I was anti Gai Waterhouse, with a triple consiracy theory re the bookmaker connections until I ready Her biography " Against All Odds" by Kevin Perkins
It's a no holds barred insight into a person who,if she was only as tough as 99.9% of the rest of us, would have given up the game, and gone off to be a wealthy little daddy's girl, instead of staying involved in the DIRTY(in most aspects of racing) game she's stuck with.
Don't for one minute believe that by sitting their, tapping away with your keyboards that your latest betting system and strategy won't be wiped out by a simple non-educated stable hand who takes $200 from somebody to slip a bit of Bicarb into the feed mix of the best bet of the day.

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