Gai alone but change in the wind

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THE Flemington carnival will be remembered for Gai Waterhouse winning the Melbourne Cup with Fiorente, which continued the recent success of female trainers on the international front.

Waterhouse is only the second female in 153 years to win Australia's most famous race, following the path blazed by Sheila Laxon with Ethereal in 2001.

Last month, Criquette Head-Maarek won her second Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Paris, Europe's richest race, with Treve.

And two days before the Melbourne Cup, Kathy Ritvo became the first woman to train the winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic, North America's richest race, when Mucho Macho Man won at Santa Anita, California.

It has not been overnight success for Waterhouse, 59, who has been training for 21 years, and Ritvo, 44, who has been at the caper for 26 years.

All this should be cause for celebration, and is on the global front.

However, the Flemington carnival did little to enhance the reputations of the female fraternity as a whole.

Waterhouse seized the headlines with the win of Fiorente, and she also finished second in a Group 2 with Queenstown and third in a Group 3 with Equator among her 11 starters over the four days.

The only other successful female trainer was Kelly Doughty from the Gold Coast, who won with her only starter, Black Cash, in the Subzero Challenge for greys.

UK visitor Jane Chapple-Hyam collected some booty when Mull Of Killough finished third in a Listed race and fourth in the Group 1 Emirates Stakes.

On the Victorian scene, Geelong's Simone Ferchie was the most successful, with a third placing with Lord Drante in the @FlemingtonVRC Vase.

Five other female trainers were represented without success, while two others nominated horses who didn't run.

The ladies fared even worse in the saddle.

Seven of them, headed by Michelle Payne, shared just nine rides for the four days. Another, Shirley Hunter, didn't even make it to the mounting yard when her mount was scratched.

Payne at least rode in three Group races. The best result for any of the female jockeys was Payne's seventh on Lake Sententia in the Group 2 Momentum Energy Stakes.

Racing Victoria believes the tide will turn, certainly in the riding ranks. This season half of the apprentices are female.

However, during the spring carnival, horse owners tend to take as few risks as possible and a stable affiliation with a jockey isn't enough.

As David Hayes pointed out: "They always want the hottest in-form rider. At the moment, the top riders in Australia are men."

Of the 32 apprentice jockeys who have a permit to ride, 14 are female.

In the senior ranks, just 16 of 145 jockeys are female.

As with these past few months with the success of Waterhouse, Head and Ritvo, the time for dramatic results will arrive eventually for the female jockeys.

Gai Waterhouse with the Cup at a celebration party in Melbourne last Tuesday night. Picture: Mark Evans Source: News Limited

FEMALE TRAINERS AT FLEMINGTON CARNIVAL

GAI WATERHOUSE (NSW)

Equator (3rd, Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes)

Julienas (unplaced)

Vaquera (unplaced)

Divine Calling (unplaced)

Knight Exemplar (unplaced)

Fiorente (1st, Group 1 Melbourne Cup)

Tres Blue (unplaced)

Rain Drum (4th, Listed Visit Victoria Plate)

Ryker (unplaced)

Queenstown (2nd, Group 2 Momentum Energy Stakes)

Spurtonic (unplaced)

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KELLY DOUGHTY (Gold Coast)

Black Cash (1st, Subzero Challenge)

JANE CHAPPLE-HYAM (UK)

Mull Of Killough (3rd, Listed Visit Victoria Plate)

Mull Of Killough (4th, Group 1 Emirates Stakes)

SIMONE FERCHIE (Geelong)

Lord Durante (3rd, @FlemingtonVRC Vase)

NIKKI BURKE (Cranbourne)

Lumic (unplaced)

Unpretentious

DANIELLE SMITH (Mornington)

Dance To Inspire (unplaced)

HELEN BURNS (Swan Hill)

The Long Road (unplaced)

WENDY KELLY (Cranbourne)

Mightiest (unplaced)

Bells Of Troy (unplaced)

ALLISON BENNETT (Moe)

New York (unplaced)

JENNIFER WILLIAMS (Bendigo)

Legal Rock (scratched)

SHARYN TROLOVE (Sale)

God Help Her (emergency, didn't get a start)

FEMALE JOCKEYS (7) WHO RODE AT FLEMINGTON

MICHELLE PAYNE

Moudre (8th, Group 3 Lexus Stakes)

Lake Sententia (7th, Group 2 Momentum Energy Stakes)

Moudre (7th, Group 3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes)

Damian Brown riding Black Cash (green) leads the field into the straight in the Subzero Challenge. Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images

CLARE LINDOP

Nearest The Pin (8th, Listed MSS Security Stakes)

KATELYN MALLYON

Good Thinking (9th, TAB Rewards Trophy)

RUTH BRADLEY

King's A Star (15th, @FlemingtonVRC Vase)

NIKITA McLEAN

Sudden Moment (8th, Listed Connoisseur Stakes)

Tully Costa (scratched)

LINDA MEECH

Smoken Cash (7th, Subzero Challenge)

KAYLA NISBET

Sanosuke (10th, Listed Connoisseur Stakes)

SHIRLEY HUNTER

Grand Sai Wan (scratched)

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