$2000 fine for Gai Waterhouse after Cup day treatment charge Rebuked: Gai Waterhouse on Cup day. The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary board has fined Melbourne Cup winner Gai Waterhouse $2000 after she pleaded guilty to a race-day treatment charge. Just 10 days after Waterhouse had her first Melbourne Cup success with Fiorente, the Randwick trainer was before the board after being charged with race-day treatment of Tres Blue, her other Melbourne Cup runner, on the morning of the nation-stopper. Waterhouse was charged by Racing Victoria stewards under Rule AR178E (1), which states, "No persons without the permission of the stewards may administer or cause to be administered any medication to a horse on race day prior to such horse running in a race." The charge was that Waterhouse's staff treated Melbourne Cup runner Tres Blue on the morning of the $6 million handicap with an antibiotic cream (Flamazine) to relieve a greasy heel problem. Before the case was heard, Racing Victoria downgraded the charge to AR175 (k), which reads, "Any person who has committed any breach of the rules, or whose conduct or negligence has led or could have led to a breach of the rules." Last week, French trainer Mikel Delzangles received a $2000 fine from the Victoria Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board also for a race-day treatment given to Dunaden on the morning of the Melbourne Cup. The Frenchman was charged under Australian Rule of Racing AR178E (1), which deals with administering a treatment or substance to a horse on race day, after Dunaden was given an ulcer paste by his groom on race morning, which was duly noted by a security guard.