A significant modification has been made to the Hollywoodbets Durban July weight structure. Furthermore, there are no longer any automatic qualifying requirements in the Hollywoodbets Durban July conditions. There was a time when the minimum weight requirements for male and female runners were 53 kg and 52 kg, respectively.
Under the revised guidelines, males must weigh a minimum of 53 kg at three years old and a maximum of 54 kg at four years old. Three-year-old fillies still have a minimum weight requirement of 52 kg, whereas four-year-old females now have a minimum weight need of 53 kg.
On paper, the outcome would have been different if this requirement had been in place the previous year, as the 0.25 length runner-up, See It Again, would have only had to give 2,5 kilograms instead of 3,5 kg to the winner, Winchester Mansion. This appears to be a favorable adjustment in circumstances, as trainers and experts have long noted that progressive four-year-olds frequently enter the July well-weighted.
The maximum weights are still 60 kg for males four years of age and older, 59 kg for girls four years of age and older, 57 kg for males three years old, and 56 kg for ladies three years old. There were been events in the past where the victor qualified for the July automatically.
These included the Premier’s Champions Challenge, the Daily News 2000, the Woolavington 2000, the Hollywoodbets Gold Challenge, the L’Ormarins King’s Plate, the WSB Cape Town Met, the Splashout Cape Derby, the SA Classic, the Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Classic, and the SA Derby.
The Grade 1 Betway Summer Cup, the Grade 2 WSB 1900, and the Grade 3 Cup Trial were the three events in which the victor was granted preference for entry in the final field.
That prerequisite has also been fulfilled. The final field panelists will have the last say thanks to the modifications. In any case, the majority of those races’ winners would typically automatically qualify. Last year, Bless My Stars, the winner of the Gr 1 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Classic, was the lowest-rated horse in the race and had actually won one of the automatic qualifying races.
She was 3 kilograms under sufferance when she lined up off her 109 merit rating while weighing the minimal amount of 52 kg for a three-year-old filly. But her third place finish in the final field validated her standing. The criteria still include the July log.
See the Hollywoodbets Durban July terms and conditions below:
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