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Hollywoodbets Greyville Racecourse is a Thoroughbred horse race track in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.The 2,800 metre pear-shaped turf track consists of several gradient features: it is run uphill from the 2,400 metre mark to the 1,800 metre mark, after which it slopes gently downward for approximately the next 800 metres then uphill again into the nearly flat 500 metre homestretch.
The Hollywoodbets Durban July Handicap is a South African Thoroughbred horse race held annually on the first Saturday of July since 1897 at Greyville Racecourse in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Raced on turf, the Durban July Handicap is open to horses of all ages. It is South Africa's premier horse racing event and currently offers a purse of R5 million.
KZN Winter Challenge 2000 Greyville (Polytrack) All Horses Handicap 2000m R 200,000 June KZN Breeders Million Mile Greyville (Polytrack) 3-Year-Olds+ Conditions 1600m R 1 000,000 June KZN Breeders 1200 (Poly) Greyville (Polytrack) All Horses Conditions 1200m R 200,000 June KZN Breeders 1200 F&M (Poly) Greyville (Polytrack) Fillies and Mares
picks: 9-3-6 Race 10 We close out the card with a $50,000 maiden claimer, and No. 9 Rubia was favored against eight others when pulled up going longer against better at Oaklawn.
Hollywoodbets operates 96 shops across South Africa under a number of gaming licences issued by regulators in Gauteng, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and KwaZulu-Natal. There are currently two Hollywoodbets branches in Maputo, Mozambique; as well as a mobile platform to bet on.
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The race is run on the roads of KwaZulu-Natal province, marked by "The Big Five" set of hills. On the up run they appear in the following order: Cowies Hill, Fields Hill, Botha's Hill, Inchanga, and Polly Shortts. The highest point of the race, at 2,850 feet (870 m) above sea level, is situated near the Umlaas Road interchange.
Despite it dropping over time from a Group 1 race down to Group 3 status, it remains one of the most popular racing events in New Zealand with the 150th running in 2013. Maree Lyndon was the first female jockey to win a Group I race in New Zealand when winning the 1982 Cup on Sirtain.