How Belgarion was ‘Enabled’ to deny Do It Again

The Vodacom Durban July 2020 on Saturday was fast and furious but remarkably tidy – and ‘the right horse won’, according to wise old men of the game.Belgarion, ridden by Richard Fourie, won the 2020 Vodacom Durban July on 25 July 2020. Picture: Candiese Lenferna

The July is very often a rough-house, with scrimmaging and strong-arm tactics from the jockeys – all desperate to win South Africa’s premier horse race. The pace can be erratic and confusing as riders strive to carry out individual game plans. Every year, one hears hard-luck stories of good horses being baulked or cut into.

Racing filmmaker extraordinaire Andrew Bon has posted a brilliant, jockey’s-eye-view video on YouTube, captured by a Go-Pro on the helmet of Gareth Wright as he steered no-hoper Camphoratus around the Greyville 2200m. With 1000m to run, the commentator informs us that Belgarion is 20 lengths off the pace. Slipping up the inside we spot ace jockey Anton Marcus and Do It Again, easing into a striking position. He is closely followed by Muzi Yeni and Got The Greenlight, cleverly tracking the master rider.

Two-time champ Do It Again narrowly failed to perform the first July hat-trick, but his close-up third under a superb ride from Marcus was a magnificent achievement.

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