R10 million on offer for an average field baring maybe 5 runners with what will be at skewed weights.
If the Gold Challenge was the race of the year then what has happened to The July???
Personally i think that See It Again & The Real Prince adding the JHB races to their program has played a role. But then again the JHB features without them and DG SLAM would have been close to non-events. On one hand you have to applaud the owners and trainers but on the other is the current reality of SA Horseracing... not enough horses racing and a huge shortage of Grade 1 performers.
We have ourselves to blame, the conditions of the July are tinkered with and trainers and owners respond accordingly. Keep a 4yr old under the radar come in with a low weight and win. The new weight range will just cause more planning to beat the weights.
Either way, these changes will ensure The July will lose its Grade 1 status soon. Like it or not, The July is SA's biggest race, preserve it. Role players need to discuss the way forward and a huge purse just makes it look like a sales race rather than having the best rated horses in SA in the race.
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