Freedman eyes another welcomed addition to Randwick operation

Ciaron Maher gained the lease, waited for refurbishments, but then decided to instead move his NSW team into Crown Lodge at Warwick Farm.The Leilani lease decision this time came down to the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott team and Freedman, and the former won the race. The Waterhouse-Bott move from off-course Tulloch Lodge to Leilani Lodge will end the movement of horses across busy roads to the course.AdvertisementHowever, as part of the deal, Waterhouse-Bott gave back 20 of its existing boxes on course to Freedman, allowing him to increase his capacity at Randwick to 75. Freedman, who also has 25 boxes on the Gold Coast overseen by his Hall of Fame brother, Lee, was happy with the compromise.“We’d been a bit tight for space over the last few months, so it’s nice to get a few extra boxes and take a little bit of pressure off,” Freedman said.“This is fine.