- Durban July Handicap
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Group I race
Durban July HandicapLocation Greyville Racecourse
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Inaugurated 1897 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website Durban July history Race information Distance 2200 meters (10.94 furlongs) Track Grass, right-handed Qualification Three-year-olds & Up Weight Handicap Purse R2.5 million The Durban July Handicap is a South African Thoroughbred horse race held annually on the first Saturday of July since 1897 at Greyville Racecourse in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Raced on turf, the Durban July Handicap is open to horses of all ages. It is South Africa's premier horse racing event and currently offers a purse of R2.5 million (app. US$360,000).
First held in July 1897 at a distance of 1 mile (approx 1600m), the distance was modified several times until 1970 when it was changed to its current 2200 meters (11 furlongs).
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Records
Only four horses have ever won the Durban July Handicap back-to-back.
- Campanajo (1897, 1898)
- Corriecrian (1907, 1908)
- Milesia Pride (1949, 1950)
- El Picha (1999, 2000)
One other horse namely Pamphlet won twice in 1918 and 1920
Most wins by a trainer:
- Sydney C. Laird - 7 : (1961, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1978)
- Terence M. Millard - 6 : (1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990)
Trainer F. Murray won the race four years in a row from 1910 through 1913.
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 : Harold "Tiger" Wright - (1942, 1947, 1949, 1955), Anton Marcus (1993, 2000, 2005, 2007)
- 3 : Bertie Hayden (1971, 1973, 1978), Felix Coetzee (1984, 1988, 1990]] Anthony Delpech (1998, 2004, 2010]]
Of note to North American racing fans, the 1963 race was won by Colorado King who subsequently raced in California and won the 1964 Hollywood Gold Cup plus set a World Record for nine furlongs in winning the American Handicap at Hollywood Park Racetrack. As well, the 2002 winner, Ipi Tombe, became the first horse bred in Zimbabwe to ever win a race at historic Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.Winners of the Durban July Handicap since 1978
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer 2011 Igugu 3 Anthony Delpech Mike de Kock 2010 Bold Silvano Anthony Delpech 2009 Big City Life G. Cheyne Glen Kotzen 2008 Pocket Power/Dancers Daughter 5/4 Bernard Fayd'herbe/Kevin Shea Mike W. Bass/J S. Snaith 2007 Hunting Tower 5 Anton Marcus Charles S. Laird 2006 Eyeofthetiger 4 Gerrit Schlechter Dean Kannermeyer 2005 Dunford 5 Anton Marcus Mike W. Bass 2004 Greys Inn 4 Anthony Delpech Mike de Kock 2003 Dynasty 4 Robbie Fradd Dean Kannemeyer 2002 Ipi Tombe 4 Kevin Shea Mike de Kock 2001 Trademark 5 Piere Strydom Mike W. Bass 2000 El Picha 6 Anton Marcus Geoff V. Woodruff 1999 El Picha 5 Robbie Hill Geoff V. Woodruff 1998 Classic Flag 4 Anthony Delpech David E. Ferraris 1997 Super Quality 5 Michael Roberts David E. Ferraris 1996 London News 4 Piere Strydom Alec G. Laird 1995 Teal 4 Johnny Geroudis Patrick B. Shaw 1994 Space Walk 6 Robbie Fradd M. H. "Ricky" Maingard 1993 Dancing Duel 4 Anton Marcus Anthony T. Millard 1992 Spanish Galliard 8 Robbie Sham Dennis R. Drier 1991 Flaming Rock 4 Karl Neisius R. Chris Snaith 1990 Ilustrador 4 Felix Coetzee Terence M. Millard 1989 Right Prerogative 4 M. A. Sutherland Terence M. Millard 1988 Royal Chalice 4 Felix Coetzee Terence M. Millard 1987 Bush Telegraph 4 Garth Puller Bert Abercrombie 1986 Occult 5 Bartie Leisher Terence M. Millard 1985 Gondolier 6 W. Harvey M. P. Antelme 1984 Devon Air 5 Felix Coetzee Terence M. Millard 1983 Tecla Bluff 5 M. A. Sutherland Terence M. Millard 1982 Jamaican Rumba 5 Patrick Wynne G. Thompson 1981 Big Charles 5 J. Anderson Dr. L. F. Naude 1980 Beau Art 7 Freddy Macaskill J. Nicholson 1979 Over The Air 5 Garth Puller P. G. Kannemeyer 1978 Politician 5 Bertie Hayden Sydney C. Laird Earlier winners
- 1977 : Lightning Shot
- 1976 : Jamaican Music
- 1975 : Principal Boy
- 1974 : Riboville
- 1973 : Yataghan
- 1972 : In Full Flight
- 1971 : Mazarin
- 1970 : Court Day
- 1969 : Naval Escort
- 1968 : Chimboraa
- 1967 : Jollify & Sea Cottage (DH)
- 1966 : Java Head
- 1965 : King Willow
- 1964 : Numeral
- 1963 : Colorado King
- 1962 : Diza
- 1961 : Kerason
- 1960 : Left Wing
- 1959 : Tiger Fish
- 1958 : Excise
- 1957 : Migraine
- 1956 : Spey Bridge (Jockey: Cyril Buckham)
- 1955 : Preto's Crown
- 1954 : C'est Si Bon
- 1953 : Flash On
- 1952 : Mowgli
- 1951 : Gay Jane
- 1950 : Milesia Pride
- 1949 : Milesia Pride
- 1948 : Monasterevan (Jockey: Cyril Buckham)
- 1947 : Brookhill
- 1946 : St Pauls
- 1945 : St Seiriol
- 1944 : Monteith
- 1943 : Piccadilly Jim
- 1942 : Silver Phantom
- 1941 : Sandri ll
- 1940 : Kipling
- 1939 : Silver Spear
- 1938 : Extinguisher ll
- 1937 : Ballyjamesduff
- 1936 : Pietersfield ll
- 1935 : Eccentric
- 1934 : Sun Tor
- 1933 : Legacy
- 1932 : Findhorn
- 1931 : Agrippa
- 1930 : Full Dress
- 1929 : Gifted
- 1928 : Glen Albyn
- 1927 : Hussein
- 1926 : Moosme
- 1925 : Bird of Prey
- 1924 : Oriel
- 1923 : Eunomea
- 1922 : Collet
- 1921 : Longstop
- 1920 : Pamphlet
- 1919 : Goldwing
- 1918 : Pamphlet
- 1917 : Fanous
- 1916 : Margin
- 1915 : Winnipeg
- 1914 : Rhanleigh
- 1913 : Caged Bird
- 1912 : Lombard
- 1911 : Nobleman
- 1910 : Sir Caulin
- 1909 : King's Favourite
- 1908 : Corriecrian
- 1907 : Corriecrian
- 1906 : Bonnie Dundee
- 1905 : Chere Amie
- 1904 : Nymagee
- 1903 : Peerless
- 1902 : Chaos
- 1901 : Apollo
- 1900 : Verdant Green
- 1899 : Talma
- 1898 : Campanajo
- 1897 : Campanajo
References
Categories:- Horse races in South Africa
- Recurring events established in 1897
- Open middle distance horse races
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