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April 2022

  • Oaks win provides Glint Of Hope for Natalie Young

    Glint Of Hope provided co-trainer Natalie Young with an emotional victory in the $502,250 Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville. The leading trainer is currently battling breast cancer and couldn’t wait to celebrate the victory with her mother who made the trip to Adelaide to see the filly upstage...

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  • Payne pair primed for Oaks tilt

    Patrick Payne is hoping Tasmanian Oaks winner Bundle Of Fun can prove the handicappers wrong after she was made an emergency in Saturday’s $502,250 Australasian Oaks at Morphettville. Despite her rating Bundle Of Fun had to rely on the scratching of ATC Oaks winner El Patroness on Thursday morning before...

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  • Kah keen to repeat Adelaide Cup day dominance

    Jamie Kah rolls back into Adelaide hoping to repeat her Adelaide Cup Day heroics and chasing her first Group 1 win on home soil aboard My Whisper in the Australasian Oaks at Morphettville on Saturday. The last time she returned home Kah dominated on Adelaide Cup Day, claiming the two-mile...

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  • James Jordan's Oaks Day speed maps + track report

    Check out James Jordan's track report and speed maps as we look ahead to a massive Australasian Oaks day! TRACK REPORT Tracks walked at 2:30pm Thursday. Significant rain is forecast on Friday which makes it very difficult to predict the rating this far out.  Morphettville Parks: This track took a...

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  • McEvoy's chasing bonuses on Oaks Day

    Exciting three-year-old Defining will chase a third win in succession and an additional bonus when she tackles Saturday’s $107,250 Nitschke Stakes (1400m) at Morphettville. The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained filly comes of a brilliant Shillabeer Plate win at Oakbank on Easter Saturday when the $225,000 yearling purchase blitzed her rivals...

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  • Lincoln Moore's Oaks Day Preview

    BEST BETS MY WHISPER (Race 7) EACH-WAY RIALTOR (Race 1) DIAMONDS (Race 3) VALUE MISS LANGTRY (Race 2)   RACE 1 - 11:52AM G.H. Mumm Handicap (To be run on the Parks Track) (1400 METRES) RIALTOR has won five of 15 and comes off a Penola win. His effort two starts...

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  • World renowned horse expert to run clinic in Adelaide

    World-renowned horse and elephant trainer Dr Andrew McLean has a soft spot for South Australia – his mentor Tom Roberts was from SA, McLean worked closely with the late, great trainer Peter Hayes, and he even won the Gawler Three Day Event back in 1989.   So when Racing SA approached...

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  • Favourite drawn perfectly for Australasian Oaks

    Jamie Kah’s quest for her first Adelaide Group 1 win has received a boost with exciting filly My Whisper drawing perfectly for Saturday’s $502,845 Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained daughter of Frankel comes off an impressive Auraria Stakes victory and is marked a...

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  • Lincoln Moore's Mount Gambier Preview

    BEST BET SIDEARM (Race 4) EACH-WAY ALLGO (Race 2) VALUE HONOUR DE HERO (Race 5) MULTI GLOVED (win, R3) into SIDEARM (win, R4)   RACE 1 - 1:20PM Scott Group of Companies Benchmark 72 Handicap (Heat 11 Provincial Super Series) (2062 METRES) CLEVER MAN won the Cup here two starts back...

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  • Lincoln Moore's Gawler Best Bets

    BEST BET MORTY RACE 3, No. 1 Comes off a good effort at Moonee Valley when 3rd behind Redjina. He five and half between runs but gets in here well with the claim for Angus Ching and looks to have a class edge on his rivals. SASKATOON Race 5, No....

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  • James Jordan's Speed Maps + Track Report

    Check out James Jordan's track report and speed maps as metropolitan racing returns to Morphettville this Saturday. TRACK REPORT Winning Post-1800m:  Not a lot to report in this section, it walked evenly with no significant wear to speak of. Good give in the ground, should race as a '4'. 1800m-1200m:...

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  • Bella back for more Group glory

    Will Clarken is hoping to add another chapter in the amazing story of Bella Vella over the next few weeks starting in her return to racing in Saturday’s $127,250 Group 3 Irwin Stakes at Morphettville. The widely travelled mare took Clarken’s stable to the top during her 34 starts winning...

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  • Goodwood the goal for Jolly's stable star

    Top South Australian galloper Behemoth is on track for a fourth tilt at the Group 1 Goodwood at Morphettville in May. The David Jolly-trained giant has ramped up his preparations over the past two weeks after his summer campaign was aborted after pulling up sore following the Group 1 C...

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  • Instant Celebrity's career at the crossroads

    Saturday's Irwin Stakes looms as a pivotal moment in the career of classy South Australian Instant Celebrity. The Phillip Stokes-trained mare will launch her campaign aimed at a second Sangster Stakes victory, but lingering in the back of the dual Adelaide Cup winning trainer’s mind is her battles with injury....

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  • Lincoln Moore's Morphettville Preview

    BEST BETS ANOTHER AWARD (Race 5) EAGLES CRAG (Race 9) EACH-WAY HERESY (Race 8) VALUE SMOKIN’ VAL (Race 4)   RACE 1 - 11:52AM The Junction Handicap (2500 METRES) VARDANI comes here on the back of a good run behind Point Nepean at Bendigo. He draws out, does have synthetic hoof...

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  • Group 1 winner highlights loaded Irwin Stakes noms

    Group 1 Goodwood winner Trekking headlines nominations for Saturday’s $127,250 Group 3 R N Irwin Stakes (1100m) at Morphettville. The classy Godolphin galloper, who boasts $5,857,445 in prizemoney, could make his return to Adelaide for the first time since he run down local sprint star Gytrash in the final stride...

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  • Lincoln Moore's Strathalbyn Preview

    BEST BETS TIEMPE PASSATE (Race 2) INSPIRED SUN (Race 7)   EACH-WAY BIARCHI (Race 5)   RACE 1 - 1:20PM Simtrack Maiden Plate (1200 METRES) FREDDY THE EAGLE was placed at his only start here and his first-up run was good when 4th behind Manage The Cycle at Balaklava. He draws a...

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  • Mindarie-Halidon Cup races on

    Racing returns to the Mallee in 2022, with the Board of Racing SA confirming that the Mindarie-Halidon Cup will run on Sunday, September 18. Racing SA has worked closely with the newly formed Mindarie-Halidon executive committee, and Country Racing SA, to ensure the event’s survival. “I’m over the moon that...

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  • Racing SA COVID-19 Update

    As of Saturday 23 April 2022, patrons attending any South Australian racing venue will no longer be required to show proof of double COVID 19 vaccination. This change has been made on the basis of South Australia’s high vaccination rate, continued easing of restrictions and the return to 100% capacity....

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  • Weekend Wrap: McEvoy, Jolly, Crowther claim Oakbank bonuses

    Tony and Calvin McEvoy will try and take a big Easter Saturday at Oakbank to the upcoming Adelaide Racing Carnival. The leading stable claimed three Oakbank features. Belle Plaisir broke through for her maiden Australian win in the $54,750 Queen Of The Hills with Kayla Crowther in the saddle. Zoist...

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  • Apprentice Academy Highlights: March 2022

    March was another successful month for South Australia's apprentice jockeys, highlighted by a record seventh National Apprentice Race Series title. Ben Price was the most successful apprentice in March with 10 winners at a 16% strike rate, while Lachlan Overall's first career winner was the 2022 Streaky Bay Cup! Check...

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  • Lincoln Moore's Oakbank Selections

    BEST BET A MIDNIGHT SHADOW Race 5, No. 7 Stormed home from a mile back here last start to run second behind Princess Raffles. She’s been placed at four of 12, draws a middle barrier and gets her chance.   EACH-WAY PLAYS TWO ODD SOX Race 7, No. 4 Comes out...

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  • Lincoln Moore's Penola Selections

    SACRED ARMOUR Race 6, No. 6 Former Kiwi who won well first-up in Australia and was then beaten as a $2.10 favourite at Morphettville before spell. Draws wide here first-up but looks a nice horse and should be winning at the short price. RIALTOR Race 9, No. 6 Speedy horse...

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  • Opperman's Melbourne move

    Leading South Australian apprentice Jacob Opperman is making the move to Melbourne and joining the Mathew Ellerston Stable at Flemington. The 2021 Dux of the Racing SA Apprentice Academy, Opperman will move to Victoria on a three-month loan following the Adelaide Racing Carnival. Opperman, 18, has ridden 125 winners since...

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  • Lincoln Moore's Oakbank Preview

    BEST BETS SILENT SOVEREIGN (Race 2) SANBLAS (Race 7)   EACH-WAY GOOD GIRL BELLA (Race 3)   VALUE HEKA EXPRESS (Race 8)   RACE 1 - 12:02PM Mt Bera Vineyards Maiden Plate (1050 METRES) RUE VIVIENNE was well backed when runner-up behind See You Later Now at Strathalbyn first-up. He draws a barrier...

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