Trainer Gai Waterhouse still weighing up a start in the 2024 Caulfield Cup for Just Fine
A conversation on Tuesday morning will decide whether trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have two runners in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup.
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A conversation on Tuesday morning will decide whether trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have two runners in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup.
Waterhouse and Bott have Turnbull Stakes placegetter Eliyass and the Bart Cummings winner Just Fine in contention for the $5m race.
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Waterhouse said she and Bott would decide whether Just Fine tackled the Caulfield Cup on Tuesday morning ahead of the 10.30am deadline for acceptances.
“We’ll probably discuss it with the owners this morning,” Waterhouse said.
“His choices are the Caulfield Cup or the Moonee Valley Cup.”
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Ladbrokes rated Eliyass as the $6 second favourite on Tuesday morning while Just Fine is a $51 chance in Caulfield Cup betting before the declaration of the final field.
The Caulfield Cup barrier draw will be at 12.45pm.
Originally published as Trainer Gai Waterhouse still weighing up a start in the 2024 Caulfield Cup for Just Fine
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