Daily News 2000 stake increase

Prize money for the Grade 1 Daily News 2000, to be run at Greyville on 31 May 2014, has been increased from R1,5m to R2,0m, thereby elevating its status to joint richest race for three year olds in South Africa.

"The Daily News has evolved into one of the great Classic races in South Africa and can no longer just be viewed as a stepping stone to the Vodacom Durban July," commented Racing and Marketing Executive Graeme Hawkins.

"Last year's race, won by the undefeated Vercingetorix, who scored impressively on his recent debut in Dubai, produced a thrilling finish with less than half a length covering the first four runners past the post and I would anticipate a similarly competitive outcome to the 2014 renewal," added Hawkins.

Prize money for The Woolavington Stakes (Gr 1) for three year old fillies over 2000m, the ever popular Rising Sun Gold Challenge (Gr 1) over 1600m at Clairwood on Saturday 7 June and the Champions Cup (Gr 1) over 1800m at Greyville on Super Saturday at the end of July has been increased from R750 000 to R1-million.

In addition, the stake for the 2200m Grade 3 Campanajo has been increased to R500 000 in recognition of the fact that the field for the 2014 Vodacom Durban July will be restricted to 16 runners. The Gold Vase, also contested on the first Saturday of July, has had its stake increased from R400 000 to R500 000.

(tu)

thats good news for the cape boys because they will scoop the prizemoney.maybe jhb can get a 3rd or 4th,but cape 3yr olds look too good this year.

I can think of a couple of KZN 3yo that will be there

Cape's three year-old's are pish ...

Good stuff - increase in stakes is always welcome(tu)

Gold circle will set the bar for the future imo

Why have the VDJ been restricted to 16?
What missed?
Loved it when Pomodoro won from 20?

I agree with Vis the july should be 20 but I think its because of new polytrack its now 16???

craig1974 Wrote:

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> I agree with Vis the july should be 20 but I think
> its because of new polytrack its now 16???


Progress :S

winzip Wrote:

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> thats good news for the cape boys because they
> will scoop the prizemoney.maybe jhb can get a 3rd
> or 4th,but cape 3yr olds look too good this year.


This looks like a cut and paste from last year...and the year before...and the year before. Parochial....

And the SA Derby remains at R1 bar.

And the Challenge no longer has the slogan "Africa's richest race" which now belongs to the July.

Some of the advantages of not corporatising in KZN. Why did KZN not have to corporatise?