Malan Q&A
THE article below appeared in the International Racing Club’s website on 27 April 2021. Click to read: malanq&a
Malan on DSTV’s ‘Kwela’ magazine show
MALAN du Toit was the subject of a short documentary on the award-winning DSTV showm Kwela (Afrikaans). For the clip, go to Youtube link below:
Malan’s work with Fort Agopian
READ more about the troublesome Western Cape-based runner Fort Agopian, and how Malan and his team figured out a way to help him produce his best on the racetrack. READ HERE: Perseverance Rewarded!
TURF TALK 1 October 2020: Kwêla visits Malan for documentary
BEING a former man of the cloth, Malan du Toit is the type of guy who can lead horseracing out of the desert and into the Promised Land. He’s one of a kind, – honest, talented, logical, straight-shooting and fair, but he’d rather be...
Operant Conditioning: Kyalami Yard News
HERE’s a recent press article by Malan du Toit, published in Kyalami Yard News. A few weeks ago I received a call from Amore Bekker. She is a very well-known presenter on RSG, the Afrikaans radio station on FM (100-104). Her programme, between 8.30...
Sporting Post, 22 April 2015: ‘Profile’
If you spend enough time in racing yards or sales yards, pilule you may notice a figure in the background. He’s a tall, site solidly built man with dark hair, a moustache and frequently sporting a pair of dark glasses. He’s usually discretely positioned...
Cape Argus, 4 March 2016: ‘Magic Touch…’
WATCHING from afar, diagnosis you see a man and a horse. They appear to be engaged in some sort of slow dance. The man shuffles his feet back and forth while the horse walks in circles around him, occasionally breaking out into a leisurely...
Parade Magazine, July 2012: ‘The Horse Magician’
ACTOR Robert Redford endeared himself to millions of moviegoers around the world when he starred as Tom Booker in his self-directed, 1998 feature film The Horse Whisperer. By hook or by crook, the award-winning drama also served to popularise the term ‘Horse Whispering’ as...
Parade Magazine, February 2007: ‘Whispers Of Hope’
THE sight of a horse refusing to get into a float, nervously sweating and kicking out in the parade ring or backing out of the starting stalls is all too familiar at race tracks around the country. But some Cape trainers have found a...
Landbouweekblad, Desember 2003: ‘Steeks perde se Moses!’
DAAR is basies twee denkrigtings in perde-afrigting: Die wat glo ‘n mens moet ‘n perd fisiek domineer en horn selfs slaan totdat sy wil gebreek is en hy ingee, en die wat glo perde kan afgerig word om in die menslike omgewing aan te...