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The Citizen
|May 09, 2025
FORM: LIGHTLY WEIGHTED 3-YEAR-OLD COULD BE BEST OF SNAITH'S QUARTET IN G3 1900
The biggest race right now is the one that is on for places in the final field of the R5-million Hollywoodbets Durban July on Saturday 5 July.
That all begins at Hollywoodbets Greyville tomorrow with the running of the Grade 3 World Sports Betting 1900.
This race is one of the key qualifying events for the main showdown and Justin Snaith has a strong hand in the field with four runners in the 14-horse field.
The Western Cape-based champion trainer has started Champions Season off with a bang having run first and second in last week's Grade 2 World Sports Betting Guineas with Sail The Seas and Eight On Eighteen respectively.
Snaith won this race in 2024 with Future Swing, a four-year-old the yard thought would have a big chance in the Durban July. But in that race the horse suffered a lot of interference and ended up near the rear of the field.
The Futura gelding will be back again this year and perhaps with a bit of luck he will get a fair-run race this year.
This story is from the May 09, 2025 edition of The Citizen.
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