Durban July Weights

Rainbow Bridge and Vardy are the joint top weights in this year's Vodacom Durban July carrying 60kg. The race will be run at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday, July 25.

Only seven of the 27 horses still standing (26 acceptors and one supplementary entry) are in the handicap according to official merit ratings and 20 are under sufferance.

The seven horses in the handicap with their merit rating and weight in brackets are:

Rainbow Bridge (134 60kg)
Vardy (134 60kg)
Do It Again (133 59,5kg)
Soqrat (132 59kg)
Twist Of Fate (127 56,5kg)
Bunker Hunt (124 55kg)
Tierra Del Fuego (124 55kg)

Below are the full list of weights

VODACOM DURBAN JULY (Grade 1)
Open to all Horses
WFA: 3yrs-2kgs
No Apprentice Allowance
0 Hawwaam Scratched (4C) 60 134 A M Mike de Kock
0 Rainbow Bridge Accepted (5G) 60 134 A Eric Sands
0 Vardy Accepted (4G) 60 134 A Adam Marcus
0 Do It Again Accepted (5G) 59.5 133 A Justin Snaith
0 Soqrat (AUS) Accepted (4C) 59 132 A Mike de Kock
0 Twist Of Fate Accepted (4C) 56.5 127 BA Adam Marcus
0 Bunker Hunt Accepted (4G) 55 124 A Justin Snaith
0 Tierra Del Fuego Accepted (4C) 55 124 A Sean Tarry
0 $Queen Supreme (IRE) Scratched (4F) 54 122 A Mike de Kock
0 Chijmes Scratched (4G) 53 120 A Gary Alexander
0 Belgarion Accepted (4G) 53 119 A Justin Snaith
0 Got The Greenlight Accepted (3C) 53 118 AT Joe Soma
0 It's My Turn Accepted (7G) 53 118 A Dean Kannemeyer
0 Divine Odyssey Accepted (5G) 53 117 A J A Janse van Vuuren
0 Shango Accepted (3C) 53 116 BAT Sean Tarry
0 $Capoeira (4G) 53 115 BA Andre Nel
0 Eyes Wide Open Accepted (5G) 53 115 A Glen Kotzen
0 Golden Ducat Accepted (3G) 53 115 A Eric Sands
0 Hero's Honour Accepted (5G) 53 115 A Gary Alexander
0 Padre Pio Accepted (3G) 53 115 A Dennis Bosch
0 Roy Had Enough (AUS) Scratched (5H) 53 115 A Frank Robinson
0 Magnificent Seven Scratched (5G) 53 114 A Justin Snaith
0 Pack Leader Accepted (5G) 53 111 BA Glen Kotzen
0 Crown Towers (AUS) Scratched (4G) 53 109 A Justin Snaith
0 Tristful Accepted (4G) 53 109 A Tony Rivalland
0 Sachdev Scratched (3G) 53 108 A Justin Snaith
0 Western Fort Accepted (3C) 53 108 CA Paul Peter
0 Herodotus Scratched (4G) 53 107 CA Glen Kotzen
0 Nexus Scratched (4G) 53 107 A Justin Snaith
0 G G's Dynasty Scratched (4G) 53 106 A Brett Crawford
0 Leopold Scratched (3G) 53 106 A J A Janse van Vuuren
0 D' Arrivee Scratched (5G) 53 105 A Candice Dawson
0 Majestic Mozart Scratched (4G) 53 105 AT Candice Bass-Robinson
0 Promiseofamaster Scratched (3G) 53 104 A Candice Dawson
0 Cornish Pomodoro Scratched (3C) 53 102 AT Sean Tarry
0 Silver Host Scratched (3G) 53 102 A Justin Snaith
0 Cat Daddy Scratched (4G) 53 101 A Glen Kotzen
0 Duke Of Spin Accepted (4G) 53 101 A Mike de Kock
0 Liberty Hall Scratched (3G) 53 101 A Dean Kannemeyer
0 More Magic Scratched (4G) 53 101 A Candice Bass-Robinson
0 Sovereign Spirit Accepted (4G) 53 100 BA Candice Bass-Robinson
0 Tree Tumbo Scratched (3G) 53 99 A Sean Tarry
0 Vikram Scratched (4G) 53 99 BA Andre Nel
0 Alibi Guy Scratched (3G) 53 98 A Mike de Kock
0 Born To Perform Scratched (5G) 53 98 PA Dennis Bosch
0 Azores Scratched (3G) 53 97 A Dean Kannemeyer
0 Silvano's Pride Accepted (4F) 52 118 A Justin Snaith
0 Snapscan Scratched (4F) 52 118 A Glen Kotzen
0 Miyabi Gold Accepted (5M) 52 115 A Justin Snaith
0 Lady Of Steel Scratched (3F) 52 113 A J A Janse van Vuuren
0 Victoria Paige Accepted (3F) 52 112 A M Sean Tarry
0 Roy's Riviera (AUS) Accepted (5M) 52 111 BA Frank Robinson
0 Camphoratus Accepted (5M) 52 110 A R A Hill/S R Hill
0 Return Flight Scratched (4F) 52 106 AT Sean Tarry
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Thursday 9 July 2020



Vodacom Durban July Final Field Announcement and Barrier Draw





The final field announcement for the 2020 Vodacom Durban July and the all-important draw for barrier positions will be televised live on Tellytrack (Channel 239) from 13:05 on Tuesday 14th July. The final field will include 18 horses plus two reserve runners.



The draw for barrier positions will be hosted at Hollywoodbets Greyville and undertaken by Chris Lazarus, Vodacom’s KZN Managing Executive. Given Gold Circle’s practice of aligning the barrier draw with the saddle cloth number, the draw will embrace the new format with Chris Lazarus drawing horse names to match the draw / saddle cloth number. Proceedings will take place under the watchful eye of KZN’s Chief Stipendiary Steward Deanthan Moodley.

When is the buzz going to start ?

Think I’ve had two people ask me what I like this year... Very sad

And keeping the number cloths and draws the same, this year is absolutely absurd 🤬

The only lot that benefit from the card order being in draw order are the bookmakers. It will never change now.

Bob Brogan wrote: When is the buzz going to start ?

Think I’ve had two people ask me what I like this year... Very sad

The TV adverts have started


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Soqrat and Tierra chased Hawaam home in his final start in SA (probably his best performance on SA soil). Unusual to see the 4th horse beaten almost 10 lengths in a group1. What rating do do you think Hawaam ran to in that race, in your opinion?

Brendanr wrote: Soqrat and Tierra chased Hawaam home in his final start in SA (probably his best performance on SA soil). Unusual to see the 4th horse beaten almost 10 lengths in a group1. What rating do do you think Hawaam ran to in that race, in your opinion?

He never once before ran beter than 131 rating( he ran 5 or 6 times 131 from 1200m to 2000m ) and the 134 he ran in his last start is in fact questionable because soqrat didnt run close to his rating and terra never confirmed his rating over 2000m before so in all possibility i would say hawwaams best ever was his last start t a doubtful 134 rating

Thanks Zietsman

Brendanr wrote: Soqrat and Tierra chased Hawaam home in his final start in SA (probably his best performance on SA soil). Unusual to see the 4th horse beaten almost 10 lengths in a group1. What rating do do you think Hawaam ran to in that race, in your opinion?

Ask Frankie Zackey... He's a Hawwaam dictionary 😂😂👌🏻

EYES WIDE OPEN scratched from the July.

Food for thought, if Balgarion was not given the full penalty for his last win, i.e. the maximum he could get was 6.0 points and not more, then surely he must be the best weighted horse in the race, despite appearing to be under sufferance with his current rating of 119.