Wylie Hall, winner of the Vodacom Durban July last year but relegated to second behind Legislate on an objection, will bid to win Africa’s Greatest Horseracing Event, the Vodacom Durban July, again this year with his name being put forward officially by trainer Weiho Marwing at the first supplementary entry stage today.

Winner in his last two starts of the Colorado King Stakes and the Premier’s Champion Challenge at Turffontein, the five-year-old Australian-bred entire was not nominated initially but was placed second on the first published July Log behind L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate and J&B Met winner Futura.

Marwing has also supplemented his three-year-old Australian-bred colt Mac De Lago that ran second to The Conglomerate in the KRA Guineas at Greyville recently.

Also supplemented into the race is the three-year-old gelding MLjet from the Gavin van Zyl stable that finished third in the Selangor Cup and second in the Politician Stakes in the Cape and the four-year-old gelding It Is Written from the Dean Kannemeyer yard that was an easy winner of a MR94 handicap over 1 400m at Scottsville in his first race in KwaZulu-Natal.

It Is Written is carded to contest the R350 000, Grade 2 Betting World 1900 at Greyville on Friday.

There have also been 11 withdrawals from the race. They are Gogetthesheriff, Sabadell, Arion, Henry Higgins, Heartland, Greek Legend, Stormy Eclipse, Shea Devon, Rake’s Chestnut, Scotsnog and All The Bids.

The second declarations will be on Monday, June 1 with final supplementary entries closing on Monday, June 8 and the weights being published the following day.

By Richard McMillan

Picture: Wylie Hall (Nkosi Hlophe)