Champion trainer Puller reflects on racing season past

DURBAN - Garth Puller was crowned KZN Champion trainer last weekend and considering he finished five winners clear of the pack his admission that the Covid-19 lockdown had helped him out was testimony to his humility.

“It is not easy to beat older horses as a young three-year-old . David is very excited about this horse. Lyle has ridden in Hong Kong and believes he will clean up there." Puller had the most runs in KZN through the season, 372 in total for 44 wins at a strike rate of 11,83%. He first tends to the yard's cats and dogs before staff personnel are checked for temperatures as per the Covid-19 regulations.He has three strings through the morning.

Puller has modest aims for this season, admitting he did not have a lot of big horses and had plenty of young horses.Puller's biggest wish at present is that stakes get back to where they were. He said,"The current route via Mauritius is way too long and arduous. A good horse I sent over a while ago called Bay Tibbs is only in England now and another one, Brooklyn, died of colic in a paddock in Mauritius."

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