Hear The Drums[1] (foaled 15 October 2002, died 2016) was a South African bred racehorse.
He has the highest number of verified wins (34) for any South Africa bred or raced horse.
[2] He was sent to the training yard of Des McLachlan in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
He commenced his racing career on 29 June 2005 at Arlington racecourse in Port Elizabeth.
Andrew Fortune (6 times), Wayne Agrella (6), MJ Byleveld (2), M van Rensburg (2), Guilermo Figueroa (2), Sihle Cele (1), Mark Khan (1), Eldin Weber (1), Francois Herholdt (1), Brandon Morgenrood (1), Alec Forbes (1) and Anton Marcus (1) partnered him in his remaining races.
In his 64 starts he competed against 234 individual horses, with Glimmering Gold (20 times), Kings Troop (19), Ashtonvale (15), Disappear (15), Mazarette (15), Juan Pabilo (14) and Take A Chance (11), his most frequent opponents.
However it was then claimed that a horse named Screech Owl had in fact won 32 times in the 1950s in South Africa.
Both Sentinel and Hear The Drums records can be checked in the annual South African Racing Calendars as well as from various sources online.