Everything you need to know about 2024 Hollywoodbets Durban July runner WINCHESTER MANSION. The five-year-old son of Trippi returns to Hollywoodbets Greyville since last year’s win to defend his crown.
9) WINCHESTER MANSION 25/2
Things maybe haven’t quite panned out the way WINCHESTER MANSION’s connections would have hoped after last year’s Hollywoodbets Durban July. A disappointing eighth-place finish in the Betway Summer Cup was bookended by a fourth in the Allied Steelrode Onamission Charity Mile and a second in the World Pool Premier’s Champions Challenge. He’s lightly raced and likely being primed for a proper tilt at the HDJ. Kabelo Maysunyane is on board again and will be looking to become only the third jockey since the turn of the century to go back-to-back at Africa’s Greatest Horseracing Event.
Jockey: Kabelo Matsunyane
Trainer: Brett Crawford
Owner: Drakenstein Stud (Nom: Mrs G A Rupert)
Breeder: Drakenstein Stud (Nom: Mrs G A Rupert)
Sire: Trippi (USA)
Dam: Sea Point by Spectrum (IRE)
Age: 5
Colour: Bay
Sex: Gelding
Merit Rating: 124
Weight: 56.5kgs
Draw: 9
Career Record: 18 runs (5 wins, 9 places)
Stakes Won: R4 004 100
Runs at Hollywoodbets Greyville: 3 (2 wins, 1 place)
Runs at 2200m Distance: 1 (1 win)
Notable Runs:
2nd in the 2024 World Pool Premier’s Champions Challenge (Gr 1) 2000m
4th in the 2023 Allied Steelrode – Onamission Charity Mile (Gr 2) 1600m
1st in the 2023 Hollywoodbets Durban July (Gr 1) 2200m
1st in the 2023 Hollywoodbets Dolphins Cup Trial (Gr 3) 1800m
2nd in the 2023 WSB 1900 (Gr 2) 1900m
1st in the 2023 WSB Pocket Power Stakes (Gr 3) 2400m
2nd in the 2022 WSB Legal Eagle Stakes (Gr 3)
Trainer Comments: “To get 3,5 kilos again from See It Again this year, I make him a massive runner. I think it will be tough for some of the 3-year-olds to carry essentially level weights with him, to try beat him as a 5-year-old now. I think draw 9 will work out nicely for us. He’s had a flawless prep”, James Crawford.
Winning Form Comments: Rested 13 wks. Best MR:124. Defending champion. Warrants inclusion.
2024 Hollywoodbets Durban July
Saturday 6 July 2024
Hollywoodbets Greyville – 2200m – R5 000 000
| Draw | Horse | Odds | Mass | MR | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | GREEN WITH ENVY | 9/2 | 56,0 | 127 | C Zackey | D Kannemeyer |
| 10 | SEE IT AGAIN | 11/2 | 60,0 | 131 | P Strydom | M Roberts |
| 4 | FUTURE SWING | 8/1 | 54,0 | 110 | R Fourie | J Snaith |
| 11 | ORIENTAL CHARM | 8/1 | 53,0 | 121 | J P v'd Merwe | B Crawford |
| 1 | ROYAL VICTORY | 10/1 | 57,0 | 125 | M Yeni | N Kotzen |
| 9 | WINCHESTER MANSION | 25/2 | 56,5 | 124 | K Matsunyane | B Crawford |
| 17 | FLAG MAN | 14/1 | 55,5 | 126 | S Moodley | G van Zyl |
| 18 | FUTURE PEARL | 16/1 | 54,0 | 117 | G van Niekerk | S Tarry |
| 2 | BARBARESCO | 16/1 | 53,5 | 122 | G Lerena | J A Janse v/Vuuren |
| 8 | PURPLE PITCHER | 20/1 | 53,0 | 120 | P Mxoli | R Klaasen |
| 15 | COUSIN CASEY | 20/1 | 56,0 | 123 | S Khumalo | S Tarry |
| 12 | SON OF RAJ | 25/1 | 54,0 | 119 | C Habib | T Peter |
| 3 | HLUHLUWE | 25/1 | 54,5 | 120 | R A Venniker | J Snaith |
| 16 | DOUBLE SUPERLATIVE | 33/1 | 56,5 | 124 | D Muscutt | J Snaith |
| 7 | ARAGOSTA | 33/1 | 54,0 | 116 | M V'Rensburg | M de Kock |
| 14 | MASTER REDOUTE | 40/1 | 54,0 | 115 | C Orffer | A Nel |
| 6 | SHOEMAKER | 40/1 | 54,0 | 111 | D De Gouveia | M de Kock |
| 13 | MERIDIUS | 50/1 | 54,0 | 113 | A Mgudlwa | T Peter |
