August 2024
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Lincoln Moore's Bordertown Best Bets
BEST BET FINE FUTURE Race 2, No 3 Japanese import who had three runs in Victoria for Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young. He was a $4.40 chance when 3rd Terang on debut in February, beaten 2.56 lengths in 3rd at second start at Benalla before going to Wangaratta when he...
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Star jockey Lyle Hewitson set to ride in Adelaide
Star international jockey Lyle Hewitson will ride in Adelaide on August 24. Hewitson has been booked to ride Nicolini Vito for the Ben, Will and JD Hayes stable in the Listed Leon MacDonald Stakes (1400m). A seven-time Group 1 winner, the South African jockey has ridden more than 1000 winners,...
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Kuroyanagi steps out as favourite in the Group 3 Quezette Stakes
South Australian filly Kuroyanagi finds herself the $2.80 favourite for the $200,000 Group 3 Quezette Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday after the scratching of pre-post fancy Arabian Summer. The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained Arabian Summer was withdrawn on Thursday after the stable reported she was suffering with abscesses in...
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Morphettville Parks Track Report & Speed Map
Track Rating: Heavy 8 Grass Coverage: Good, with winter rye emerging from kikuyu. Water: Irrigation last 24 hours – nil, Irrigation last 7 days – nil Rainfall last 24 hours – 20mm, Rainfall last 7 days – 24.5mm Rail position and why: Out 3 metres for the circumference to avoid...
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2024 Sportsbet Finals Day Lead Ups Revealed
Racing SA has today released the important lead up races to their Spring feature race meeting, Sportsbet Finals Day, to be run at Morphettville on Saturday 23rd November, 2024. With a total of nine finals on the day, six at prizemoney of $105,000, almost $1 million prizemoney is up for...
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Lincoln Moore's Morphettville Parks Punt Preview (17/8)
BEST BET AVIATRESS (Race 8) EACH-WAY IPHIMEDIA (Race 9) VALUE SILENT DON (Race 7) RACE 1 - 12:07PM Quayclean Handicap (1000 METRES) MESROUR was a good winner at Murray Bridge two starts back beating Snoopy Now and then followed up with a good effort beaten 3.3 lengths behind Lingani in...
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Lingani Preps Towards W H Wylie Handicap
Peter and Belinda Blanch have their eyes on next month’s W H Wylie Handicap (1100m) with progressive mare Lingani. The locally-bred four-year-old returns to the races on Saturday following her brilliant Lightning Stakes win at Morphettville last month where she upstaged Blue Diamond placegetter Kuroyanagi and Aviatress to record her...
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Matthew Barkla to Saddle Up First Runner
Matthew Barkla will saddle up his first runner when Radiant Knight steps out at Murray Bridge on Wednesday. Barkla has had a long career in racing. Limited opportunities and weight halted a career in the saddle, while he’s trained and driven harness racing winners and worked for the likes of...
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Weekend Wrap: See You In Heaven's Targets, Kayla's On Fire
The Group 1 Empire Rose at Flemington in early November is the long term target for classy mare See You In Heaven after her stunning return in Saturday’s $150,000 Group 3 Behemoth Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville. The Richard and Chantelle Jolly-trained mare was chasing a second successive win in the...
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Amendment 2 - 2024/25 Season
Racing SA wishes to advise that, due to additional demand from consultation, the following race has been amended for the Morphettville Parks meeting on Saturday the 24th of August 2024: Race 7 WAS $50,000 Special Condition NMW BM70 1400m NOW $55,000 Benchmark 70 Handicap 1400m In Addition, the following race...
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Lincoln Moore's Murray Bridge Punt Preview (14/8)
BEST BET GILDED AGE (Race 3) EACH-WAY SCAMSTER (Race 4) SPELMAN (Race 8) RACE 1 - 12:10PM Sportsbet Jockey Watch Maiden Plate (900 METRES) IN LOVE was good running 3rd behind All Woke at Morphettville back in March and was beaten 4.2 lengths behind Lincolnshire on the Parks in the...
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Morphettville Track Report & Speed Maps
Track Rating: Soft 6 Grass Coverage: Good Water: Irrigation last 24 hours – nil, Irrigation last 7 days – nil Rainfall last 24 hours – 2.5mm, Rainfall last 7 days – 3.5mm Rail position and why: +4m Entire track; sectional 605m Last time we raced here: Saturday the 27th of...
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Group 3 Behemoth Stakes Preview
Classy mare See You In Heaven will try and put her name among illustrious company when she chases a second successive $150,000 Group 3 Behemoth Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on Saturday. The race formerly named the Spring Stakes has some stars of the turf on it’s honour roll including the...
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Lincoln Moore's Morphettville Punt Preview (10/8)
BEST BET THE GOLDEN FIST (Race 2) GOVERNOR KING (Race 3) VALUE THE ART OF FLYING (Race 7) RACE 1 - 12:02PM Sportsbet Handicap (2019 METRES) TEST THE LAW has a good record and he was a Murray Bridge winner three starts back, then beaten 10.6 lengths behind SHAKESPEARE at...
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Impressive Chicago Storm gears up for spring campaign
Chicago Storm will kick off his spring campaign geared towards some potential Melbourne riches in Saturday’s $150,000 Behemoth Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville. The David Aldridge-trained six-year-old hasn’t raced since a brilliant Adelaide Racing Carnival campaign winning the Listed City of Adelaide Stakes before beating smart mare Second To Nun at...
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Amendment 1 - 2024/25 Racing Season
Racing SA wishes to advise due to a clerical error, the following race has been amended for Morphettville Parks on Saturday the 17th of August. Race 6 WAS $50,000 Special Conditions NMW BM70 1400m NOW $50,000 Special Conditions NMW BM70 1550m
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Shayne & Chelsea Cahill begin their training partnership
Shayne and Chelsea Cahill will saddle up their first runner in official partnership when Royal Telephone steps out in the last race of the day at Gawler on Wednesday. The Cahill’s have been training alongside each other for eight years, the previously dual-licenced Shayne officially handing in his riding permit...
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Lincoln Moore's Gawler Punt Preview (7/8)
BEST BETS REEL WHISKEY (Race 3) EACH-WAY DIVINE FIRE (Race 6) VALUE JEWEL DE LUNE (Race 5) RACE 1 - 12:45PM GBJC Life Members Appreciation Cup Class One Plate (2100 METRES) HOT FLUSH was placed behind Augusta Rock at Port Augusta and then beaten 3.3 lengths behind Nisko Tu at...
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Teagan set to reunite with Hype for the Mackay Cup
Teagan Voorham will combine a Queensland getaway and chase another sunshine state feature this weekend when she reunites with Tasmanian galloper Hype in the $150,000 Mackay Cup (2000m). Voorham was aboard the Aiden Nunn-trained former European when they scored an impressive 1.8 length victory in the Rockhampton Cup on July...
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Prizemoney on the line for Trackwork Rider & Stablehand/Strapper of the Year Awards
For the first time prizemoney is up for grabs for the winner of the Trackwork Rider of the Year award, and the Stablehand/Strapper of the Year award, at Racing SA’s night of nights at the Wolf Blass Event Centre at Morphettville on Saturday, September 7. The winner of these categories...
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Top jockey sidelined with minor injury
Top jockey Todd Pannell will be sidelined for a couple of weeks following an incident in the starting gates at Murray Bridge on Saturday. Pannell suffered a laceration to his knee after colliding with the barriers when the Will Clarken and Niki O’Shea-trained Sixteen Reasons began awkwardly and subsequently missed...
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Weekend Wrap: Kayla starts new racing season off hot, Nunes shows class on debut
Kayla Crowther started the 2024-25 racing season in style with a riding treble at Murray Bridge on Saturday. Crowther, who finished third on the South Australian Jockey Premiership in 2023-24, was on the board early when Quite The Lass scored for Victorian trainers David Brideoke and Matt Jenkins. She made...
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See You In Heaven out to defend Group 3 Behemoth Stakes title
Defending champion See You In Heaven and exciting four-year-old Air Assault headline nominations for Saturday’s $150,000 Group 3 Behemoth Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville. See You In Heaven has raced just three times since she scored a commanding 1.2 length win in last year’s edition. She went on to finish second...
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Murray Bridge Track Report & Speed Maps (3/8)
Track Rating: Soft 5 Grass Coverage: Good Water: Irrigation last 24 hours – nil, Irrigation last 7 days – nil Rainfall last 24 hours – 0mm, Rainfall last 7 days – 6.5mm Rail position and why: +2.5mts entire circuit, 3mts in 1200m chute. Moving rail in 6mts to provide fresh...
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Racing SA Apprentice Academy Welcomes Five New Apprentices
Five new apprentices have been inducted into the Racing SA Apprentice Academy including a former national level boxing champion, and the daughter of well-respected local jockey Justin Potter. 18-year-old Sophie Potter has grown up around the racing industry and is apprenticed to Morphettville and Pakenham based trainer Phillip Stokes. “Oh...
