Malan du Toit interviewed in Dubai
HERE is an interview with Malan du Toit conducted by Dubai Racing Channel’s Laura King at Meydan.
Malan gets Fawree to change his habits!
TROUBLESOME three-year-old Fawree was passed through the pens without hassles at Meydan in Dubai on Friday morning after a successful week in the hands of Malan du Toit, South Africa’s leading equine behaviour therapist. Mike de Kock’s UAE Derby prospect had his starting stall...
A call for help from Mike de Kock
MALAN du Toit has been called in to help with trainer Mike de Kock’s 2017 UAE Derby troublesome prospect, Fawree. The colt’s participation in the Gr2 Derby on Dubai World Cup night hangs in the balance after he burst from the pens in last...
What’s In A Whisper? Malan vs Monty
‘HORSE Whispering’, a term generalised for working with problem horses, mainly due to the stunning success of American Monty Roberts, has grown rapidly in popularity around the world. ‘Join-Up’ refers to the amicable meeting of Man and Horse, with Horse submitting to Man, and...
Trip Tease: A 14th success for Malan du Toit “graduate”
TRAINER Louis Goosen thanked Malan du Toit for his “ground work” done with gelding Trip Tease, who posted his 14th career win at Turffontein recently. Read more here.
Monty Roberts tours South Africa
MONTY Roberts, “The Man Who Listens To Horses”, kicked off his South African tour in Johannesburg on Saturday, 28 and Sunday, 29 May at the Equidome in Johannesburg. Multiple SA champion jockey, Felix Coetzee, who has spent time with Monty at his Flag Is...
Abashiri scoops Highveld awards
MALAN du Toit and wife Finnie were hosted at trainer Mike Azzie’s table at last week’s Highveld Feature Season Awards in Johannesburg, during which Azzie’s SA Triple Crown winner Abashiri swept the boards. As reported elsewhere on this site, Malan has worked extensively with...
Loading, draws and stubborn horses
THE new starting stall loading procedures require all horses to be loaded by their draw numbers, writes leading trainer LOUIS GOOSEN. So, any horse that will not stand in the stalls or suchlike is in trouble.That horse will be loaded in terms of its...
Abashiri was nervous before the SA Derby
ABASHIRI’s breathtaking win in last Saturday’s Gr1 SA Derby, the third leg of the SA Triple Crown, has been much celebrated and discussed, strangely without much mention in the media of Malan du Toit, an integral member of the Abashiri team. We dealt with...
How Abashiri regained his confidence
RISING superstar and 2016 Triple Crown contender Abashiri, and from Mike Azzie’s stable, wasn’t himself at all after winning the Sea Cottage Stakes midway through January. He was uptight and restless and something was bugging him. Malan du Toit’s help was called in. Malan...