Vodacom Durban July

July – No Public Attendance

The Vodacom Durban July returns to its traditional first Saturday in July and the stage is already being set for one of the best fields of thoroughbreds to compete for the pinnacle prize in South African horseracing on 3 July.

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Still A Wee Problem?

It has been almost three months since an unmarked vehicle with a flashing blue light hijacked a courier vehicle and allegedly stole the post-race equine specimens for Africa’s Greatest Horserace

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Marinaresco (photo: Gold Circle)

July Betting Is Open!

In a move that is bound to create plenty of interest in Africa’s greatest racing event, Hollywood have opened the betting for the 7 July spectacular

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Lyle Hewitson

Eye On The July

Two weeks after breaking his collarbone in a fall at Fairview, Lyle Hewitson says he should be back in the saddle by 25 June

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National Horseracing Authority

July Overweight: Geroudis Guilty

The National Horseracing Authority confirms that at an inquiry held in Johannesburg on 18 September 2015, Jockey J Geroudis was charged with a contravention of Rule 66.4, in that as the rider of TELLINA, he weighed in more than 1kg above the carded weight at which he weighed out at

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Punta Arenas

Elley: Stipes Were Right

Stan Elley, trainer of the July runner-up, is standing by his original assessment: that the stipendiary stewards made the correct decision in overruling jockey Ian Sturgeon’s protest on Saturday

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Good Newsbreak: Direct Exports From SA To EU Approved!

This amendment places South Africa’s African Horse Sickness (AHS) free zone back on the Annex IV list as an authorised zone within South Africa from which registered equines are authorised for direct entry into the EU following the required in-country pre-export quarantine period

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