‘Out Of This World’ theme for 2023 Hollywoodbets Durban July

The theme for the 2023 Hollywoodbets Durban July set to be run on Saturday, 1 July 2023 at Hollywoodbets Greyville Racecourse has been proudly unveiled by Gold Circle and Hollywoodbets. Launched as a poem each year, the ‘Out Of This World’ theme for the 2023 event hints at the stargates which transports one into a …

Enhanced Champions Season 2023

Gold Circle and Hollywoodbets are pleased to announce that Champions Season 2023 will boast more than R29-million in prize money for the Feature race programme, which comprises 13 Grade 1 races, 12 Grade 2 races and a host of Grade 3 and Listed events. In addition, an amount of R24-million will be paid out for …

Mxothwa brings it home with a snap

David Thiselton When Anthony Delpech said earlier this season “we need a Grade 1 horse” he and the Hollywood team could hardly have envisaged their leased Ridgemont Highlands-bred Dynasty filly Make It Snappy would be a dual Grade 1 winner by the first weekend of January. The first ever winner of the Grade 1 Cape …

Al Muthana pops a few bubbles

Graeme Hawkins The Australian-bred Al Muthana, having only his second run for trainer Ricky Maingard, caused a massive upset when holding off the attentions of the heavily supported Charles Dickens to win the R2-million King’s Plate at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday. Starting at 80/1, Al Muthana’s victory contributed in no small way to a massive …

Sparkling Water steals the show!

Mike de Kock saddled his fifth winner of the Hollywoodbets Durban July when Sparkling Water sprinted clear of her field at Hollywoodbets Greyville today. This was also the third time the master trainer had won the race with a filly after Igugu and Ipi Tombe and the second time for S’Manga Khumalo who was the …

Raceday Fashion winners bask in the glory

After a two year absence, the Raceday Fashion Awards attracted huge interest as hundreds entered the various categories hoping for raceday glory at the 2022 Hollywoodbets Durban July on Saturday. Hollywoodbets Greyville was a hive of activity for the hopefuls as they entered the Classic Raceday for Women, Classic Raceday for Men, Most Striking Couple …

Mchunu wins best young designer at HDJ 2022

Following months of hard work, planning and judging, Ismael Mchunu from the Durban University of Technology was crowned the winner of the 2022 Hollywoodbets Durban July Young Designer Award presented by Durban Fashion Fair at Hollywoodbets Greyville Racecourse on Saturday. Mchunu used the 2022 theme of ‘Show Me the Honey’ to focus on the flower …

Hollywood Foundation invests R250 000 into DFF Rising Stars SMME’s

When the nine designers chosen to form the Hollywoodbets Durban July Durban Fashion Fair Rising Stars Collection show their raceday outfits for the first time at the Gateway Theatre of Shopping on Wednesday evening, they will be abuzz with the news that the Hollywood Foundation has committed R250 000 to support the emerging designers careers. …