Durban July's New Sponsor HollywoodBets

The Durban July is synonymous with generations of champions over the past 125 years and acknowledged as Africa’s most fabulous horseracing event. It’s a race with a rich and proud history and has attracted punters far and wide and become a platform for designers to strut their new designs.

It also has a new sponsor, Hollywoodbets, a leading betting operator, and the new sponsorship is effective from Jan 2022. This announcement got accompanied by the news that the 2200m Grade 1 spectacular will enjoy a price increase of 250%, and it will carry a record stake of 5 million.

Hollywoodbets now joins Vodacom and Rothmans as the third sponsor of the great race in 59 years. There's more; Hollywoodbets and Gold Circle have also announced an increase in the Grooms award of winning horses to recognize their vitally essential roles in the Racing Industry. The award increased from R1000 to R2000 per race for March, April, and May. This fabulous initiative, the Grooms Initiative, has already boosted key sectors in the industry by over 2 million since being in 2019.

The Hollywoodbets Durban July is the East Coasts KZN flagship Roster Event. It will receive a significant stake injection of R13 million, and it applies to both minor and feature races run from the 1st of March 2022 to the 31-August 2022.

The landmark Greyville Racecourse has been the home of the Durban July through two World Wars and an international sporting event dating back to Sept 1897. With Hollywoodbets sponsorship, the epic journey in continuing this KZN legacy It’s some showstopping news. Moreover, those punters who are avid horse racing fans get to start placing their Ante-Post Durban July bets at Hollywoodbets online. Saddle up for KZN’s flagship Horse Racing Event and join in the incredible build-up to the big race day.

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