ROBYN LOUW: The name Carl Burger has quietly been cropping up in the nominations, results and the press pages with increasing regularity, but made their presence felt in a big way after the Gr2 Gold Vase on July day.
The Gold Vase always shaped up as being one of the toughest races to unravel on the July card, but even so few punters were prepared for the 50/1 upset delivered by Grey Cossack after a thrilling finish to this 3000m handicap.
The 2011 Vodacom Durban July turned into a celebration for Mike De kock and Anthony Delpech for the second year running. Their star filly Igugu silenced her detractors and left a trail of broken dreams and dented egos in her wake…
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
