Gold Circle have announced the revised dates for Champions Season 2020, delayed due to the implemented lockdown which is due to lift April 30, in the interest of South African’s safety to ‘break the curve’. Usually run the week before the Vodacom Durban July, it remains in the format – to be held on Sunday…
Further to the National Press release issued by the NHA and the Racing Operators on Monday, 13 April, Gold Circle has amended the dates of its signature race days for Champions Season. Sunday 31 May: IOS Drill Hall Stakes (G 2) WSB Guineas (G 2) WSB Fillies Guineas (G 2) Sunday 28 June: Daily News…
2019 VODACOM DURBAN JULY FIRST ENTRIES The first entries for the R4.25 million Gr1 Vodacom Durban July to be run over 2200m at Greyville racecourse on Saturday, July 6 are in. Five of entries are #kznbred, including two Gr1 winners – Hero’s Honour (Summerhill Stud) and Camphoratus (Middlefield Stud). Sire Mogok is represented with…
The first entries for the Vodacom Durban July are in and several KZN-breds are amongst them – including half-siblings, dual Gr1 winner Rabada (from the stable of Brett Crawford) and his grey AP Arrow half-brother, Glider Pilot, as well as Triple Tiara contender, Takingthepeace.
“Every element of the raceday has the aspect of time attached to it,” explained Gold Circle’s Event Marketing Manager Ken Tweddell, “from the time used to select the right stallion for the perfect mare, to the preparation of the perfect yearling for the sales. “From the time of the two-year-old’s first race, to competing as a seasoned contender in the “ultimate” race – the Vodacom Durban July, it is years of time focused on a race that lasts just over two minutes,” he added.
Most of the country’s top middle distance gallopers are among the first entries for the Gr1 R4,25 million Vodacom Durban July to be run over 2200m at Greyville on Saturday, 1 July 2017. Eight of the entries are either KZN-bred or by KZN resident stallions.