The highest rated three-year-old in the country, Charles Dickens, will not be among the entrants for the Hollywoodbets Durban July this year. Photo: Chase Liebenberg
Hollywoodbets Durban July: Charles Dickens will NOT run
The highest rated three-year-old in the country, Charles Dickens, will not be among the entrants for the Hollywoodbets Durban July this year.
The highest rated three-year-old in the country, Charles Dickens, will not be among the entrants for the Hollywoodbets Durban July this year. Photo: Chase Liebenberg
There will be no weight anomalies in the 2023 Hollywoodbets Durban July as the highest rated three-year-old in the country, Charles Dickens, will not be among the entrants.
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Trainer Candice Bass-Robinson told Gold Circle’s David Thiselton that the crack Trippi colt would be coming to KwaZulu-Natal for the SA Champions Season, but added he would not be running in the Hollywoodbets Durban July.
Three possible options for Charles Dickens
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She said about the yard’s reading of his Grade 1 SplashOut Cape Derby second place finish, “I don’t think it is that he doesn’t stay, he still ran a very good race, but he is probably not at his best over 2000m at this stage.”
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Bass-Robinson listed the Grade 2 IOS Drill Hall Stakes over 1 400m, the Grade 1 Hollywoodbets Gold Challenge over 1 600m and the Grade 1 Champions Cup over 1 800m as possible targets.
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