Bling Hoping For Some Late Season Action
Dave Mollett observes that the 2023/24 season has not been a memorable one for jockey Smanga Khumalo
10th June 2024
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Dave Mollett observes that the 2023/24 season has not been a memorable one for jockey Smanga Khumalo
Almost two years to the day since making a winning 40-1 debut for Vaughan Marshall in the winter mud over 1200m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth, the lionhearted Dave The King finally cracked a highly deserved feature victory
With just 27 days to go to the big race, there were no real fireworks from the quartet of Hollywoodbets Durban July entries who lined up in Sunday’s R250 000 Gr3 Jubilee Stakes at Turffontein
The Cheveley Stud-bred Oriental Charm booked his Hollywoodbets Durban July berth with a powerful front-running display to win the Hollywoodbets Dolphins Gr3 Cup Trial at Hollywoodbets Greyville
Richard Fourie produced a perfectly judged ride to get the best out of the Arundel family’s Whistle The Tune to win the Hollywoodbets Super League Devon Air Stakes at an overcast Hollywoodbets Greyville
While there is a last chance for a back-door entry into the Hollywoodbets Durban July, which will be shut at 11h00 on Monday 24 June, there are 36 hopefuls still in the game
Sean Tarry’s Hollywoodbets Durban July entry Lucky Lad put in a sensational late run under a breathtakingly stupendous Richard Fourie ride to grab top honours in the R1 million Gr1 Golden Horse Sprint
In a change of heart, the Wilgerbosdrift Bridget Oppenheimer Gr2 SA Oaks star Frances Ethel is now set to take her place in the Hollywoodbets Gr1 Durban July
He was something of a surprise inclusion for many of us in the first entry list for the Hollywoodbets Gr1 Gold Challenge earlier this week
Acquired by Team Valor just prior to her Highveld Grade 2 success, the Brett Crawford-trained Frances Ethel had an unlucky passage for fourth in the Gr1 Woolavington 2000 last Saturday
A nationally representative entry of 16 has been received for the 53rd renewal of the premier SA Champions Season weight- for-age mile
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
As the clock ticks toward this year’s renewal of South Africa’s most iconic of races, the Hollywoodbets Durban July, it is only fitting that we return to the start of the new millennium and recall all the drama and splendour
It’s time for our racing regulators to accept and understand that they are part of the game, and not outside of it, above it, or bigger than it
