M ucKenzie Miller
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THOROUGHBRED'S RACING CAREER, ESPECIALLY Stc1bleofEngeIhc1rcl, ond Snow Knight (I975), ) .
foro good horse, often Iosts no longerthon two fool ond very sound. If I hod thot kind of horse, roced by E.P. Toylor's Windfields Form. I
seosons. Despite the press of time inherent in I'd probobly toke him to Florido (forthe winter) The chompionship stotus ottoined by eoch of
such o situotion, there is no sense of urgency ond try it." He hod such o prospect in Engel- those runners wosotribute to Miller’s potience I
in the troining methods of MocKenzie Miller. h¤rd's Protonto in I970, butthe coltsuffered o ond ottention to detoil. The physicol condition r
Associotions with potient owners such os the twisted onkle ond missed the clossic. of Howoii, imported from South Africo, deteri-
Iote Chorles Engelhord ond his current potron, The current pottern of giving time to horses oroted considerobly during o oO-doy quoron-
Poul Mellon of Rokeby Stoble, hove ollowed bred with longer roces in mind suits MilIer's tine, ond Miller hod to devote o greot deol of
Miller to be generous to his horses in terms of philosophy. He long ogo proved, howevep thot time to restoring the runner to top condition.
time. he hos o deft hond with onother pottern. One Assogoiwoso wild-eyed, unrulyyoungsteig but
Lote eoch foll, MilIer’s chorges ore shipped of his first good horses wos Chorlton Cloy’s the troiner’s potience ollowed him to moture
to the Aiken Troining Trock in South Corolino. Leolloh, o precociousfilly which Millerguided into o formidoble competitor. Snow Knight hod
There the horses receive o winter breok, o through o juvenile compoign eorning co- been ci clossic winner in Englond, but could
strotegy not the norm in this ero of yeor-round chompionship honors omong fillies of I95o. become o chompion in this country only offer
rocing. During neorly 40 yeors os o troiner Miller o5, Miller hod overcome his virtuolly hystericol feor
Miller’s potience olso is extended to young hos soddled 59 sto kes winners. Four of his of storting gotes.
horses, which ore given time to develop ond ore stokes-winning chorges hove eorned chomp- Americon turf events in which Miller hos been
not pushed to compete in roces eorly in the 3- ionship honors. ` prominent include the United Notions (gr. IT),
yeor-old seosons. A notive ofVersoiIles, Ky., Miller ottended the which he hos won six times, ond the Mon o'
"|’d love to win the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), but University of Kentucky, butthe lure ofthe Thor- V\/or (gr. IT), which he hos won four times.
Ithinkittokeso porticulorkind of horse to do it," oughbred proved stronger thon thot of the l In oddition to his mony successful gross
soid Milleq who hos soddled one Derby storter clossroom. He begon working for Columet competitors, Miller hos developed o numberof
(Jig Time, sixth in I9o8). "He hosto be on eorly Form neor Lexington os o broodmore coretoker stondout performers on the moin trock. He
_ in the mid-I 940s. He took out his troiner’s selected Fitto Fightfor Rokeby ond turned him
_·; · ‘ ·  ·‘.._   ‘ license in l949. intothefourth horsein historytowin NewYork's
, I r  Long before gross rocing become populorin HondicopTriple Crown in I984. With V\/inter's
·' er¤tie¤S titetwe lied By Deirdre B. Briee, columnist for the Bieeeneree I
        _.     to Try them in (Every situotion to SGS whot they mogozine. Story reprinted with permission. © IQ87 I
  Qi    v  _T` `   could do. I probobly tried more horses on the
 {li" ;       -_ §g.. gross thon mosttroinersforthotreoson. Besides,
  ""*   - f Mr. Engelhord wos portiol to gross rocing
becouse of his interests in the sport obrood."
MilIerwosthefirstAmericon trciinerto devel- ·
op three different horses into gross chompions.
His turf chompions were Assogoi (l9oo) ond
.     Howoii (I 9o9), both owned by the Crogwood  
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