A legend celebrates his 58th birthday on the eve of yet another bid to win the Met. The ice-cool Karl Neisius says he has no immediate retirement plans – scoffing at danger and suggesting that one could fall off a horse just as easy as falling down stairs
If it could be possible, I think that second July win was even better than the first.
Genius is an oft-abused term these days, but Millard richly deserves his title as one of South Africa’s most gifted trainers. Terrance Millard won 6 July’s, saddled the first 3 past the post on two occasions
The race for the SA champion trainer title for the 2012/13 season has illustrated the shift in the balance of power at the top of the tree.
ROBYN LOUW: Theo de Klerk notched up 6 winners on a single card on 21 June 1975 and Terrance Millard matched the feat with 6 winners on 13 January 1982.
Terrance Millard won it an extraordinary sixteen times! South Africa’s top weight-for-age race for fillies and mares and the prize every breeder wants to win is run on 12 January 2013
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
Rafeef is fast establishing a fine reputation as a stallion who has the ability to sire stakes winners across the speed and stamina spectrum
