What was your favourite july winner and why?

Getting into Greyville on the day is easy, will cost you around R200 to enter. Sitting and dining in one of the plush suites is going to set you back around R1200 and booking in advance is essential. Tent town will still have tickets around the same price and has a far better atmosphere and more vibe. You can go to the Gold Circle website to see the options available. Here are some below,

Marquee Village - Infield

Company

Site No

Name

Contact info

Berea Round Table

F2

Samantha
Quintin

083 798 0240
083 363 0798
www.berea189.org.za

California Hospitality
Keys on Florida

P

Ken
Nicky / Bessie

083 412 4343
031 303 1146

Event World

Paddock

Edwina

031 309 5522

Equus Lounge

H

Steven/Candice

021 423 8996

DDK D Dionne / Janna 031 564 8338
Lifestyle Oasis Hospitality Village

Ascot 1-5

Black Inc

Sim

Tatenda

Nick


031 309 6407
info@blackincevents.co.za
083 950 4935
sim@blackincevents.co.za
082 060 0060
admin@blackincevents.co.za
083 327 7418
nick@delasol.co.za

Magic Pan

F4

Office
Vernon
Kuben

031 332 1218
083 301 3594
083 288 9195

Maison Blanc F8 Lethu Msomi 031 836 0443
073 449 6650/072 209 7759
lethumsomi@yahoo.com
Palm Grove

Palm Grove

Chad



082 853 5097
info@mrwhite.co.za
www.mrwhite.co.za

Rosa’s Kitchen

F5

Rosa

Ross

031 332 2747
083 349 6955
rossl@telkomsa.net

Sharks Magazine

F12 & F13

Nikki
Lynne

082 850 4547
082 924 7473

THC T Katherine Long 083 276 6751
katherine@thchospitality.co.za
Vukile Communications F1 Ethan
Melany 011 482 1284
ethans@vukilecomm.co.za
011 783 9202
Workforce Hospitality

F6


Rev
Linda

031 714 2800
079 879 0609
079 879 0580
lindaf@workforce.co.za


Infield – South of DLI Avenue Side

Company

Name

Contact No.

Miller Dark Horse Marquee

Faye
031 207 6342


Grandstand side

Company

Name

Contact No.

One Stop

Angela / Chris
031 303 1444
chris@onestopgroup.co.za
angela@onestopgroup.co.za

SAIL Hospitality

Linda Nhando
084 682 4076, 011 347 1300
Linda@circa.co.za

Pegasus Lounge

Stuart
031 207 6342
stuart@aireyscott.co.za

Warwick Hospitality Kevin 072 416 8119
For more details visit the Event World website - here


Catering for the over 50 000 people who cram Greyville Racecourse in Durban on Vodacom Durban July Day is an operation of monumental proportions for Gold Circle and the private catering organisations in the city who help to feed the hungry and thirsty patrons who occupy the formal restaurants and those who enjoy the day in picnic sites and the massive marquee village at the course.

Estimating the privately arranged catering on the day is impossible, but Gold Circle's catering department estimates that the turnover from their own catering effort on the day, together with Gold Cup Day, makes up half the annual catering turnover at all Greyville meetings.

Plans are in place to ensure that sufficient stocks are on hand and that the required staff compliments will be available to attend to the thousands Gold Circle will be responsible for in its various sit-down venues where either full lunch or buffet meals will be served.

For these guests alone a total in the region of 15 000 meals will be provided and for this purpose no less than 40 chefs will be working long hours in the kitchens.

With no race meeting in the week leading up to Vodacom Durban July day, some of the preparation will be started earlier in the week, but the real operation moves into gear on the Friday when the staff will be working through to 7pm.

Then it is a short break to replenish their own energy and enthusiasm and its back to work in the early hours of Saturday morning when it all shifts into overdrive. The work tempo increases at this stage when the bulk of the food preparation takes place and by the time racegoers start arriving at the course the scene is very much set for another bumper feast to compliment the exciting racing on the day.

To attend to the guests Gold Circle is hiring additional staff and 350 waiters and barmen will be deployed in the various venues.
But what does it take to keep the masses appetizingly happy?

To quench the enormous thirst there will be 18 000 beers, 25 000 minerals, 2 500 bottles of spirits and 600 bottles of wine. There will also be 100 litres of fruit juice and 600 litres of milk.

Then there is all that lovely food and topping the list and one of the favourites with the public is curry and rice of which there will be 8 000 portions.
For the chicken dishes there will be 750kg - yes three-quarters of a ton of chicken - while 150kg of prawns and 300kg of crayfish will grace the tables.

For those who prefer something a little less fussy, the catering team is providing 5 000 pies and 2 000 hamburgers as well as 7 000 bread rolls and the necessary for 3 000 cups of tea.

And what else is on the catering manager's shopping list?
150kg of mushrooms, 30kg of coffee, 20 pockets - not packets - of sugar, 350 loaves of bread, 120kg of cheese, 100kg of butter, 250 dozen eggs, 80 pockets of potatoes, 550 kg of rice and 350 litres of ice cream.

And to dab the contented smiles on the lips of the satiated thousands, no less than 25 000 serviettes.
. . . . . . and this does not include the picnic sites or marquee private catering initiatives.
A variety of hospitality packages at varying prices are available from the following companies. Please contact direct to ascertain availability and to place reservations.

I was fortunate to have backed a few winners.
One was by absolute fluke,perhaps the biggest winner in last decade-Dunford.

Prior to this horse's campaign in KZN ,it won a race 2/3 months earlier in Cape.In the post race interview,M Bass did something pecular in that he started going indepth into the horses dam,sire and mentioned Pedlar,hoping some stamina filtered through.
when betting opened i took 2 x 100 bets @50/1,almost threw tickets away after dismal 1900 performance.

biggest win tho was on TEAL

London News....there was a hype before the race for weeks like no other. Also the most "ballsyiest" ride I have ever seen!!!

Hunting Tower memorable for MRS O being on course for the win.

Ipi Tombi for MDK climbing on her back in celebration.

Occult with Bertie Leisher beating all the other millard runners at long odds

And finally anne upton trained horse furious "think" placed 3 times ran think 5 times in July. for some reason stands out.

Spanish Galliard for me 1992.

Anybody know what happened to Robbie Sham?

Anybody know where I can get videos of previous July Handicaps??You tube only have the recent ones???Are they out on dvd boxset or can they be purchased from Greyville or Tellytrack.If so what price??

saspurs Wrote:

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> Spanish Galliard for me 1992.
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> Anybody know what happened to Robbie Sham?


His an estate agent in Midrand.

Thanks Naresh

2008 Pocket Power/Dancers Daughter 5/4 Bernard Fayd'herbe/Kevin Shea Mike W. Bass/J S. Snaith

I could not seperate them on paper, so I bet on both and they came tie first! I felt like the world's best handicapper that day.

Somebody may already have replied to your question regarding the fate of Right Prerogative, Kittycatoo, but I can tell you that he was amongst the horses killed in a terrible float accident involving mainly Terrance Millard's string, when returning to the Cape at the end of the KZN Winter Season, that same year.

Co-owner Brian Sylvester, who appeared to have been celebrating even before the race was run, was himself lucky not to have been killed, when he draped the horse's reins around his neck as he was leading him into the winner's box. Had the horse taken fright he would have strangled him or broken his neck. Fortunately, Right Prerogative seemed to be taking more notice of the lovely Lindy Taberer (nee Kloppers, now Mrs jake White)), the other owner, and behaved impeccably in the circumstances.

Thank you James, it has been mentioned but thanks for the detail and can understand why the horse was distracted

Most memorable .. note choice of words ...... was the Principal Boy race

Was at school at the time . and picked the Distinctly / Principal boy dupla a few times

When Gatecrasher crossed the line first I threw my ticket away in disgust

And then after the objection spent the rest of the afternoon searching aimlessly through heaps of discarded tickets

Needless to say i did not find it .. it paid R 72 per line

I did get my money back on a favourite ... later in the day .. ironically trained by John Breval

Since then I have avoided the race as a betting proposition