Continuing our adventures ashore, we were surprised to spy paddocks while looking down across the island from our second hike across the top of the hill. Before becoming a sailor, Capt. Randy owned five horses at our home in Franklin, Tennessee! Naturally, we had to check it out!
Immediately, we ran into Khemraj Tillack, Biras Creek’s Horse Trainer. Khemraj learned about horses from spending his nights as a Cattle Ranger on Guyana, located in South America. Working from sun down to sun up on a Sugar Plantation for three years, Kemraj, on horseback, steered cattle away from sugar crops. Relocating to Virgin Gorda a few years ago, Khemraj took a break from horses, but when offered the opportunity to return to horse training, he immediately jumped at the chance. “My true passion is for horses. I love the bond of mutual trust you build with them,” he says.
Joining the Biras team in February 2009, Khemraj now spends his days with Ben, Sorbeto, Kid, Winston, and Fugitive in the Biras Creek pasture, Paso Finio horses, located near the Salt Pond. His days are a busy mixture of feeding, training, and building trust with the horses. Brought to the island from Puerto Rico by Biras owners Pam & David Johnson, a few of the horses have been rescued from abusive owners and are recovering positively with the loving care of the trainer.
Likening his horse training to “raising children,” Khemraj is similar to a proud father. If you ask him his favorite horse, he will probably tell you he doesn’t have one, even if he’s a little partial towards Ben! (We were too!)
The next time you are in the North Sound in Virgin Gorda, make sure you go over to Biras Creek Resort and say 'Hi to our new horse friends. Kehmraj's love for his job is much like ours...happily contagious!
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