Summerhill supremo Mick Goss was discharged from hospital late last week and is recuperating at his home on the scenic environs of South Africa’s recordbreaking champion breeders where he has lived since 1979.
Mick Goss – diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease
“It will still be several weeks before he is allowed back in the office, but he is getting stronger every day. Mick has been overwhelmed by the well wishes he has received from around the world and he would like to assure everyone that the demon will be back within 6 months!” a spokesperson for Summerhill told the Sporting Post late on Tuesday afternoon.
The ever active Mick will be finding the quiet life tough.
An accomplished sportsman, he went to Durban High School, where he excelled academically and at sport. He captained Natal Schools at rugby and won a rugby scholarship to Stellenbosch. While at varsity he represented Western Province under-20s and under-25s.
Graduating in law, he completed articles in Maritzburg, worked as an attorney and an advocate in Durban and established his own practice.
Then, after 17 years, he gave up law for racing and breeding. The rest is history – as he likes to remind us!
One of South Africa’s best known international horseracing and breeding personalities, Mick delivered a paper at the recent Asian Racing Conference in India. He took ill on the trip.
He is suffering from Crohn’s Disease.
We wish Mick and his wife Cheryl well.
