Waterhouse V. Singleton horse racing issue, so how the hell is Andrew Johns involved?

When a disagreement between the world renowned horse trainer Gai Waterhouse and multi millionaire horse owner John Singleton was first brought forward in the media nobody really new what was going on and then the Rugby League champion Andrew Johns and Gai’s bookmaker son Tom were brought into the feud! After a week of new stories and evidence coming out around this high profile, high stakes relationship breakdown, the whole picture of the situation has almost been clarified.

To explain briefly, John’s had been told by Tom Waterhouse at the ANZAC Day NRL game that “he didn’t like” Singleton’s horse ‘More Joyous’, and when John’s relayed this information to one of his close friends it was eventually passed on to Singleton, who was outraged to here this. Singleton severed all ties with the Waterhouse family and himself, creating a dispute that surrounded both that they were colluding to give themselves an unfair advantage in terms of betting and that he was never given any information of More Joyous’ circumstance. It was discovered later that More Joyous was in fact on antibiotics prior to the race, without Singleton’s knowledge.

With Gai immediately sacked as Singleton’s horse trainer, there was a clear display of the seriousness that the situation presented to the horse racing and sports betting community. It is hoped by people in these circles that the situation can be totally sorted out and the true facts of it presented to the public, so as to not hurt the sport any further. This is particularly important for many at this point in time as online betting and actually the particular involvement of Tom Waterhouse as the odds presenter for the NRL are facing a lot of scrutiny and backlash later. Furthermore horse racing is under fire from another angle also, after many horse crashes at a specialist derby over the weekend have stemmed public and animal rights group concerns.

Hopefully full communication of the Stewards Enquiry looking into this whole Waterhouse V Singleton saga can alleviate concerns surrounding such a high stakes controversy in our sport. 

Not such a good business relationship after all...