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July Frenzy Booklet 20July20b AFRICA’S GREATEST HORSERACING EVENT A GOLD CIRCLE HORSERACING EVENT • www.vodacomdurbanjuly.co.za • www.tabgold.co.za • www.goldcircle.co.za CONTENTS SECTION 1 : THE “FRENZY” Have you felt the FRENZY yet? pg 2 An Audition for World Stardom pg 3 The Road to Riches pg 7 Historical Bites pg 8 SECTION 2 : PICKING YOUR WINNER The Hollywoodbets Greyville Track pg 14 Look to Champions Season pg 16 Understanding Form pg 18 Parade Pointers pg 19 Parts of the Horse pg 21 Biggest and Smallest Fields pg 22 Age of Winners pg 22 How the Favourites have Fared pg 22 The Greys pg 23 Fillies and Mares pg 24 Barrier Draws pg 24 SECTION 3 : ROLL OF HONOUR Table of Winners pg 25-29 Year-by-Year: 1897 - 2019 pg 30-51 SECTION 4 : FASHION FEVER Fashion Experience pg 52 1 HAVE YOU FELT THE FRENZY YET? Come the final week before the big day, it seems South Africa’s most asked question is: “What’s your fancy?” But why? What causes this frenzy? It’s probably a many-layered answer: 123 Years of Tradition One thing the world’s great events share is history - an unbroken heritage stretching back through time. The Vodacom Durban July spans three centuries, first run in 1897, and every year since. Big money at Stake That first running in 1897 was contested for a prize of 500 sovereigns. Big then. Big now. For the past three years, the big race has beeen contested for a stake of R4.25 million, but reduced to R1.5 million for 2020 due to the impact of the current coronavirus pandemic. Grade 1 Status The very best and most prestigious horseracing events internationally are graded 3, 2 or 1 according to their entry criteria. Grade 1 naturally describes the pinnacle of world racing, featuring the best horses. Prestige Sponsors Rothmans joined forces with the July in 1963 and remained sponsor until 2000. Rothmans was reluctant to end its association with the great race but the new tobacco laws of the country forbade it and sadly the longest running sponsorship of a major sporting event came to an end after its 38th year. For 2001, the race was run simply as the Durban July, but in 2002 the powerful Vodacom brand announced its sponsorship, and Africa’s Greatest Horseracing Event has continued to break new records each year. By invitation only Not the public, the horses! Yes, trainers start entering their horses at intervals from May - the final 20 carded runners in the Vodacom Durban July are selected based on the stature of their recent race achievements, and invited to contest the event. 2010 and 2020 - Extraordinary! As everybody knows, the July never deviates from its traditional place in the calendar - the first Saturday in July. But, as we all know, 2010 was an extraordinary year for sport. The Soccer World Cup programme in South Africa was paramount - and the Vodacom Durban July graciously made way. For 2010, Africa’s Greatest Horseracing Event moved to the last Saturday in July. This year, the big race has been deferred to Saturday 25 July in compliance with Government’s coronavirus control measures and will be run behind closed doors. 2 AN AUDITION FOR WORLD STARDOM HOW THE VODACOM DURBAN JULY HAS LAUNCHED SOME GLITTERING INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS Invitation to horseracing’s world circuit is by no means automatic. Horses must first prove themselves in domestic competition. Horseracing is on offer in all of South Africa’s major centres most days of the week, fifty-two weeks a year, but one annual phenomenon has stood way taller than all the rest as an identifier of world class South African talent – the Vodacom Durban July, South Africa’s premier horseracing and social event and the unquestioned pinnacle of Champions Season. London News won the July in 1996 – and it catapulted him onto the world stage. London News won the 1997 Queen Elizabeth II Cup in Hong Kong, setting a new track record for the distance, and beating home other Grade 1 contenders from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, UK, the United Arab Emirates, and of course Hong Kong. The great Colo rado King ‘The King’ is regarded as one of the all-time greats of the South African turf and was trained by another of the country’s all-time greats, the record seven-times July winning trainer Syd Laird. Colorado King won the 1963 July by an effortless 1.75 lengths at odds of 6-4 in front of one of the biggest crowds the course had ever seen. A week later he ran an outstanding third in the Durban Merchants over 1200m, putting in a 14 pound better performance than the winner. Colorado King was then exported to the USA, reportedly sold for US$15 000, which proved to be a bargain considering he went on to earn another US$251 825. He won seven races in the USA from 1300m to 2600m, including two Grade 1s and a Grade 2. 3 London News’s win in Hong Kong has been catalytic: spurred by an international horseracing fraternity recognising the quality of our South African product, increasing numbers of locally bred and raced horses took on the world. And those with the Vodacom Durban July in their CV’s have been particularly prominent. TRADEMARK: two-time winner in the USA Trademark won the Vodacom Durban July in 2001 as a 4 year old – and came home in the fastest time since the race changed to its 2200 metre distance in 1970. He then moved to Dubai where he raced in top company before racing in the USA where he won two races at Graded level. IPI TOMBE: best race-mare of her generation Ipi Tombe had won every race she contested but one before winning the Vodacom Durban July of 2002. Purchased by an American syndicate, Ipi Tombe then campaigned initially in Dubai, winning all three of her starts there. Among these was the Grade 1 Dubai Duty Free on World Cup Day: it won her a purse of US$ 2 million and established her as the world’s best race-mare of her generation. Moving to the USA, she won at the legendary Churchill Downs racetrack before retiring to stud. YARD-ARM and WOLF WHISTLE: stalwarts of Dubai Yard-Arm was narrowly beaten by Dynasty in the Vodacom Durban July of 2003. He went to Dubai in 2004, winning the Grade 3 Al Fahidi Fort and going on to become one of just twelve horses invited to contest the Dubai World Cup of 2005 – the world’s richest race then offering a stake of US$6million. Fourth in the 2003 Vodacom Durban July, Wolf Whistle also campaigned in Dubai winning several top events and competing in the Grade 1 Dubai Duty Free at the 2005 World Cup meeting. GREYS INN: campaigner on three continents Greys Inn carried the colours of the Oppenheimers to an emphatic victory in the 2004 Vodacom Durban July and went on to a racing career that spanned three continents. Arriving in Dubai in early 2005, he ran second in the Grade 3 Al Fahidi Fort – then won the Grade 3 Dubai City Of Gold by nearly five lengths, for a prize of US$200 000. At the Dubai World Cup meeting of that year, Greys Inn ran fourth in the US$2million Grade 1 Dubai Sheema Classic. Moving on to Hong Kong, Greys Inn then ran arguably the biggest race of his career in the Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup, finishing just three-quarters of a length second to the legendary Vengeance Of Rain. Racing in Australia for the latter part of 2005, Greys Inn finished fourth in the Canefield Stakes, and followed that up with runs in the Cox Plate and the world famous Melbourne Cup. 4 GRAND EMPORIUM: Grade 2 winner in Dubai Grand Emporium, although an unplaced runner in the 2004 Vodacom Durban July, went on to distinguish himself at the 2005 Dubai World Cup winning the US$1 million Godolphin Mile (Gr2). JAY PEG: winner of R40million in stakes This big-hearted campaigner represents one of the most glittering post-Vodacom career success stories. Jay Peg went into the running of the 2007 Vodacom Durban July as a well-fancied 8-time winner. That he managed just an eighth place finish in Africa’s greatest race has puzzled some – but he left no doubt about his class when arriving in Dubai. Two placed runs there were followed up with a fluent win in the Dubai Duty Free on World Cup night at the end of March 2008. As if to top that, Jay Peg then moved straight into the competitive environment of Singapore, claiming victory in the Singapore Airlines International Cup in mid-May of the same year – making him South Africa’s top-earning racehorse. SUN CLASSIQUE: exploded onto international stage This exciting filly lined up alongside Jay Peg in the 2007 Vodacom Durban July – and beat him home by one position. However, exported to Dubai for the 2008 Racing Carnival, Sun Classique not so much burst onto the international stage as exploded! Two stakes race wins in February were a loud announcement of what was to follow on Dubai World Cup night in March. Sun Classique cruised home a 2.75 length winner of the Grade 1 Sheema Classic. SILVER MIST AND HUNTING TOWER: Dubai Carnival stars Both Silver Mist and Hunting Tower competed in two consecutive Vodacom Durban Julys – and Hunting Tower won it in 2007. Moving on to campaign for trainer Mike de Kock in the Dubai Racing Carnival, they again showed their class in international company.
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