The first four fillies past the post in Saturday’s thrilling Durban Africa Golden Slipper over 1400 metres at Greyville Racecourse are among the 33 entries for the R350 000 Grade 1 Thekwini Fillies Stakes to be run over 1 600 metres on All Stars Day at Clairwood Racecourse in Durban on Saturday, July 30.

The battle for honours in Saturday’s juvenile clash was thrilling and, with the entry of a number of other talented fillies who are better suited to the mile and who were not in Saturday’s race, this race could provide one of the highlights of the racemeeting.

Glen Kotzen has brought a small but very competitive team of horses up from the Cape for the Winter Season and his two fillies on Saturday, Alexandra Rose and Veiled Essence, were extremely impressive in the strong finishes they produced to take the first two places.

KwaZulu-Natal’s Pat Lunn, well known for his ability to prepare fillies for big races, has entered his Kahal filly, Bold Ellinore, who finished third in Saturday’s race just ahead of Charles Laird’s Rambo’s Love.

For many of the fillies who ran on Saturday, the extra distance of the Thekwini Fillies Stakes will be more to their liking. Together with the entry of other fillies who would find the mile a better proposition, the final field for this juvenile clash is expected to be very strong and competitive.