Kate Waterhouse
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Kate Waterhouse

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Kate is the director and founder of katewaterhouse.com, a go-to fashion destination in Australia, with Kate reporting on fashion, trends, beauty and lifestyle as well as featuring candid celebrity interviews. She is also a journalist, media personality, television presenter, radio talent, children’s author and dedicated mum of two girls.

Since 2018, Kate has been a fashion and colour reporter for Channel 7 Racing for both Sydney and Melbourne racing carnivals, where she reports on trackside fashion and interviews the biggest celebrities and sporting identities.

Hailing from Australian racing royalty, Kate Waterhouse has grown up in the media spotlight. She is the daughter of leading thoroughbred trainer Gai Waterhouse and leading bookmaker Rob Waterhouse and her grandfathers are racing legends Tommy “TJ” Smith and Bill Waterhouse.

Kate is married to former professional rugby league footballer Luke Ricketson and the couple share two daughters Sophia, seven, and Grace, five. Sophia the Show Pony is Kate’s first book.

Books by Kate Waterhouse
Gracie the Princess Pony
Kate Waterhouse, Sally Spratt

An empowering story of adventure, kindness and acceptance that will delight and enchant young readers, by Australian racing royalty, journalist and media personality, Kate Waterhouse, and illustrator and creative influencer, Sally Spratt.

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Sophia the Show Pony
Kate Waterhouse, Sally Spratt

Kate Waterhouse’s first children’s book is a beautiful and timeless rhyming story about a pony who learns to believe in herself.

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Kate Waterhouse reads Sophia the Show Pony

Buy now: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/sophia-the-show-pony-9781761042492 Kate Waterhouse’s first children’s book is a beautiful and timeless rhyming story about a pony who learns to believe in herself. Sophia is a show pony who loves fashion, but she also dreams of winning races. Can she find a way to be both fashionable and fast? From Australian racing royalty, journalist and media personality Kate Waterhouse, and illustrator and creative influencer Sally Spratt, comes an empowering story that will delight and enchant young readers. #KateWaterhouse #SallySpratt #SophiatheShowPony

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Sophia the Show Pony by Kate Waterhouse and Sally Spratt | Author and illustrator's inspiration

Buy now: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/sophia-the-show-pony-9781761042492 Kate Waterhouse’s first children’s book is a beautiful and timeless rhyming story about a pony who learns to believe in herself. Sophia is a show pony who loves fashion, but she also dreams of winning races. Can she find a way to be both fashionable and fast? From Australian racing royalty, journalist and media personality Kate Waterhouse, and illustrator and creative influencer Sally Spratt, comes an empowering story that will delight and enchant young readers. #SophiatheShowPony #KateWaterhouse #SallySpratt