Igugu produced what racing needs – a true champion, a horse that could help to sell racing to a wider public if only our operators could at least market free ice creams in a heat wave.
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…
Superstar filly Igugu completed her elevation as South Africa’s best horse when taking the Gr1 Vodacom Durban July
Arlington on Friday 1 July resembled something of a war zone with the betting public dashing for cover as their July Day budgets took an advance hammering with awful results. But Punters have enjoyed quite a fortnight with Saftote commendably introducing a few innovative touches…
Bravura has hit peak form at the perfect time. Having been out of action for most of 2010 through injury, Bravura looks to be at least as good as ever as a late four-year-old.
If ever you had any doubt about the effect of the draw over the 1400m at Greyville, then these Winning Form graphs should help you finally wake up: it’s a real advantage to be drawn in single numbers, and the lower the better.
The official handicapper still hasn’t published any 2yo ratings (what a disgrace!), which means that punters are on their own when trying to figure who the best of the bunch is in the two 2yo Gr1 races on July day
LANCE BENSON: The whisper on every street corner is that Igugu just cannot win it. They say she isn’t as good as Ipi Tombe and even the galloping goldmine Empress Club flopped in 1993.
The Duke of Castlethorpe’s only daughter, Igugu, had been kidnapped. She was held captive by Black Wing, a Terrorist Organization at Captain’s Wild, a secret location in Emerald Cove.
He has trained the winner of every Group race in South Africa and has five runners, including the favourite Igugu, in Saturday’s Vodacom Durban July.
July Gallops – Timekeeping is an art and a science. A couple of officials casually waving flags at the 800m and 400m marker, while the timekeeper sits with a stop-watch at a distance means that the published times could well be a second or two out.
It is no mean feat to win at feature level from 1400m to 2400m, but My Best Shot proved equal to the task and set himself up for East Cape Horse Of The Year honours – and maybe a Hollywoodbets Durban July supplementary entry?
An investigation into betting patterns, both locally and internationally, has been launched by the National Horseracing Authority
The highly anticipated first race on the revamped Hollywoodbets Greyville polytrack on Wednesday was well received by stakeholders, but was not without its drama
Cape lightweight Morne Winnaar has come a long way since being plucked from near ignominy by former Cape champion trainer Joey Ramsden over twenty years ago
