Waterhouse and co thrilled as racing at last has some light at end of the tunnel

TOP trainer Gai Waterhouse has welcomed confirmation that racing will return to Randwick on December 1 after two months of racing industry turmoil caused by the equine influenza outbreak.

At a Racing NSW media conference yesterday, chief executive Peter V'Landys unveiled a "road to recovery" plan that will be kick-started by a Kembla Grange race meeting this weekend, with public access allowed.
Equine flu ripped through Waterhouse's stables early last month but she was quick to move horses back to Randwick yesterday after NSW Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald gave the all-clear for thoroughbreds to return to the decontaminated racecourse.

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