Gai Waterhouse has claimed a record-equalling seventh Epsom Handicap win after Fat Al defied his rivals in the famous Randwick mile.

Waterhouse joins her father Tommy Smith in the Epsom record books as the race’s most successful trainer.

But it wasn’t easy as Fat Al looked certain to be beaten in the straight when Ambidexter loomed strongly.

Giving Tommy Berry his second Group One triumph in three weeks, Fat Al rallied when it mattered to edge out his Peter Snowden-trained rival.

Rolling Pin ran the race of his life to finish third.

Berry, who described Fat Al “as a fighter”, reserved most of his praise for Waterhouse.

“She is a genius,” he said. “She has made me the rider I am today.”