Durban woe for Lloyd

CHAMPION Gold Coastbased jockey Jeff Lloyd has finished second in his final attempt to win the Durban July, the premier race in his native South Africa.

Lloyd, who has announced his intention to retire, possibly before the start of the new season on August 1, will win the Brisbane premiership for the third consecutive year.

But the 57-year-old has long made it clear the Group 1 Durban July was the race he still wanted to win after finishing third in it 11 times.

Lloyd’s mount Made To Order led in the straight but was run down by Do It Again.