High Drama at the 2014 Vodacom Durban July
6 July 2014
There was high drama in the closing stages of this year’s running of the Vodacom Durban July with a stewards enquiry needed to decide the eventual winner of the R3.5-million affair.
LEGISLATE (Richard Fourie) was only pipped by Wylie Hall (MJ Byleveld) but given the race in the stipendiary stewards' boardroom after long deliberations, having been bumped and bored in the straight. Legislate gave trainer Justin Snaith his second winner in the country's biggest race after Dancer's Daughter dead-heated with Pocket Power in 2008. The son of Dynasy, who won the Durban July in 2003, is owned by Mr W J C Mitchell, Drakenstein Stud (Nom: Mrs G A Rupert) & Newbury Racing (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr D E Evans).
There was high drama in the closing stages of this year’s running of the Vodacom Durban July with a stewards enquiry needed to decide the eventual winner of the R3.5-million affair.
LEGISLATE (Richard Fourie) was only pipped by Wylie Hall (MJ Byleveld) but given the race in the stipendiary stewards' boardroom after long deliberations, having been bumped and bored in the straight. Legislate gave trainer Justin Snaith his second winner in the country's biggest race after Dancer's Daughter dead-heated with Pocket Power in 2008. The son of Dynasy, who won the Durban July in 2003, is owned by Mr W J C Mitchell, Drakenstein Stud (Nom: Mrs G A Rupert) & Newbury Racing (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr D E Evans).
