South Australian Derby
South Australian Derby
Group One Betting Guide
| Date: | Saturday, May 11, 2024 |
| Location: | Morphettville Racecourse – Adelaide, South Australia |
| Prize Money: | $502,250 |
| Distance: | 2500m |
Open to three year olds and raced under set weight conditions the South Australian Derby has a purse of just over half a million dollars.
Often the horses with the best breeding will head the market for the South Australian Derby, because it is hard to get a solid gauge on three-year-old’s form.
Some great horses from both South Australia and the rest of Australia and New Zealand contest the South Australian Derby.
Some of the biggest names to have won the South Australian Derby include Rebel Raider (2009), Mummify (2003), Sub Zero (1992), Bullwinkle (1994) and Our Pompeii (1993).
2024 South Australian Derby betting odds
Markets for the 2024 South Australian Derby are currently unavailable.
Best bookmakers for the SA Derby
The South Australian Derby is a massive race on the Australian racing calendar, with many great horses competing for the prize every year.
This means there is some heavy betting action on it, with all Aussie online bookmakers boasting futures markets on it. This means it is well worth your while to check your horse’s odds at a few different bookies.
Horse betting sites generally accept win and place bets well in advance of races, with this extending to massive races like the South Australia Derby.
Features of the top SA Derby bookmakers include things like great betting apps, promotions and racing freebets and even things like free form guides.
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Betting on the South Australian Derby
The strongest form race to follow coming into the South Australian Derby is the Listed Chairman Stakes that is held at Morphettville the fortnight prior over 2000m.
The 2020 winner Russian Camelot was a unique circumstance where he won a BM64 at Pakenham his previous start prior to claiming Group 1 glory in the SA Derby.
Only three fillies have won the race since 2000; Zarita (2008), Delicacy (2015) & Qafila (2019).
Favourites have been quite successful in the SA Derby. Since 2009, seven favourites have managed to go on to claim the South Australia Derby, with the average winning price being $8.00 over that timeframe.
2024 South Australian Derby Final Field
Horsebetting.com.au will update this page when the 2024 SA Derby field is released.
Previous SA Derby Final Fields
Plenty of the future staying stars of the racing scene have competed in the South Australian Derby, here are the final fields in recent times.
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
Suizuro Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Opie Bosson 20 56.5kg 2 Aberfeldie Boy Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock Craig Newitt 16 56.5kg 3 Dunkel Patrick Payne Billy Egan 8 56.5kg 4 High Approach Dan O’Sullivan John Allen 5 56.5kg 5 Red Sun Sensation Peter Moody Brian Higgins 10 56.5kg 6 Bengal Boy Matt Cumani Declan Bates 7 56.5kg 7 Loco Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Damien Oliver 15 56.5kg 8 Gottabesavvy Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Todd Pannell 18 56.5kg 9 Promises Kept Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Mark Zahra 9 56.5kg 10 Ain’t He Grand Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Ben Allen 17 56.5kg 11 Dunwoody Matt Cumani Jarrod Fry 4 56.5kg 12 Captain Pluto Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Daniel Moor 1 56.5kg 13 Northern Barrage Michael Kent TBC 6 56.5kg 14 Reservoir Dog Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Jake Toeroek 14 56.5kg 15 Prince Tikea Travis Doudle Dom Tourneur 3 56.5kg 16 She’s Fit Daniel Morton Chris Parnham 11 54.5kg 17 Xtrarevz (1E)John SargentKerrin McEvoy1356.5kg18 Nightsun (2E)Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de KockTBC1256.5kg19 Impending Link (3E)Greg EurellTBC256.5kg20 Samuel Langhorne (4E)Michael KentTBC1956.5kgNo. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Alegron James Cummings Damien Oliver 3 56.5kg 2 TeewatersArchie AlexanderDeclan Bates156.5kg3 Jungle Magnate Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr Mark Zahra 12 56.5kg 4 Commander Harry Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Daniel Moor 8 56.5kg 5 Harleymoven Dan Clarken & Oopy MacGillivray Ryan Hurdle 11 56.5kg 6 Detonator Jack Ciaron Maher & David Eustace John Allen 15 56.5kg 7 The Nephew Patrick Payne Billy Egan 4 56.5kg 8 Son Of Emperor Mick Price & Michael Jnr Jason Holder 19 56.5kg 9 Saint Tropez Lloyd Kennewell Beau Mertens 17 56.5kg 10 Water Into Wine Tony & Calvin McEvoy Barend Vorster 7 56.5kg 11 Yaphet Cliff Brown Ben Allen 13 56.5kg 12 King Of Pharaohs Roslyn Day Callan Murray 16 56.5kg 13 Claidheamh Mor Gemma Riley Joe Bowditch 18 56.5kg 14 Sebastian The Fox Shay Keating Jake Noonan 20 56.5kg 15 Phere The Ex Ben & JD Hayes Luke Nolen 6 56.5kg 16 Lady Chant Brock Lewthwaite Kayla Crowther 5 54.5kg 17 Texas Tea (1E) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Ethan Brown 10 56.5kg 18 Turfie (2E)Patrick KeaneTBC956.5kg19 Bring The Stars (3E)Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de KockTBC1456.5kg20 Six Foot Song (4E)John MacmillanTBC256.5kgNo. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Explosive Jack Ciaron Maher & David Eustace John Allen 10 56.5kg 2 Royal Mile Lee Creek Jacob Opperman 2 56.5kg 3 Liqueuro Cindy Alderson Luke Currie 6 56.5kg 4 Let’s Karaka Deel Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Ben Allen 15 56.5kg 5 Azaly Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes Blaike McDougall 8 56.5kg 6 Deepstrike Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr Damian Lane 9 56.5kg 7 Miletus Jamie Edwards Jamie Mott 5 56.5kg 8 Montepulciano Richard & Chantelle Jolly Jake Toeroek 1 56.5kg 9 Nobel Heights Matt Cumani Will Price 4 56.5kg 10 Abreed Andrew Noblet Jason Holder 12 56.5kg 11 Solar Apex Chris Waller Michael Walker 7 56.5kg 12 Suppression Chris Waller Todd Pannell 13 56.5kg 13 Token Spirit Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock Barend Vorster 11 56.5kg 14 Ichibansan Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas Caitlin Jones 14 56.5kg 15 Personal Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes Damien Oliver 16 54.5kg 16 Shebringzit Mick Huxtable Karl Zechner 3 54.5kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Dalasan Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas Jason Holder 9 56.5kg 2 Warning Anthony Freedman Damien Thornton 3 56.5kg 3 Themoonlitegambler John McArdle Dean Holland 1 56.5kg 4 Russian Camelot Danny O’Brien John Allen 7 56.5kg 5 MiyakeChris WallerTodd Pannell1456.5kg6 Saint Eustace Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr Zac Spain 6 56.5kg 7 Rising Archie Paul Preusker Ethan Brown 12 56.5kg 8 Rock Steady Phillip Stokes Dylan Caboche 13 56.5kg 9 St Arnicca Paul Preusker Caitlin Jones 5 56.5kg 10 Exalted Ambition Grant Young Ryan Hurdle 8 56.5kg 11 Sowpods Gordon Richards Shayne Cahill 4 56.5kg 12 Moonlight Maid Mitchell Freedman Jake Toeroek 10 54.5kg 13 Silent SovereignTony & Calvin McEvoyBarend Vorster1154.5kg14 Zayydani David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig Dom Tourneur 2 54.5kg
2023 South Australian Derby result
1st – Dunkel ($8.00)
2nd – Promises Kept ($1.75)
3rd – Aberfeldie Boy ($3.00)
Recent runnings of the SA Derby
- Dunkel produced a sublime effort from back in the field to take out the 2023 edition of the Group 1 South Australian Derby. Jockey Billy Egan saved all the ground diving up the inside aboard the Patrick Payne-trained gelding to nail Promises Kept on the winning post. As the race went on with 400m to go, you’d be forgiven for thinking the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace training duo were going to pick up yet another Group 1 prize for the winter, as Promises Kept booted clear. But a patient steer by Billy Egan spoiled the party and secured his maiden Group 1 success in the process.
- Mick Price wasn’t too keen on Jungle Magnate’s chances heading into the 2022 SA Derby, but following a Group 1 steer from Mark Zahra, Jungle Magnate was simply too good for his rivals. Having settled towards the rear of the field, Zahra had his mount moving 600m out from home on the back of a genuine tempo. Once Jungle Magnate cornered, he looked to have the race shot to pieces and never really looked like getting beaten. Race favourite Alegron was a horrible watch for favourite backers, who managed to find more traffic than in Sydney peak hour.
- Explosive Jack made headlines on Saturday when he added the Group 1 South Australian Derby to a trophy cabinet that already includes the Tasmanian Derby and the ATC Australian Derby. John Allen claimed his fourth SA Derby over the past six years when pairing up with the $4 pre-race favourite, who saluted despite sitting three wide the trip. The winner represented half of a Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained quinella, with Let’s Karaka Deel trailing in his stablemate by 2.5 lengths.
- Russian Camelot had gone from a BM64 ona Thursday night at Pakenham to competing in a Group 1 with a matter of weeks. The Russian did more than compete in the SA Derby, he put his rivals to the sword after entering the home straight well back in the field. He charged down the centre of the track to defeat likes of Dalasan and the VRC Derby winner from the spring Warning in dominant fashion Russian Camelot’s South Australian win came at on his fifth career start.
- Having sat up on speed throughout the race, the Dabernig & Hayes-trained Qafila had plenty left in the tank when going for home prior to the home turn. Having kicked at the 300m mark, the Not A Single Doubt filly stormed clear to beat a handy field including the likes of Savvy Oak and Mr Quickie with relative ease in the end. The win in the SA Derby was Qafila lone Group 1 victory.
- In his maiden Group 1 performance, Darren Weir-trained Leicester delivered a win for the punters. Camped just off the speed by Damien Lane, Leicester looked like he was struggling at the 300m but under a strong ride the gelding hit the front and won by just under a length and a half. The three-year-old won ahead of double figure outsiders Rezealient and Runaway.
- Darren Weir and John Allen made it back-to-back South Australian Derby wins with Volatile Mix. The three-year-old was strong to the line and it defeated a quality type in Ruthven. The $16 chance wasn’t picked up by punters, but it scored the biggest victory of its short career. Read the report here.
- The son of Redoute’s Choice Howard Be Thy Name was too strong for the in-from Darren Weir stable. Ridden by Irish jockey John Allen, who recorded his first elite level win in Australia, Howard Be Thy Name added the group 1 race to his wins in the Adelaide Guineas and the Chairman’s Stakes. With Tarquin and Etymology out of the gates well, Howard Be Thy Name sat just off the pace and timed a run on the straight perfect to hit the lead at the 200m mark. Howard Be Thy Name ($5) beat home Etymology ($16) and Cool Chap ($7).
- Delicacy, a mare based out of Perth, defeated 15 colts and geldings to win the SA Derby. Trained by Al Maher, Delicacy hit the front with about 100m to go, her withering burst proving too much for second-placed Werther, which was to go on and become a superstar in Hong Kong. Allergic battled on to take third. The final time for the victory was 2 min 37.91 sec.
- Richard Jolly-trained Kushadasi, paying $4.60, won his hometown Derby in a thrilling finish. Steve Arnold expertly guided Kushadasi down the centre of the track, with the finishing burst helping it beat home Scratchy Bottom ($5.50), the official margin being a nose. Anthony Cummings-trained Best Case ($12) was a half length away in third. It was a rare victory for a South Australian trainer in a group 1 race in Adelaide.
- Victorian trainer Matt Laurie became a group 1 winner with Escado outstaying some likely types. The gelding was backed from $21 into $14 and Ben Melham knew he was on a good thing when he got a dream run on the inside. With second favourite Hvasstan ($5) spending too many tickets in the middle stages of its trip, it was down to favourite Shoreham ($4), Hioctdane ($5.50) and Escado. The gutsy ride down the inside proved the decisive factor, with Escado eventually winning by almost two lengths, from Hioctdane and Shoreham.
- Race favourite Zabeelionaire beat home Sabrage and Westsouthwest. Ridden by Damien Oliver, Zabeelionaire sat midfield for the bulk of the trip with Oliver holding him back, before producing an inside run to win a fourth race from 11 starts for Leon Corstens.
South Australian Derby Past Winners
| South Australian Derby Past Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2023 | Dunkel | Billy Egan | Billy Egan |
| 2022 | Jungle Magnate | Mark Zahra | Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr |
| 2021 | Explosive Jack | John Allen | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace |
| 2020 | Russian Camelot | John Allen | Danny O’Brien |
| 2019 | Qafila | Cory Parish | David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
| 2018 | Helene Leadingstar | Damian Lane | Darren Weir |
| 2017 | Volatile Mix | John Allen | Darren Weir |
| 2016 | Howard Be Thy Name | John Allen | Darren Weir |
| 2015 | Delicacy | Peter Hall | Grant Williams |
| 2014 | Kushadasi | Steven Arnold | Richard & Chantelle Jolly |
| 2013 | Escado | Ben Melham | Matt Laurie |
| 2012 | Zabeelionaire | Damien Oliver | Leon Corstens |
| 2011 | Shadows In The Sun | Ben Melham | Anthony Cummings |
| 2010 | Kidnapped | Kerrin McEvoy | Peter Snowden |
| 2009 | Rebel Raider | Claire Lindop | Leon Macdonald |
| 2008 | Zarita | Greg Childs | Pat Hyland |
| 2007 | Lazer Sharp | Brad Rawiller | Jamie Edwards |
| 2006 | Testafiable | Greg Childs | Peter Moody |
| 2005 | Tails Of Triomphe | Paul Gatt | Terry & Karina O’Sullivan |
| 2004 | Hard To Get | Joe Bowditch | Mark Kavanagh |
| 2003 | Mummify | Danny Nikolic | Lee Freedman |
| 2002 | Pantani | Danny Nikolic | Robbie Laing |
| 2001 | Big Pat | Peter Mertens | Cliff Murray |
| 2000 | Blue Murder | Matthew Gatt | Clifford Brown |
South Australian Derby Past Winners Pre 2000
| South Australian Derby Past Winners Pre 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | ||
| 1999 | Showella | ||
| 1998 | Bulta | ||
| 1997 | Markham | ||
| 1996 | Cheviot | ||
| 1995 | Count Chivas | ||
| 1994 | Bullwinkle | ||
| 1993 | Our Pompeii | ||
| 1992 | Subzero | ||
| 1991 | Shiva’s Revenge | ||
| 1990 | Diego | ||
| 1989 | Sea Brigand | ||
| 1988 | Celtic Spirit | ||
| 1987 | Shark’s Fin | ||
| 1986 | French Cotton | ||
| 1985 | Sir Zephyr | ||
| 1984 | Mapperley Heights | ||
| 1983 | Race Not Held | ||
| 1982 | English Wonder | ||
| 1981 | Brewery Boy | ||
| 1980 | Tasman | ||
| 1979 | Top Ware | ||
| 1978 | Regal Jester | ||
| 1977 | Stormy Rex | ||
| 1976 | Vacuum | ||
| 1975 | Prince Of All | ||
| 1974 | Exalt’s Pride | ||
| 1973 | Sir Gerald | ||
| 1972 | Dayana | ||
| 1971 | Near Boy | ||
| 1970 | Clear Prince | ||
| 1969 | Paradigm | ||
| 1968 | Dale Lace | ||
| 1967 | Kembla | ||
| 1966 | Peculator | ||
| 1965 | Mission | ||
| 1964 | Ziema | ||
| 1963 | Hunting Horn | ||
| 1962 | Royal Ziet | ||
| 1961 | Gatum Gatum | ||
| 1960 | Royal Chat | ||
| 1959 | Crusty Bottle | ||
| 1958 | Stormy Passage | ||
| 1957 | Galloway | ||
| 1956 | Auteuil | ||
| 1955 | Ralkon | ||
| 1954 | Pandie Star | ||
| 1953 | Jovial Scot | ||
| 1952 | Winemaker | ||
| 1951 | Beau Cavalier | ||
| 1950 | Toastmaster | ||
| 1949 | Glenvue | ||
| 1948 | Idle Banter | ||
| 1947 | Basama | ||
| 1946 | Conservator | ||
| 1945 | Dauntless | ||
| 1944 | Bluenor | ||
| 1943-42 | Race Not Held | ||
| 1941 | Ladmond | ||
| 1940 | Waxwings | ||
| 1939 | Lusson | ||
| 1938 | Tempest | ||
| 1937 | Golden Hill | ||
| 1936 | Brave Lad | ||
| 1935 | Beamish Boy | ||
| 1934 | Alinura | ||
| 1933 | Yultewirra | ||
| 1932 | Traverse | ||
| 1931 | Opera King | ||
| 1930 | Induna | ||
| 1929 | Hot Spring | ||
| 1928 | Mount Of Olives | ||
| 1927 | Marco Polo | ||
| 1926 | Pindenda | ||
| 1925 | Ethelton | ||
| 1924 | Wycherley | ||
| 1923 | King Of Mirth | ||
| 1922 | Burnished | ||
| 1921 | Leon | ||
| 1920 | Pogonatos | ||
| 1919 | Lord Setay | ||
| 1918 | Stagegirl | ||
| 1917 | Cosmos | ||
| 1916 | Nevka | ||
| 1915 | Perambulate | ||
| 1914 | Fidelio | ||
| 1913 | Kildalton | ||
| 1912 | Puringa | ||
| 1911 | Sanskrit | ||
| 1910 | Sergius | ||
| 1909 | The Greek | ||
| 1908 | Tiercel | ||
| 1907 | Palotta | ||
| 1906 | Kismet II | ||
| 1905 | Torah | ||
| 1904 | Ganymedes | ||
| 1903 | F.J.A. | ||
| 1902 | Rienzi | ||
| 1901 | Ritualist | ||
| 1900 | Miltiades | ||
| 1899 | Gunga Din | ||
| 1898 | Hainault | ||
| 1897 | Goodwill | ||
| 1896 | Thunder Queen | ||
| 1895 | Auraria | ||
| 1894 | Monastery | ||
| 1893 | Salient | ||
| 1892 | Vakeel | ||
| 1891 | Lady Rose | ||
| 1890 | Cheddar | ||
| 1989-85 | Race Not Held | ||
| 1884 | Gratitude | ||
| 1883 | Dirk Hatteraick | ||
| 1882 | Guesswork | ||
| 1881 | Topaz | ||
| 1880 | The Assyrian | ||
| 1879 | Pawnbroker | ||
| 1878 | Viceroy | ||
| 1877 | Irish Queen | ||
| 1876 | Pride Of The Hills | ||
| 1875-69 | Race Not Held | ||
| 1868 | Centurion | ||
| 1867 | Regalia | ||
| 1866 | Crusader | ||
| 1865 | Tim Whiffler | ||
| 1864 | Queen Of Barossa/Lubra | ||
| 1863 | Lord Of Isles | ||
| 1862 | Riddle | ||
| 1861 | Typo | ||
| 1860 | Midnight | ||
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