2024:

   
11:45 RACE 1: TABGOLD FM 80 HANDICAP – 1400m – R 130 000
11:50 Raceday Fashion Awards Pre-judging [Sonic Stage – Infield Marquee Village]
12:25 RACE 2: OMODA MR 96 HANDICAP – 1400m – R 140 000
13:00  DStv Live Broadcast begins
13:05 RACE 3: SPLASHOUT 2200 (Grade 3) – 2200m – R300 000
13:15 Young Designer Award Finals [Grandstand Celebration Stage]
13:25 Raceday Fashion Awards: Exceptional Raceday Hat/ Fascinator [Sonic Stage – Infield Marquee Village]
13:40 RACE 4: DStv GOLD VASE (Grade 3) – 3000m – R300 000
13:50 DFF Rising Stars Collection [Grandstand Celebration Stage]
14:05 Raceday Fashion Awards: Classic Racewear Male [Sonic Stage – Infield Marquee Village]
14:20 RACE 5: ZULU KINGDOM EXPLORER GOLDEN SLIPPER (Grade 2) – 1400m – R500 000
14:32  Invited Designer Showcase [Grandstand Celebration Stage]
14:45 Raceday Fashion Awards: Classic Racewear Female [Sonic Stage - Infield Marquee Village]
15:00 RACE 6 DURBAN GOLDEN HORSESHOE (Grade 2) - 1400m - R500 000
15:10 Raceday Fashion Awards: Most Striking Couple [Sonic Stage - Infield Marquee Village]
15:12 The countdown to the 2024 Hollywoodbets Durban July begins
15:17 Jockeys enter the Parade Ring for introduction to the crowds.
15:37 Jockeys mount, and horses leave the Parade Ring.
15:45 The playing of the South African National Anthem.
15.45 NOTE: The tunnel under the track at the finish will close until after the race.
The tunnel at the 300m mark will remain open.
16:00 RACE 7 THE VODACOM DURBAN JULY (Grade 1) - 2200m – R4 250 000
16:05 Victory canter by the winner of the Hollywood bets Durban July.
The Hollywood bets Durban July winner will enter the Gold Horseshoe Winners Enclosure in
front of the grandstand and Interview.
16:10 Mango Groove Performance. [Grandstand Celebration Stage]
Presentation on track of silver salvers, mementos and the Winners' sashes
17:00 RACE 8 RIDGEMONT GARDEN PROVINCE STAKES (Grade 1) - 1600m - R1 500
000
Best Dressed Marquee Award (Sonic Stage - Infield Marquee Village]
17:40 RACE 9 POST MERCHANTS ( Grade 2) - 1200m - R 500 000
17:45 On-stage entertainment: Local DJ's [Sonic Stage - Infield Marquee Village]
18.20 RACE 10 COMPENDIUM INSURANCE BROKERS HANDICAP (Listed) -1600m - R200 000
18:45 On-stage Entertainment: DJ Performances [Sonic Stage - Infield Marquee Village)
19:00 RACE 11 BRENTFORD FC PINNACLE STAKES (F & M) -1200m - R170 000
Headline DJ Performances presented by Gagasi FM. [Sonic Stage - Infield Marquee Village]
19:40 RACE 12 GAGASI FM - MR 90 HANDICAP 1000m - POLYTRACK - R140 000
AKA on the stage in The Lakes Lifestyle Village.
19:45 Gagasi FM Main Stage Takeover continues. [Sonic Stage - Infield Marquee Village]
20:00 Race 13.... Not for the faint of heart :)
   

Lead in of the winners for all races will be in the Gold Horseshoe
in front of the Main Grandstand.
Presentations will take place on the Grandstand Celebration Stage.

The presentation for the HollywoodBets Durban July will take place on the track
   
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)

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.
The 2002 winner, Ipi Tombe, became the first horse bred in Zimbabwe to ever win a race at historic Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

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