Postponing the 2020 Durban July from its traditional slot on the first Saturday of July to the last Saturday has prompted an array of questions about the great race. One being, has this happened before?
The answer to that is “yes” – and quite recently. The 2010 July was shunted to the end of the month to avoid clashing with the Fifa World Cup in South Africa. One of Fifa’s conditions for staging the football spectacle is that no host cities can have rival attractions queering its pitch. The Durban city council and racing operator Gold Circle were happy to comply and the fateful date became July 31 for a single year.
Master trainer Mike de Kock held a freakishly strong hand at Greyville that day, saddling seven of the 20 starters, including 33-10 favourite Irish Flame and 13-2 third favourite Bold Silvano . A check of the history books reveals that the Durban July was not always contested on the first Saturday of the month, though it was generally within the first two weeks.
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