September 2020
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Lincoln Moore's Murray Bridge Preview
BEST BET: HALOGEN (Race 2) EACH-WAY: FLORIANO (Race 5) VALUE: DANTREE (Race 3) RACE 1 - 1:20PM Graetz Family Memorial Benchmark 64 Handicap (1000 METRES) EXALTED MAXINE has good speed and was too zippy for ATOMIC LOKADE at Oakbank last time. She gets in well with the claim, is nicely...
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Hill Smith Stakes holds key to Crown’s Derby hopes
The $100,000 Listed Hill Smith Stakes at Morphettville on Saturday week will ultimately decide the VRC Derby dreams of talented three-year-old Crown Mint. Trainer Gordon Richards said a strong showing over the 1800m would see him press on to the Victoria Derby following a disappointing result at Moonee Valley last...
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Star SA pair on track for Everest tilt
South Australia’s Everest pair of Gytrash and Behemoth are both tracking perfectly towards the world’s richest race on turf at Royal Randwick next month. Morphettville trainer Gordon Richards said the feedback was all positive from Sydney following Gytrash’s hit-out at Monday’s Rosehill trials, while on the same day Behemoth’s connections...
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She’s looking to break through for Dare to Dreamers
Trainer Ryan Balfour is confident his Dare to Dream runner She’s Krupt will break her maiden status sooner, rather than later. The four-year-old mare notched three placings in her initial four-start preparation, including an unlucky debut at Murray Bridge and a narrow second behind the Anthony Freedman-trained Victorian visitor Flirting...
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Royally bred staying hopes on show at Murray Bridge
Murray Bridge has been a happy hunting ground for Tony and Calvin McEvoy since Gifford Hill opened in August last year and the state’s premier stable will be hoping to build on that success with some royally bred youngsters on Wednesday. Sunlight’s half-brother Halogen will be out to atone for...
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Another star turn for SA runners
Star South Australian filly Instant Celebrity went to Melbourne carrying massive expectations and delivered in spades at Caulfield on Saturday. The Phillip Stokes stable has been firmly focused on her peaking for the $1 million Group 1 Thousand Guineas at Caulfield on October 10 and she again proved too good...
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Amendment 14 - Barrier Trials & Jump Outs
TRSA wish to advise the following changes to upcoming Barrier Trials and Approval jump outs Gawler Approval Jump Outs on Tuesday 6th October have been cancelled Barrier Trials at Balaklava on Tuesday 13th October have been cancelled Barrier Trials Added Oakbank Friday 9th October, Nominations close at 11.00am Wednesday 7th...
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Show your support for SA turf stars
South Aussie horses are making a national splash this spring and a new-release range of caps lets you show support – while backing equine welfare projects. Colour co-ordinated caps for Everest-bound pair Gytrash and Behemoth, along with middle-distance star Dalasan and sprinting mare Bella Vella, are now available for purchase...
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World War I warriors to be honoured on Sunday
A healthy field has been assembled for tomorrow’s heat of a revived, historic wartime race that honours the bravery of Australian Light Horsemen and their World War I mounts. The winner of the Naracoorte qualifying event – a benchmark 75 event over 3160m – will gain direct entry to the...
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Lincoln Moore's Saturday Preview
BEST BET: THE DIFFERENCE (Race 7) EACH-WAY: FEARLESS VISION (Race 8) VALUE: RESURGE (Race 6) RACE 1 - 12:26PM Happy Birthday Peter 'Slugga' Chapman 3YO Benchmark 64 Handicap (Heat 6 Rebel Raider) (1250 METRES) Impossible not to be impressed by QUIETLY DISCREET, who sped to the lead and gave nothing...
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An Early Look with James Jordan - Morphettville 26 September 2020
Quite like the card at the Parks on Saturday and despite there being rain forecast I am always confident in the tracks draining ability. As I write this (Thursday night) the radar is showing a fair bit of rain over the track, but I am banking on it being close...
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Amendment 13 - Meeting Transferred
TRSA wish to advise that due to recent rainfall and the state of the track, the Penola meeting on Sunday 27th September has been transferred to Naracoorte. Fields will remain the same with the following distance changes Race 1 $18,000 Class 2 1300m Now 1200 Race 2 No Chang Race...
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Trainer’s Knight vision to be rewarded
Strathalbyn trainer John Macmillan’s decision to scratch Arkham Knight from last week’s Listed Wylie Stakes can be rewarded at Morphettville on Saturday. A firming Morphettville surface bought about his scratching and some consistent Adelaide rain over the past 48 hours has justified the decision. Morphettville was rated a ‘good 4’...
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Cult of Celebrity set to grow in Guineas Prelude
Exciting South Australian filly Instant Celebrity will take a major step in her Group 1 quest when she makes her Melbourne debut in the Thousand Guineas Prelude at Caulfield on Saturday. Trainer Phillip Stokes said the unbeaten youngster hadn’t missed a beat since arriving at his Pakenham base last week...
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Across SA, John’s on the right track
From Balaklava to Bordertown, Mount Gambier to Murray Bridge, and everywhere in between, John Tonani has plenty on his plate as TRSA’s industry track manager. Mr Tonani attended last week’s Balaklava Cup meeting and was pleased to see the track looking spectacular, and playing just as well, given the club...
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Toot shoots for first winner as a trainer
Winners have been plentiful during his riding career, now David Tootell Sr is searching for his first success as a trainer. Tootell had his first runner on August 26, but his best result from five runners to date is a fifth at Bordertown with Cool Desert. “You think you know...
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Stellar Bella needs ‘career best’, says Clarken
Will Clarken cannot fault star South Australian sprinting mare Bella Vella ahead of her return to Moonee Valley for Friday night’s $1 million Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m). The Morphettville trainer said the Sangster Stakes winner had ticked all the boxes ahead of the race he’s calling her grand final....
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Racing Update 1 - Jump Outs
TRSA wish to advise that from 1 October 2020, all Nominations for Approval Jump Outs are required to be done through Racing Australia/StableAssist per normal race meetings and trials. Nominations for Approval Jump Outs will close at 11.00am the business day before the Jump Outs take place, with fields released...
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Lincoln Moore's Strathalbyn Preview
BEST BET: BOOMER BEACH (Race 4) EACH-WAY: SARNIA (Race 3) VALUE: PIVOTAL FORCE (Race 7) RACE 1 - 1:20PM Harry of All Trades / SABOIS Distance Maiden Plate (2050 METRES) Looks the perfect race for IRONICAL who was good behind Talamo first-up before sticking on well behind Nakheel at Murray...
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Full steam ahead for uphill sand track
Work on Murray Bridge Racing Club’s $500,000 uphill sand training track has hit top gear, ahead of its expected November opening. An important additional piece of training infrastructure, the facility will assist the club’s move towards becoming an elite training facility. The track will be just over 800m long and...
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SA’s Everest double-act, as Behemoth locked in
South Australia will have two runners in the $15 million The Everest at Royal Randwick next month after Behemoth today secured his place in the field. Grand Syndicates Sam Lyons confirmed that The Star Casino will partner with the SA sprinter in the world’s richest race on turf. A statement...
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Strath season-opener to cap ‘exciting’ few days
A ‘thank you’ event, the first meeting of the new season… and an Everest runner. It’s a big few days for the Strathalbyn Racing Club, which will host its first meeting of the 2020/21 season tomorrow, with a solid seven-race card. Strathalbyn Trainers Association president David Jolly was among those...
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Big day for Jolly stable - in Victoria and SA
Behemoth laid claims for a last-minute slot in the $15m TAB Everest after his slashing Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes win at Caulfield on Saturday. Jolly and connections remain open to talks with perspective slot holders after he stormed over the top of rivals to record his second successive Group 1...
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Different kind of horsepower drives a good cause
Empathy indirectly steered three generations of the Jolly family to a go-kart grand prix with Eran Boyd and Krystal Bishop earlier this month. Mega Fast Karts donated a session at its Richmond facility to an auction supporting the TRSA Bushfire Appeal Initiative, launched in January to assist bushfire-impacted communities across...
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Snitzkraft upstages rivals to claim Wylie
The Phillip Stokes stable sprung an early spring surprise when Snitzkraft led throughout in the $100,000 TAB W H Wylie Handicap (1100m) at Morphettville. The Stokes stable went into Saturday with three runners but was forced to scratch their number one seed Seemingly Discreet after she injured herself on Friday...
