IMMORTALITY: Jockey Piere Strydom rides a pearl of a race as Pomodoro holds Smanjemanje at bay in the 2012 Vodacom Durban July. Pomodoro is trained by Sean Tarry and is owned by Chris van Niekerk.
OVER R100 MILLION IS WON ON THE DAY!
1
POMODORO
Sean Tarry
113
2
HILL FIFTY FOUR
Vaughan Marshall
112
3
BEACH BEAUTY
Dennis Drier
4
HEAVY METAL
111
5
JACKSON
Brett Crawford
6
THUNDER DANCE
106
7
SHOGUNNAR
Gavin van Zyl
8
CHERRY ON THE TOP
Ormond Ferraris
9
WAGNER
Joe Soma
99
10
TRIBAL DANCE
107
11
WHITELINE FEVER
109
12
CAPETOWN NOIR
Dean Kannemeyer
110
13
VERCINGETORIX
Mike de Kock
14
WYLIE HALL (AUS)
Weiho Marwing
98
15
LOVE STRUCK
Paul Lafferty
103
16
TELLINA
Geoff Woodruff
17
GOTHIC
Kumaran Naidoo
97
18
WILD ONE
Jeff Freedman
95
19
KNOCK ON WOOD
20
SEAL
108
Next 10
POS
HORSE
TRAINER
MR
21
E-JET
104
22
MASTER PLAN
Alec Laird
23
SANSHAAWES
24
DO YOU REMEMBER
101
25
KING OF PAIN
Joey Ramsden
26
RUN FOR IT
Justin Snaith
27
PATRIOTIC REBEL
28
PUNTA ARENAS
Stan Elley
100
29
VIVA MARIA
102
30
LIANCOURT ROCK (AUS)
THE R3.5-million Vodacom Durban July at Greyville, run on the first Saturday of the month, is billed as Africa’s greatest horseracing event and with good cause. Some 50,000 people pack into the racecourse and there’s a loud cheer as the runners break from the starting stalls at the 2200m mark. They then race in a straight line until disappearing behind the Drill Hall at the 1600m mark. There they swing right into a long sweeping bend that turns sharply right into the short straight with 400m to go. The crowd begins to roar as the runners gallop across the subway and unwind into the final charge for the most coveted horseracing prize on the continent.
Event details: Africa’s greatest horseracing event and the biggest single betting day on the continent. Some 50,000 people pack into Greyville Racecourse and millions more follow the action on television. Nearly R100 million is wagered with TAB on the day plus tens of millions of rand more with bookmakers. The R3-million Vodacom Durban July, Africa’s richest race, is one of eight feature races run at the meeting, which starts before midday and continues into the night under floodlights.
History: The Durban July spans three centuries, having first been run in 1897. The race was sponsored by Rothmans from 1963 until 2000 with Vodacom taking over the sponsorship in 2002.
Date/Venue: Saturday 6 July 2013 Greyville Racecourse
Feature races:
Betting: Bet with South African horseracing and tote betting company Phumelela at a TAB, by phone, online or via mobile. Call 0861 444 822 for more info.
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Courtesy of Betting World
Vodacom, the biggest telecommunications company in sub-Saharan Africa, has agreed to a further three-year sponsorship of South Africa’s most prestigious horserace, the Durban July.
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