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苗禮德說:「我認為牠是一匹不折不扣的好馬,因為牠性能廣泛。我來港至今十六年,還未看到另一匹馬能像牠一樣曾勝出1400米、1600米、1800米及2000米這麼多不同途程的一級賽。牠亦曾在2400米一級賽中跑獲亞軍。老 ...
Millard’s son Tony took over from him in 1991, while son-in-law Geoff Woodruff also became a trainer around that time.
Both men continued the tradition with aplomb. Tony won two national trainers’ championships before moving to Hong Kong, with notable success. Geoff has been South African champion five times.
It takes prompting to get Millard to name the best he trained. “All of them would have been champions in any era; exported to Dubai and so on.
But perhaps the best was Empress Club.”
He handled the Argentine-bred filly for just a year before Tony took her over and she became known as “The Galloping Goldmine”.
“She was superb; had everything,” says Millard. “She could do speed work, but could also relax anywhere in a race and run on.
She won over 1000m; two weeks later won over a mile and a quarter (2000m). It was like having a machine.”
Empress Club went to the USA but never performed as she had for the Millards.
Their success with Argentine-bred horses started a trend of South American imports that continues to this day.
Empress Club一生20戰15勝2位,共勝出9場南非一級賽,職業生涯後期運去美國出賽,贏出三級賽Hillsborough Handicap,跑一級賽Beverly Hills Handicap及Gamely Stakes落第。
1990 1st S A NURSERY PLATE (1200m), G2, R150000
1990 1st GOSFORTH PARK JUVENILE FILLIES (1400m), G2, R100000
1990 1st GOLD MEDALLION (SMIRNOFF) (1200m), G1, R250000
1991 1st TOP SPORT BLOODLINE GUINEAS (1600m), G1, R500000
1991 1st ADMINISTRATOR’S CLASSIC (1800m), G1, R500000
1991 1st ADMINISTRATOR’S CUP (2000m), G1, R1250000
1991 1st SOUTH AFRICAN GUINEAS (1600m), G1, R300000
1991 1st S A FILLIES GUINEAS (1600m), G1, R200000
1992 1st SOUTH EASTER SPRINT (1000m), (L), R40000
1992 1st QUEEN’S PLATE (1600m), G1, R300000
1992 1st J&B MET (2000m), G1, R750000
1992 1st FIRST NATIONAL BANK 1600 (1600m), G1, R400000
1991 2nd FIRST CORP SPRINT (1200m), G3, R100000
1991 2nd DAILY NEWS 2000 (2000m), G1, R300000
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