleton sacking Gai Waterhouse before Saturday's All Aged Stakes will continue in front of stewards on Friday.
The drama at Randwick might be only a forerunner in the saga with Waterhouse's bookmaking husband Robbie and controversial son Tom, also a bookmaker, ordered to front stewards at 2pm on Friday along with Singleton and his ex-trainer.
Robbie Waterhouse and Singleton will also face questions about a verbal altercation in the halls outside the stewards' room, Waterhouse allegedly demanding to know who had told Singleton the information.
The flamboyant Singleton unleased a tirade before More Joyous beat only one home in the All Aged Stakes, won by All Too Hard, alleging Tom Waterhouse had told some of his friends his mare could not win.
Singleton was heard saying ''that's my f---ing horse'' in heated fashion while expressing his displeasure to Waterhouse after the race.
''The inside information from the stable is that it had no chance in the race, this is the third time that I've found that, it is time to move on,'' Singleton said on TVN after the race. ''I just don't enjoy her association. We've had a great ride, Gai and I. I was one of the people who went to the licensing [committee] to help but I think everything comes to an end and this has definitely come to an end.''
Singleton was furious he heard about injury problems from his mates. ''I just don't like being treated like that by her or her lackeys,'' he said. Stewards called Singleton and his racing manager Duncan Grimley into an inquiry after the last along with Waterhouse and her racing manager Mark Newnham.
Singleton repeated his claims in the stewards' room in front of a rattled Waterhouse. ''I was told this morning by a friend of mine, a close friend, who is [an ex] group 1 jockey that he was with Tom Waterhouse, Gai's son and bookmaker, last night with close friends of mine that are internationally known figures,'' Singleton said. ''Tom Waterhouse advised them last night that the horse had no chance. She had problems and that surprised me because I intended to have a six-figure sum bet on the horse because my advisers said it was a certainty.''
The allegation went to the heart of the conflicts for the Waterhouse family in racing. Gai is one of Sydney's leading trainers, while husband Robbie and son Tom are among the country biggest bookmakers.
However, when asked to name his sources by stewards Singleton refused ''to give up his mates'' unless forced to legally.
The claims that More Joyous had problems during the week seemed to have some grounds, even though Waterhouse initially claimed everything was fine with More Joyous.
''No setbacks at all, sir,'' said Waterhouse, when asked about More Joyous after the race.
''She worked unbelievably well on Thursday, but had some heat on her neck and was monitored by the vets. We could find nothing wrong with her [on race morning]. If I thought there was something wrong I would have told you. There was nothing that would affect her performance.''
However, Singleton's vet John Peatfield gave More Joyous an antibiotic on Thursday and had inspected the mare on race morning in the presence of Grimley and Waterhouse and declared her fit to run.
''Mrs Waterhouse rang on Friday night with a situation. Dr P was going to look at the horse this morning,'' Grimley said. ''In his view the horse was a fit horse to run.''
What Singo told the stewards
❏ I was advised this morning by a friend of mine that he was with Tom Waterhouse, Gai's son and a bookmaker, and close friends of mine, internationally known figures, that Tom Waterhouse advised them last night that the horse had no chance and had problems.
❏ That surprised me because I intended to a have a six-figure sum bet and was advised it was a certainty.
❏ Upstairs today [we talked before the race]. About an hour before the race. I've never been here [Randwick] before. I was going to talk to you [Ray Murrihy] on the way out.
❏ I said, 'Gai, can we have a talk?' She took me a long way away from everyone else. I said, 'Gai we've got a problem because your son has told friends of mine who I trust implicitly that the horse has a problem.' She said, 'The horse wouldn't be running today if it wasn't right.' Then Gai got increasingly stroppy.
❏ She said to me, 'John, your own vet has looked at the horse and if it wasn't right it wouldn't be running.'
What Waterhouse told the stewards
❏ I said, 'Tom, did you speak to anyone?' He said, 'It was a $300,000 difference to me.'
❏ It's hearsay and John has gone flying off because of hearsay. I spoke to my husband as I do every morning.
❏ There were not any issues [with the horse]. It's quite normal to pull short bloods before races. Because there was a bit of heat in the neck I thought I would double check.
❏ I wouldn't have started her today and I wouldn't have worked her on Thursday morning.
❏ He has a racing manager which I ring and tell him what I've done. It's quite normal and it's happened many times before.
Stewards' report of All Aged Stakes
RACE 7: Stewards queried the performance of More Joyous and her preparation leading into Saturday's race. Jockey Nash Rawiller stated that the mare travelled particularly well in the run. He added that initially More Joyous quickened but then did not appear to stretch out fully in the straight and he did not fully push her over the final 150m. Trainer Gai Waterhouse stated that she had worked well on Thursday but that some heat in the neck area had been detected after the mare worked. Blood was taken from the mare and she was examined by veterinarian Leanne Begg. She was treated with an antibiotic as a precaution.
More Joyous was subject to an examination by John Peatfield, Strawberry Hills Stud vet, on Saturday morning, in company with Duncan Grimley. Acting on the advice of Dr Begg and Dr Peatfield, Waterhouse stated that she was of the view that More Joyous was fit to fulfil her engagement. John Singleton and racing manager Duncan Grimley were questioned relative to statements made by Singleton in media interviews subsequent to the race and, in particular, regarding statements he attributed to bookmaker Tom Waterhouse relative to the winning chances of More Joyous.
Stewards accompanied stable foreman Mark Newnham to the Waterhouse stables and secured treatment records. The inquiry was adjourned and Gai Waterhouse was advised that the stewards intend to call Dr Begg, Dr Peatfield, Steve O'Halloran and stable foreman David Meijer. The stewards will examine all on- and off-course betting. It is the intention of the stewards to request that Tom Waterhouse attend at the resumption of the inquiry. A post-race vet exam of More Joyous did not reveal any abnormalities and a swab was taken. Stewards will also inquire into media reports of an altercation involving Singleton and bookmaker Robbie Waterhouse subsequent to the stewards' inquiry
Tom Waterhouse has come out looking a complete c**k. Looking to be desperately looking for any excuse when interviewed on Aussie TV
'I backed More Joyous': Waterhouse meets lawyer over Singleton comments
April 28, 2013
Chris Roots Racing writer for The Sydney Morning Herald
Controversial bookmaker Tom Waterhouse has met with his lawyer to discuss a defamation action against John Singleton after his remarks about the fitness of More Joyous before and after the All Aged Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.
Waterhouse said he was disappointed after Singleton alleged he had advised friends of Singleton that More Joyous “had no chance” in the race, and at the complete breakdown of the relationship between his mother Gai and Singleton, a friendship that had spanned over 30 years.
No one works harder than mum and John knows that.
“John has known mum for a long time and for him to say those things about her was extremely disappointing and upsetting,” Waterhouse said. “I don't know if an apology will be enough in this situation. I have spoken to my lawyers about it.”
Waterhouse said he did not know if he would have to front the stewards when the inquiry into the spat continues on Friday afternoon.
“I was consistent with what I said about the race in all my interviews leading up to the race, and never said or told anyone that More Joyous couldn't win. In fact, I backed the horse,” Waterhouse said. “I lost $300,000 on the race.”
On Sunday morning, rugby league immortal Andrew Johns addressed a Fairfax report that suggested Waterhouse had told him More Joyous couldn't win.
Speaking on Channel Nine's Wide World of Sports, Johns said that although he and Waterhouse had discussed horses on Friday night, Waterhouse had not told him More Joyous had a problem. Johns said he backed the champion mare himself.
In an interview on TVN, Waterhouse initially denied he had spoken to Johns about More Joyous but, when pushed by Bruce Clark, admitted they had discussed the race.
Singleton, who wore a microphone as part of a television promotion for the All-Aged Stakes, said in a number of interviews on Channel Seven and TVN that he had been informed by close friends that Tom Waterhouse was saying More Joyous couldn't win.
The drama of situation was played out on live television as Singleton and Waterhouse argued in front of jockey Nash Rawiller before the race when giving instructions.
Singleton's fury only grew when More Joyous put in one of the worst performances of her career, coming second to last in the All Aged Stakes, won by All Too Hard.
Singleton indicated it was the final straw and all his horses would be leaving the Waterhouse stable because “there were too many conflicts of interests”. His horses in the Waterhouse stable were picked up at dawn on Sunday and taken to his Strawberry Hill farm on the Central Coast.
Singleton repeated the claim when stewards opened an inquiry into the incident that was played out in front of nation-wide audience on television.
"I was told this morning by a friend of mine, a close friend, who is [an ex] group 1 jockey that he was with Tom Waterhouse, Gai's son and bookmaker, last night with close friends of mine that are internationally known figures," Singleton said in the stewards' room.
"Tom Waterhouse advised them last night that the horse had no chance. She had problems and that surprised me because I intended to have a six-figure sum bet on the horse because my advisers said it was a certainty."
Tom Waterhouse took to television for a series of interviews defending himself and his mother.
“No one works harder than mum and John knows that. It was unbelievable for him to say those things about her because he knows her so well,” Waterhouse said.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/horseracing/i-backed-more-joyous-waterhouse-meet...
April 28, 2013
Chris Roots Racing writer for The Sydney Morning Herald
Controversial bookmaker Tom Waterhouse has met with his lawyer to discuss a defamation action against John Singleton after his remarks about the fitness of More Joyous before and after the All Aged Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.
Waterhouse said he was disappointed after Singleton alleged he had advised friends of Singleton that More Joyous “had no chance” in the race, and at the complete breakdown of the relationship between his mother Gai and Singleton, a friendship that had spanned over 30 years.
No one works harder than mum and John knows that.
“John has known mum for a long time and for him to say those things about her was extremely disappointing and upsetting,” Waterhouse said. “I don't know if an apology will be enough in this situation. I have spoken to my lawyers about it.”
Waterhouse said he did not know if he would have to front the stewards when the inquiry into the spat continues on Friday afternoon.
“I was consistent with what I said about the race in all my interviews leading up to the race, and never said or told anyone that More Joyous couldn't win. In fact, I backed the horse,” Waterhouse said. “I lost $300,000 on the race.”
On Sunday morning, rugby league immortal Andrew Johns addressed a Fairfax report that suggested Waterhouse had told him More Joyous couldn't win.
Speaking on Channel Nine's Wide World of Sports, Johns said that although he and Waterhouse had discussed horses on Friday night, Waterhouse had not told him More Joyous had a problem. Johns said he backed the champion mare himself.
In an interview on TVN, Waterhouse initially denied he had spoken to Johns about More Joyous but, when pushed by Bruce Clark, admitted they had discussed the race.
Singleton, who wore a microphone as part of a television promotion for the All-Aged Stakes, said in a number of interviews on Channel Seven and TVN that he had been informed by close friends that Tom Waterhouse was saying More Joyous couldn't win.
The drama of situation was played out on live television as Singleton and Waterhouse argued in front of jockey Nash Rawiller before the race when giving instructions.
Singleton's fury only grew when More Joyous put in one of the worst performances of her career, coming second to last in the All Aged Stakes, won by All Too Hard.
Singleton indicated it was the final straw and all his horses would be leaving the Waterhouse stable because “there were too many conflicts of interests”. His horses in the Waterhouse stable were picked up at dawn on Sunday and taken to his Strawberry Hill farm on the Central Coast.
Singleton repeated the claim when stewards opened an inquiry into the incident that was played out in front of nation-wide audience on television.
"I was told this morning by a friend of mine, a close friend, who is [an ex] group 1 jockey that he was with Tom Waterhouse, Gai's son and bookmaker, last night with close friends of mine that are internationally known figures," Singleton said in the stewards' room.
"Tom Waterhouse advised them last night that the horse had no chance. She had problems and that surprised me because I intended to have a six-figure sum bet on the horse because my advisers said it was a certainty."
Tom Waterhouse took to television for a series of interviews defending himself and his mother.
“No one works harder than mum and John knows that. It was unbelievable for him to say those things about her because he knows her so well,” Waterhouse said.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/horseracing/i-backed-more-joyous-waterhouse-meet...
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