We are sad to report the death of stallion Time Thief (AUS), of a heart attack on Saturday, 7 March.
Heversham’s Advocate Nigel Riley commented: “We bought Time Thief at the Nadeson Park dispersal sale in November 2024 because nobody else wanted him and we felt sorry for this beautiful horse. He enjoyed a dignified retirement for a year-and-a-half`, even covered one of Elektra’s jumpers last year.
“Time Thief was a real kind gentleman and a great favourite with everyone at Heversham. He went into his paddock as normal on Saturday, had some teff before lying down and dying shortly afterwards. He was 21 years old.”
Farm Manager Nadia Duvenhage said: “Everyone on the farm had a soft spot for Time Thief. He was a special horse. We were all with him to his last breath at 8am on Saturday.”
As a racehorse, Time Thief finished second in the Grade 1 Caulfield Guineas and the Grade 1 Australia Stakes. A son of the prolific stud star Redoute’s Choice and Procrastinate (Jade Hunter), he was a a ¾ brother to SA Champion Sprinter Laisserfaire. A top class racehorse, Time Thief won or placed in six of his seven outings. Winner of the Listed Zeditave Stakes, Time Thief’s top performances included a second in the Gr1 Caulfield Guineas, where he was beaten by Whobegotyou, and a third in the Gr1 Australia Stakes, to champion Apache Cat.
He stood his first season at stud in Australia in 2010, where he sired Group 1 millionaire In Her Time and multiple stakes winner Volkoff and other stakes performers. He relocated to South Africa in 2015, when he as imported by Hassen Adams for duties at Nadeson Park in Hermanus.
In South Africa, he sired small crops with a number of Graded performers including dual Listed Mile and Grade 3 Summer Fling Stakes winner Time For Love, Grade 1 placed Ocean Time and Grade 2 placed Waheed and Time Fo Orchids.