Tea With The Horsemen
An afternoon with South Africa’s ‘super champion’ trainer and horseman extraordinaire, Terrance Millard
29th March 2016
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An afternoon with South Africa’s ‘super champion’ trainer and horseman extraordinaire, Terrance Millard
Klawervlei’s beautifully bred young sire Curved Ball got off the mark at the Vaal on Thursday afternoon, producing an eyecatching first winner
Horses have evolved for speed. They have thin bones, thin tendons and all their muscles up near the body, to allow their legs to move very fast. That’s why the Thoroughbred is such an elite athlete.
Oratorio produced the salestopping colt, while his stablemate Var was responsible for the sales’ top priced filly
As a fellow South African, Derreck David’s whirlwind visit to Singapore was one of those unexpected highlights – hell the boy can ride!
Every sale has its extraordinary buys and trainer Paul Reeves was the man responsible for arguably the shrewdest purchase at the inaugural CTS March Sale
“Dubai remains a profitable place to race and we’ve shown so often how the relatively cheap South African runners can come here and earn good stakes – a Maiden Plate can be worth near half a million rands – you don’t get that anywhere else!”
He left behind an astonishing 330 stakes winners and his offspring won all the English classic races as well as many of the world’s other top features,
The death of 17 year old Olivia Inglis bonded the entire equestrian world together in honour of the young equestrienne. With the newly promulgated NHA rules, can racing do the same for retired racehorses?
Philanthropist was represented by his first South African winner from his first local crop on Sunday when his 2yo son Good To Give made a winning debut
With the Lion City in mind, I saw something I never thought I would see again at the Turf Club
Sunday’s Hollywoodbets Greyville feature, the non black-type Model Man Mile, won by Mike de Kock’s Artist’s Model, paid tribute to one of South Africa’s greatest turf legends of the 20th century.
