Late revered racehorse trainer Terrance Millard claimed the secret of his success was luck – and that good racehorses simply 'found' him.
Late revered racehorse trainer Terrance Millard claimed the secret of his success was luck – and that good racehorses simply ‘found’ him.
I had the privilege of interviewing Millard at length some years ago. Here are some interesting facts from those conversations: He joined the Cape Hunt and Polo Club at age nine and was their youngest and, later, their oldest member. Terrance Millard receives the award for trainer of the year from James Bull at the ARCSA Awards banquet in 1989. From The Citizen archives.
The July champions were: Tecla Bluff , Devon Air , Occult , Royal Chalice , Right Prerogative and Ilustrador . There were two Millard July first-second-thirds and one first-third-fourth.Apart from luck, Millard credited success to his private training facilities, including Sea Lodge which he built at Blouberg. Devon Air came to him as a hopeless case with “a huge head, bad legs and a terrible temper”.
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