Hollywoodbets Durban July – The Final Field Unveiled
The final field and barrier draws for the 2023 R5 million Hollywoodbets Gr1 Durban July was announced on Tuesday
20th June 2023
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The final field and barrier draws for the 2023 R5 million Hollywoodbets Gr1 Durban July was announced on Tuesday
The highly anticipated final field for the R5 million spectacular was unveiled at the big-race sponsors’ Head Office in Umhlanga Rocks on Tuesday, and included no real surprises
The 127th renewal of the Hollywoodbets Durban July will be held at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday 1 July
We hear more from breeder and owner Steven Chetty about Son of Raj’s momentous WSB Gr1 SA Derby win, Weiho Marwing’s approach to training, and Muzi Yeni’s hopes for the race
The weather is good at Hollywoodbets Scottsville and it’s all systems go for the final two Champions Season features before the Hollywoodbets Durban July class of 2023 is unveiled on Tuesday
The champion team won it in 2008 with Dancer’s Daughter, in 2014 with Legislate, in 2018 and 2019 with Do It Again, and for a third consecutive year in 2020 with Belgarion – what does 2023 hold?
Winning Form-sponsored jockey Richard Fourie had the pick of five Justin Snaith-trained horses still standing in the Gr 1 Hollywoodbets Durban July entry list
Breaking news as National Horseracing Authority have just received the clearance from Mauritius
Dismisses the rumour mill, which has it that there is some sort of strategic reason for Trip Of Fortune to be entered and that he will be scratched at an appropriate time before the race
In what has been a difficult decision for his connections, Gr1-winning Cape 3yo Cousin Casey will be scratched from the 2023 Hollywoodbets Durban July
A ten-times champion jockey of France, Christophe Soumillon has been engaged to ride Mike de Kock’s Safe Passage in what will be the Belgian’s first Hollywoodbets Durban July ride
A dual Grade 1 winner and South Africa’s highest rated racehorse, the Vaughan Marshall trained One Stripe will campaign in a partnership of Hollywood Racing and Rikesh Sewgoolam
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
A final field of 17 will face the starter at the Hollywoodbets Kenilworth 2000m marker on Saturday 25 January for the 163rd renewal of the R5 million World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Town Met
Two past winners of the Cape’s premier summer speed clash are in the fifteen strong line-up
