The 92 -year -old Methven trainer Terry May May has his 350 calculatesTH Win at Slyx (To love terror) Yesterday you won the final final of Anne Thompson Pacers in Rangiora.
The victory was a real family matter with his son Ricky, the three -year -old and Ricky's wife Judy, the breeding and possession of the gelding.
In the fourteen horse field, May made three backs inside before Slyx was knocked back on the inside to five. When both Sea Sea and Justa Ripper rolled into the inside with 700 meters, Slyx was on the back of the guide Lochdarragh. May got the insider run and Slyx too tough and hit a brave Lochdarragh around one length with Himmelensee around one and the fourth length in third place. There were another five lengths back to the fourth horse.
Slyx repetition
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“I thought it would get pretty tough from the draw. He drove well, but the way the race turned out was certainly a great lend a hand,” said Ricky.
Slyx only qualified at Rangiora last month and was only his third start yesterday.
“We just took our time with him. He had a pretty good upbringing. I think it was a time with him. He also needed other horses to get him used to getting him on his head. He was a bit amusing because it was a bit fun.” I have to decide. “
Slyx is from Terror to Love, which Ricky drove in sixteen of his thirty victories, including two Novel Zealand cups.
“Loving the horror can be a bit fiery, but he was pretty good all the way and has always been a good pacemaker. He is a good -looking horse. I brought him in Methven and worked it with horses that were trained by Kerry O'reilly and Danny McKendry, and they keep saying that he cannot do anything wrong.”
Terry has been training for 55 years, initially in collaboration with his father Clarrie, before going out alone in 1969.
“They worked together their whole life,” said Ricky.
The Mays trained many good horses, including Palestine and Good Admiral, who both won 18 races. Other good winners were Deeside, Adios Adieu, Walk and Springalot. Palestine won two Hannon monuments, a Novel Zealand FFA and a Kaikoura Cup, while Good Admirals Siege included the Novel Zealand Trot Derby.
“They had a lot of good horses before I started. I still went to school.”
Terry and Ricky also had part of the success and in 1990 father and son won two races of the group one -the Novel Zealand standard bred breeders with Frangelico and the Nevele R Fillie's series Finale with a little legacy.
“She (a legacy) started in the OAKs the week before and she didn't control so well, so we changed some equipment and I said to Papa that I thought she still had a chance and she finally won it.”
A certain legacy was 10/10 in the competition and paid 40.05 US dollars and $ 7.55.
“We trained about 18 at the time, but it went down slowly. The farm took over at the end.”
The Mays still trains on the original home house, a 200 -hectare farm. “It's all harvest and I also make the harvest on the race track.”
Slyx was bred and belongs to Ricky's wife Judy and is made of three mare fraud, which was bred by the southern state Murray Swain and Wayne Pope.
The breed returns to Brahmaputra, with which Colin Baynes was successful.
Ricky assumes that his father is the oldest coach in Novel Zealand.
It was great to see that the colors May declined in the circle of the winner yesterday.
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from Bruce StewartFor Hartnesslink
