Mike De Kock-trainee Bold Silvano landed the 2010 Vodacom Durban July (G1) on Saturday at Grayville over stable companion Irish Flame, sending the Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum-owned colt to the winner’s enclosure. The win was DeKock’s third in South Africa’s most prestigious race and the first for Sheikh Mohammed, a partnership that has stormed Dubai racing with the likes of Asiatic Boy, Honour Devil, Musir, Raihana, Imbongi, and many others.
Earlier this week, DeKock indicated that Bold Silvano would be shipped to Dubai after this race and was, in his words, “a classic [Dubai] World Cup horse,” and that he is “very comfortable up to ten furlongs.” The win in the Vodacom Durban July was over a 2,200 meters trip. Anthony Delpech had the ride.
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