Some stats ahead of 2025

Snaith and De Kock chasing six wins in this year's Durban July

- Jack Milner

Just five days to go before the running of this year's Hollywoodbets Durban July and it might be some fun just to look at a few statistics building up to the R5-million race over 2200m at HWB Greyville on Saturday.

Justin Snaith, who will be looking for his sixth win, goes into this race with a strong favourite in Eight On Eighteen. The son of sire Lancaster Bomber, a tragic loss to South African racing when he died so early in his stud career, is being traded between 14-10 and 16-10 depending on which bookmaker one looks at but remarkably, with early comments that the colt would not race in the Durban, he was available at 40-1 in ante-post betting.

Anybody who grabbed those odds will be walking around with broad smiles on their faces.