Pupil Prince is the only horse Andrews has in work at Riccarton, where he has been based for some 30 years.
"We are all getting on in years, but training a horse helps keep me going," Andrews said.
He said he was grateful for the help he received from Riccarton trainers Leslie and Richard Didham.
Andrews prepares Pupil Prince for his niece, Kirsty Pryce, and Philip Leslie (grandson of his brother) and their spouses.
Pupil Prince was bought 10 months ago by Rollo Andrews, brother of Phil.
"We found the horse had a soft palate and got him operated on and he has since had three starts," Andrews said.
Andrews has had a lifetime involvement with racehorses, both thoroughbreds and standardbreds.
He began working for his father, Harry, a trainer in Invercargill. He moved to the stable of Jim Pankhurst at Orari and subsequently worked for trainers Dil Edwards at Yaldhurst, Laurel Campbell at Sockburn and Put and Wattie Hogan at Washdyke.
Edwards trained War Bouy, the pacer who won 10 races in a row in the early 1930s, a feat equalled by Cardigan Bay in 1961 and Young Quinn in 1975. Noodlum amassed 15 in a row in 1975 and trotter Lyell Creek reached 20 successive wins in 2000.
Edwards also trained Ponty to win the 1937 Wellington Cup at Trentham.
Andrews enlisted for World War 2 which started in 1939, and served as a driver in the Pacific at Guadalcanal and Green Island.
He set up as a trainer at Washdyke when he returned home and won his first race with Saieda, ridden by Bert Hibberd, at Orari in October 1948.
The Stourbridge gelding won 12 races.
Andrews won the 1952 Dunedin Guineas and John Grigg Stakes with Chowder.
Andrews was based at Waimate in the early 1960s when he trained Personify, winner of 11 races including the Timaru, Waimate and Hororata Cups.
