There are now 31 entries remaining in contention for a berth in the R2-million Grade 1 Vodacom Durban July after the final supplementary and weight stage was reached on Tuesday.
Rainbow Bridge, winner of the Grade 1 Hollywoodbets Gold Challenge over 1600m at Greyville on Saturday, will carry top weight of 60kg while last year’s winner, Belgarion, has been allocated 58kg.
That means the Justin Snaith-trained runner will carry 5kg more than last year and will have to give 3kg to last year’s runner-up, Got The Greenlight, who finished 0.85 lengths behind him. In last year’s race they met at level weights.
Three-year-old colts Linebacker, Kommetdieding and Rascallion will race with 53kg on their backs while champion three-year-old filly, War Of Athena, has been allotted 52kg.
Final declarations for the 2200m spectacular to be run at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday, 3 July close at 11h00 on Monday 21 June.
The announcement of the final field of 18 plus 2 reserve runners, and their barrier draws, will take place on Tuesday, 22 June.
VODACOM DURBAN JULY (Grade 1)(Open to all Horses) R2,000,000 2200m RAINBOW BRIDGE (A E Sands) 60.0 BELGARION (S J Snaith) 58.0 DO IT AGAIN (S J Snaith) 57.5 GOT THE GREENLIGHT (J A Soma) 55.0 EXPRESSFROMTHEUS (S T Pettigrew) 54.0 SOVEREIGN SPIRIT (C Bass-Robinson) 54.0 AFRICAN NIGHT SKY (S J Snaith) 53.0 ATYAAB (Z Oosthuizen) 53.0 AZORES (D Kannemeyer) 53.0 CIRILLO (S G Tarry) 53.0 CROWN TOWERS (S J Snaith) 53.0 DIVINE ODYSSEY (J J van Vuuren) 53.0 DOUBLEMINT (S J Snaith) 53.0 FLYING CARPET (S G Tarry) 53.0 JOHNNY HERO (T Zackey) 53.0 KOMMETDIEDING (H/M Crawford/Rix) 53.0 LINEBACKER (V H Marshall) 53.0 MATTERHORN (A Wright) 53.0 NEXUS (S J Snaith) 53.0 PACK LEADER (A G Laird) 53.0 RASCALLION (V H Marshall) 53.0 SHAH AKBAR (S G Tarry) 53.0 SHANGO (S G Tarry) 53.0 SILVER HOST (S J Snaith) 53.0 SUPER SILVANO (B Crawford) 53.0 TREE TUMBO (S G Tarry) 53.0 TRISTFUL (A J Rivalland) 53.0 RUNNING BRAVE (F Bronkhorst) 52.5 SEEHAAM (S G Tarry) 52.0 SHE’S A KEEPER (G van Zyl (Jnr)) 52.0 WAR OF ATHENA (P F Matchett) 52.0
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