Durban – For the first time this year, fashion design students from across KZN provided judges with a glimpse of their artistic and creative interpretations of the official ‘Ride the Wave’ theme for Durban’s premier race day event, the Hollywoodbets Durban July. Tuesday kicked off the opening round of judging in the Hollywoodbets Durban July …
Durban – Six invited designers have been carefully selected to ride a wave of success when they participate in the Hollywoodbets Durban July Invited Designer Showcase presented by Durban Fashion Fair. The designers – four from Durban and two from Johannesburg – will present their creations and interpretation of the theme ‘Ride the Wave’ at …
Hollywoodbets Durban July favourite, Green With Envy, departed his Summerveld base on Sunday morning, and bar some minor bruising after Saturday’s Grade 1 Daily News 2000 thriller, is on track to become the eleventh three-year-old this century to win the big race on July 6. Speaking to the Sporting Post on a beautiful day at …
The 128th running of the R5 million Gr1 Hollywoodbets Durban July is now under two months away as we reflect back on a week that saw a new favourite in Green With Envy installed at the top of the Hollywoodbets ante-post betting boards. Dean Kannemeyer and his top patron Khaya Stables won the Durban July …
Champion Trainer Justin Snaith has added a 9th Hollywoodbets Durban July nomination, by supplementing his Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas winner, Snow Pilot today. Snow Pilot races in the familiar Drakenstein Stud silks and had a promising KZN debut when finishing 4th to Mid Winter Wind at the end of March. He is entered in the Grade …
Durban – The wave is building towards Saturday, 6 July! Winchester Mansion and See It Again, first and second in last year’s Hollywoodbets Durban July, head the nominations for this year’s event. First entries closed on Monday and 58 of the cream of the county’s middle-distance gallopers have been entered for a crack at the R5 …
Durban – The 128th edition of Africa’s greatest horse racing extravaganza, the Hollywoodbets Durban July, is set for 6th July 2024. Renowned as the premier event on South Africa’s racing calendar, coveted by every equine enthusiast, it seamlessly marries haute couture and entertainment with the thunderous excitement of the track, crafting a social spectacle of …
Set against the backdrop of Durban’s warm Indian Ocean, with pulsating white-horse waves, KwaZulu-Natal fashion design college lecturers gathered at a stunning rooftop venue to hear – for the first time – the theme for the 2024 Hollywoodbets Durban July. This year’s theme ‘Ride the Wave’, was presented in a specially crafted video broadcast that …
Durban (South Africa) – Renowned Graffiti Artist Shaun Oakley, popularly known as “Damn Vandal”, unveiled the spectacular Hollywoodbets Durban July theme through a billboard vandalism stunt. The recent “vandalisation” of Hollywoodbets’ billboard on Sandton Drive in Johannesburg has sparked a citywide conversation about art, advertising, and the upcoming Hollywoodbets Durban July. What initially seemed like an …
Durban – In a race of firsts, Kabelo Matsunyane scored the biggest win of his career as Winchester Mansion got the better of hometown favourite See It Again in a tight finish to Saturday’s Gr1 Hollywoodbets Durban July at Hollywoodbets Greyville. The 30 000 spectators were treated to a thrilling spectacle as two horses and …