Willie Van Der Walt passes away.

Have just been talking with Celeste Whitmore (Paul's wife) in connection with the passing away of the farrier Willie Van Der Walt, she informs me that Willie has left a 6 year old daughter, the love of his life and she wants to put something together on behalf of the wee lass.
As you may be aware Celeste is a first class artist and wants to donate a painting in the form of a raffle to generate funds.
I am sure as normal the racing community will support anything along these lines, so will keep you posted on what we can do.

RIP

condolences to family and friends.

sad news

terrible news, condolences to the family and friends.

Never knew the man, tracgc news all the same - condolences to the family

May he rest in peace!

Good Morning to all,

We as very close friends of the legend Willie Van Der Walt. We would really like to assist in anyway possible with the raffle for Willie. I would like to get in touch with Scotia and the artist to discuss the raffle and picture for his precious daughter.
I am presently teaching his little daughter how to ride and show jump on my little grey mare Lady Grey every weekend. She is doing absolutely wonderful and is a natural in the saddle just like her father.His daughter has her first show coming up on 31st May and will be hoping to win a ribbon in memory of her father. If all goes well she will be going to another show on 7 June as well. I and his daughter want to make her daddy proud of her. I promised Willie to help teach her how to ride and to teach all I know about riding and keeping horses. If anyone could assist in donating Jumping equipment such as poles,barrels or uprights to help us with her lesson's please contact me to discuss.

Good Morning to all,

We as very close friends of the legend Willie Van Der Walt. We would really like to assist in anyway possible with the raffle for Willie. I would like to get in touch with Scotia and the artist to discuss the raffle and picture for his precious daughter.
I am presently teaching his little daughter how to ride and show jump on my little grey mare Lady Grey(Lady has been adopted as her horse) every weekend. She is doing absolutely wonderful and is a natural in the saddle just like her father.His daughter has her first show coming up on 31st May and will be hoping to win a ribbon in memory of her father. If all goes well she will be going to another show on 7 June as well. I and his daughter want to make her daddy proud of her. I promised Willie to help teach her how to ride and to teach all I know about riding and keeping horses.

If anyone could assist in donating Jumping equipment such as poles,barrel,old tyres or uprights to help us with her lesson's every weekend please contact me urgently to discuss.

If anyone would like to donate funds to Willie's daughter towards her show entries and to help her buy a pair of proper riding shoe's and a little riding jacket for winter please contact me.

It is her dream to ride horses, own her own horse and compete to her best in memory of her father and all that he taught her and stood for.

Many Thanks

Sheralyn
csmcooling@vodamail.co.za
0828579076

Will contact you now

scotia

Willie van der walt was a legend in his field. A man of enormous knowlege and talent with horses. He had a wonderful sense of humour and a good heart. I recall spending many hours and weekends listening to his stories and advice and feeling that I was in the prescence of a very special man. He had so much time for his daughter, sons and in fact all children.

I truly feel there will never quiet be a farrier that could match up to Willie. And there are enormous empty shoe's left behind in the tragic loss.

Willie was a man of many facets, a truly inspirational man. To watch him working with the horses was a special experience. He had a connection with the horses and my nickname for him was "Willie the Horse whiperer".

I believe the racing world has lost a true gem, who can never be replaced.

I loved willie as my dear and true friend. A man who always told you the truth and said it as it was, he was never a man to mince words. He would always go out of his way to help eveyone he could. His wife,daughter, sons meant the world to him.

As willie's friends we would spend many special times together and a big empty space has been left in our hearts the day our friend passed away.

Myself and my husband feel truly lost wihtout our friend willie. You could always talk with him,laugh with him and cry with him. He was a special friend to all that knew him.

I made a promise to my friend, I promised to teach his daughter to ride and to be there for his family, This is a promise I shall always keep in honour of Willie.

We love you Willie, Theresa, Nakita , Dwayne and the the rest of the family. We will always be there for you no matter what.

Willie,You will always be in our hearts, thoughts and memories forever.

We know you are at peace in heaven, watching over us all and sharing your stories with the Lord in heaven.

We want to thank Alby Van Der Walt His nephew for helping to take over from his Uncle Willie with the shoeing of our horses, our heartfelt appreciation to you.

Sheralyn and Clayton Moutsatsos
0828579076 / 0828286058
csmcooling@vodamail.co.za

May he rest in peace! i was he's aprentice in the 80's