Futura was left on an unchanged 7-2 when Betting World reopened its book on the Vodacom Durban July yesterday.

The country’s biggest bookmaker suspended betting shortly before the Queen’s Plate and J & B Met winner made a winning return in the mile Pinnacle at Greyville on Sunday. He had been backed on the day of that race at 9-2.

The four-year-old shares favouritism with Mike de Kock’s star Majmu while the supplemented Wylie Hall, first past the post in last year’s race, disputes 7-1 third favouritism with the Joey Ramsden-trained KRA Guineas winner The Conglomerate.

Dynastic Power has been the big mover in the last few days, being slashed from 150-1 to 25-1 following his triumph in last Friday’s Betting World 1900. Runner-up Power King was cut from 50-1 to 16-1 and third-placed Punta Arenas from 150-1 to 66-1. Stan Elley’s gelding has been backed at that price and is now 50-1.

Mac De Lago has been marked out from 40-1 to 100-1 and fellow supplementaries Mljet and It Is Written from 100-1 to 150-1. The 2013 July winner Heavy Metal is also on the drift, going out from 75-1 to twice that price.

By Michael Clower

Picture: Futura (Nkosi Hlophe)