Gai Waterhouse: Why I followed in my father's footsteps

By Jane Rocca
Updated November 10 2017 - 9:48am, first published 3:23pm

My dad, Tommy J. Smith, was one of Australia's most widely recognised and greatest horse trainers. I am an only child and my memories of him are very vivid. He was always in the papers or on the phone speaking to the prime minister, the NSW premier and horse owners. He managed 150 horses, and publicly was a bloke at the top of his game, with a dynamo personality. At home, I recall a very quiet man.

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