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Hollywoodbets Durban July provides a platform for student fashion creatives to showcase creations for the Young Designer Award.
Durban – Mzansi’s top student fashion creatives dazzled audiences on Saturday as the Hollywoodbets Durban July Young Designer Award, presented by Durban Fashion Fair, announced its top 10 finalists.
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Trainer G van Zyl (Jnr) saddled six winners at Scottsville Monday the 16th of June, it will definitely be remembrance day for the stable as six winners on a day is no small feat, so much has to go right on the day. Gareth was champion trainer of KwaZulu-Natal province for the 2021/2 season and despite his age he is no greenhorn. Gareth won the 1st four races on the card. the 1st one was ridden by jockey Nicholas Patel, S'Manga won on the next three then with Sean Veale winning the last race on the card for Gareth bringing his total to six.
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"Twice South African champion jockey and New Zealand reigning champion jockey Warren Kennedy is arriving in South Africa this weekend, three weeks before the Hollywoodbets Durban July, and will ride CONFEDERATE for Fabian Habib."
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"In a media release published on Thursday 12 June 2025, the Naitional Horseracing Authority of South Africa reported with immense sadness that the organisation has learnt of the passing of Mr Ronnie Napier.
"Ronnie passed peacefully on Wednesday night at about 21h30, at the Donald Gordon Clinic in Parktown."
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We have updated all the preliminary cards for Hollywoodbets Durban July day!
OFF THE RECORD #77
The Case for a National Racing Hall of Fame.
Charl Pretorius
South African horseracing industry boasts a proud and colourful history stretching back to the 1880s. But, as with many long-standing traditions, pieces of that past have slowly slipped through the cracks. Without proper preservation, we risk losing much of what’s left of it, to the natural passage of time. As a new generation of racing fans emerges, memories fade, stories are forgotten, and valuable records are left to gather dust.