Sangoma Thembisani Mdlolo predicted after the gallops that the Vodacom Durban July will be won by Whiteline Fever, from Pomodoro and Capetown Noir. Photo: Dave Macleod / Gameplan Media
Betting fever is gripping the country ahead of Saturday’s running of the R3,5 million Vodacom Durban July.
The tipping mania started immediately after the traditional Vodacom Durban July gallops, where eagle-eyed punters got a chance to watch the form of the final field, before local sangoma Thembisani Mdlolo threw the bones to predict the top three.
His predication drew gasps from the punters as he foresaw the strongly fancied Capetown Noir finishing third, last year’s winner Pomodoro second, and the Sean Tarry trained Whiteline Fever claiming the 2013 title.
Last year Mdlolo’s prediction of a shock win for the unfancied Sman jemanje almost came to fruition, only for Pomodoro to get up at the line to relegate Tyrone Zackey’s 50-1 outsider Smanjemanje into second place.
His predicted winner in 2011 English Garden went on to finish third behind Igugu and Pierre Jourdan.
Well-known psychic and medium, Sharataz Rai, also picked up on Whiteline Fever, running in saddle cloth number 4.
The Durban-based universal spiritual master also picked up the numbers 9 (Shogun nar), 10 (E-Jet) and 13 (Wylie Hall) to play a positive roll in this year’s race.
“The colours blue, yellow, red and green are winning colours,” she said yesterday.
Summary of predictions:
Sangoma Thembisani Mdlolo: 1. Whiteline Fever 2. Pomodoro 3. Capetown Noir
Psychic Sharataz Rai: 1. Whiteline Fever 2. Shogunnar 3. E-Jet
Psychic Jenny Ren Stodel: 1. Tribal Dance 2. Run For It. – The Citizen
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