2017 Vodacom Durban July Debrief
The 2017 Vodacom Durban July. The highs, the lows and the little horse who threw his heart over the line and took us all with him
4th July 2017
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The 2017 Vodacom Durban July. The highs, the lows and the little horse who threw his heart over the line and took us all with him
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A look at the development at Kenilworth Racecourse. So much activity. So little information.
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The R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
Cape Racing’s ongoing tussle with Mother Nature in what has been a wet July to beat all July’s, produced a fairytale at a sunny, but very chilly, Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Thursday
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million
