The will-he-won’t-he-stay Hollywoodbets Durban July supplementary entry Trip Of Fortune will now be ridden for the first time by Gauteng rider Raymond Danielson
50 000 people expected to attend premier event on Saturday
Rain has forced an early decision to switch surfaces – Jackpot One commences in the fourth race with a carryover of R250 000 likely to see a gross R1 million pool
He’s never been tried over further and who knows, the staying influence of both Doowaley and Saumarez may well come to the fore
‘She gets the Turffontein mile, so she should be very comfortable with the Hollywoodbets Greyville mile. I can’t have her in much better shape…’ – Sean Tarry
A R20 million Pick 6 has been projected for Saturday’s bumper Hollywoodbets Durban July racemeeting and with TAB betting already open, and a massive Hollywoodbets Punters Challenge prize to play for, there is unprecedented interest in the big race
The Philippi-based yards of Justin Snaith and Brett Crawford grabbed the lion’s share of the spoils with four winners apiece at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday
Racing in the silks of the breeding partnership of Avontuur Stud and David Abery, the beautifully bred filly was sold at Nationals, but is back with her breeders after the purchase fell through
Maine Chance’s Oasis Dream stallion Querari dominated the twice delayed R200 000 Listed Somerset 1200 at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday
The Group 1 contest, run over the straight 6-furlongs, has attracted 15 runners with horses raiding from Australia, Hong Kong, and France
‘He was the type of horse that took charge, led the pack and caught the eye of every astute horseman…’
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
