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July 2019

  • The Cup Rolls into Streaky Bay

    A town that has produced some of the biggest stars in racing will welcome the most sought after trophy in the sport, when the 2019 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour heads to Streaky Bay in August. The $200,000 Melbourne Cup will roll into town on Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 of...

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  • Behemoth Looking to Join the Giants of Australian Racing

    In the final Stakes race of the season, Group 1 Goodwood runner-up Behemoth returns to the track in the Listed Lightning Stakes hoping to follow in the footsteps of some of Australia’s best sprinters.

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  • An Early Look at Morphettville - 27th July

    James Jordan from Racing.com has provided us with an early look at racing at Morphettville for Saturday July 26th. 

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  • Bumper fields for Gifford Hill’s debut

    It's official opening is next month, but the Murray Bridge Racing Club’s inaugural meeting at Gifford Hill on Wednesday has its own informal label. “We’re terming it as our debut,” said club secretary/manager John Buhagiar. “I’m excited for it, because this is what it’s all about. This is why we...

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  • MEDIA RELEASE: Debut Mid-week Race at the new Murray Bridge Racecourse

    Following on from the successful first event, with barrier trials on Thursday 11th July at the new Murray Bridge Racecourse at Gifford Hill, the first mid-week race meeting at the new track is now only days away. The debut raceday at the New Murray Bridge Racecourse is sure to be...

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  • Oaklands Plate Preview

    A field of six runners will line up in the penultimate Stakes race of the season as the two-year-olds look to add a much sort after black-type victory to their resume. The History This is the third year that the Oaklands Plate has been run as a 1400m race in...

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  • An early look at Morphettville Parks - 20th July

    James Jordan from Racing.com has provided us with an early look at racing at Morphettville for Saturday July 20th.  Not a stack of 'overs' on display through the early markets, with less-than-generous percentages posted across the board. In the current environment I think most early market punters are better off...

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  • Amendment 2 - 2019/2020 Racing Season

    TRSA wish to advise in consultation with the South Australian Jockey Club and Gawler and Barossa Jockey Club the meeting scheduled for Morphettville on Saturday 4th January 2020 has been transferred to Gawler.

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  • Saturday Racing Returns to Gawler

    With only three Saturday's left in the racing season there is plenty at stake for jockeys and trainers alike with premierships up for grabs. Raquel Clark has been truly dominant all around South Australia this season and currently leads the Metropolitan Premiership by six over Jamie Kah. Clark sits on...

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  • An Early Look at Gawler - 12th July

      James Jordan from Racing.com provides us with an early look at racing at Gawler for Saturday July 12th.  Race 4 No.5 - Autumn Splendour Happy enough to risk the Victorian visitor Valentina Star in this race, which leaves me with a race in two between Grinzinger Express and Autumn Splendour....

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  • SA Bred Youngsters Shooting for SABOIS Bounty

    Saturday’s Morphettville card will be headlined by two $100k SABOIS races for our locally bred, upcoming two and three year olds. The two-year-olds are the first cab off the rank in Race 3 with twelve runners set to take their place in the field. With many of the starters only...

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  • New Murray Bridge track tipped to trial in style

    Horses will gallop on Murray Bridge’s outstanding new racecourse for the first time next Thursday in a series of official trials. The course – soon to become the pulse of the town’s Gifford Hill racing precinct – will be open to the public and tested by horses, jockeys and trainers....

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  • An early look at Morphettville - 6th July

    James Jordan from Racing.com provides us with an early look at racing at Morphettville for Saturday July 6th.  Race 3 No.2 - Garner Was good speaking for this horse on debut and he ran well but was outclassed by a very promising filly in That Girl. Has subsequently had a...

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  • Port Augusta Cup Preview

    It’s one of the biggest days on the calendar in the state’s Mid North and a field of nine runners are set to line up in Sunday’s Port Augusta Cup.   In a big surprise, 2017 Cup winner Soaring High returns to the track for the first time since claiming the...

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  • Terry calls time on a wonderful career in the caller’s box

    Next wednesday at Morphetville Racecourse will mark the end of an era when leading South Australian racecaller Terry McAuliffe hangs up the binoculars after 20 years in the game. A veteran of 20 Adelaide Cups, the racecaller will turn storyteller as he takes up the host role on Racing.com’s South...

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  • MEDIA RELEASE: Top industry storytellers to be recognised at racing media awards

    Entries are now open for Thoroughbred Racing SA’s Industry Awards media categories, recognising talented journalists and photographers whose work has captured the true essence of racing. The annual awards are held at the end of each racing season to honour the achievements of the State’s top horses, trainers, jockeys, apprentices...

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