October 24, 2026 — 5:00am

At about 9am on Monday morning, Gai Waterhouse, trainer of Cox Plate favourite Sir Delius, answered the phone while having her nails done at the You Day Spa near the Paris end of Collins Street.

The gregarious septuagenarian admitted to being a bit sleepy as she had already been up for six hours, having attended to her horses at Flemington before returning for the nails appointment near the Spring Street abode that Waterhouse and her husband Rob call home during the spring racing carnival.

Legendary trainer Gai Waterhouse watches track work at Flemington this week.…