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The $1 million South Australian Derby is a Group 1 staying showdown for three-year-olds run at Morphettville in May each season.
The South Australian Derby is one of the four Group 1 races held as part of the Adelaide Autumn Racing Carnival. It is a 2500 metre staying event that takes place at Morphettville Racecourse in May each year one week before the Group 1 The Goodwood (1200m).
The SA Derby is for three-year-olds at set weights and offers a prize purse of $1 million as of 2024.
Entries in the race may have previously contested the Group 3 SA Chairman’s Stakes (2000m) at the track a fortnight earlier. The SA Chairman’s Stakes – SA Derby double was recently been completed by Howard Be Thy Name (2016), the fellow Darren Weir-trained Leicester (2018) and Jungle Magnate (2022).
Three-year-old fillies may come via the Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) on Robert Sangster Stakes Day. Delicacy (2015) was the last filly to complete the SA Oaks – Derby double. More recently, Qafila (2019) improved on a lead-up fourth in the Schweppes Oaks to beat home the boys in the SA Derby next start.
As the leading three-year-olds race at Adelaide, the South Australian Derby field attracts high quality runners. One of the best winners was Mummify in 2003, who continued on to claim victory in that year’s Caulfield Cup in Melbourne and placed third in the Caulfield Cup the following year as well.
The staying distance and high status of the South Australian Derby means that some of the season’s finest horses compete in the race, which is why it is always a good race to watch as an indication for other important races held at the end of the year. For example, South Australian Derby winners Count Chivas (1995) and Shivas Revenge (1991) both continued on to place second in the Melbourne Cup, and the mighty Subzero won the SA Derby / Melbourne Cup double in 1992.
In 2020 Russian Camelot won the SA Derby as the punters’ pick and went on to run top three in his next four Group 1 runs in Melbourne over the spring including winning the Underwood Stakes.
The favourites were in form again in the 2021 SA Derby results with the ATC Derby winner Explosive Jack completing the interstate Derby double.
The 2024 South Australian Derby runs on Saturday May 4, 2024 at Morphettville Racecourse offering $1 million in prize money.
SA Derby 2024 | |
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Date: | Saturday May 4, 2024 |
Track: | Morphettville Racecourse |
Distance: | 2500m |
Race Type: | 3YOs – Set Weights |
Status: | Group 1 |
Prize Money: | $1,000,000 |
The top SA Derby 2024 betting odds on the season’s staying three-year-olds will be available right here once betting on the lucrative Group 1 Adelaide race opens at Ladbrokes.com.au.
Russian Camelot ($2.90 in 2020) followed by Explosive Jack ($4 in 2021) are the latest favourites in South Australian Derby betting to salute for the punters.
Stay tuned for our insider South Australian Derby 2024 Tips on the Adelaide Group 1 staying showdown this May.
The SA Derby field attracts a smart line-up of mainly local three-year-old staying types with plenty of fillies backing-up off the Australasian Oaks to take on the colts and geldings at the same track over 500m further.
The official South Australian 2024 Derby field is set for release on the Tuesday leading up to SA Derby Day and will be published in full below.
Early South Australian Derby nominations for 2024 close on Friday the 26th of April, 2024 and will be updated in full below once announced.
The South Australian Derby was first run in 1860 when Midnight won.
It began as a principal race run over 12 furlongs. Not long after its inception the event was not held for a period between 1869 and 1875.
It recommenced in 1876 under the same status and distance. The race did not run again from 1885 to 1889 and in the years 1942 and 1943 due to the war.
The distance of the Derby was converted to 2500m in 1973 before decreasing to 2400m in length in 1978. This was one year before it reached Group 1 status in 1979.
For one year in 1980 the event was raced over a distance of 2600m before dropping back to 2500m the following year in 1981.
There was no South Australian Derby held in 1983 and a few years later in 1986 the distance reverted back to 2400m. In 2001 the event was again run over 2500m and has since remained the same.
Trainer Darren Weir made SA Derby history in 2018 when Leicester became his third straight winner on the trot, seeing the horseman emulate the great Bart Cummings from 40 years earlier.
Jockey John Allen enjoyed his third South Australian Derby winning ride in 2020 aboard the favourite Russian Camelot who went on enjoy a hugely successful spring in Melbourne including his Cox Plate third to Sir Dragonet. The jockey returned and posted a fourth victory aboard the favourite Explosive Jack – winner of that year’s ATC Derby in Sydney – in 2021.
In 2023 Patrick Payne trained his first Group 1 winner with Dunkel in the SA Derby, a race the horseman won as a jockey back in 1994 aboard the Mick Price-trained Bullwinkle. The South Australian Derby 2023 results also saw jockey Billy Egan enjoy his maiden Group 1 victory.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2024 South Australian Derby |
1st | TBD | TBD |
2nd | TBD | ||
3rd | TBD | ||
2023 South Australian Derby |
1st | Dunkel | 2 minutes 40.43 seconds |
2nd | Promises Kept | ||
3rd | Aberfeldie Boy | ||
2022 South Australian Derby |
1st | Jungle Magnate | 2 minutes 37.31 seconds |
2nd | Yaphet | ||
3rd | Detonator Jack | ||
2021 South Australian Derby |
1st | Explosive Jack | 2 minutes 38.99 seconds |
2nd | Let’s Karaka Deel | ||
3rd | Nobel Heights | ||
2020 South Australian Derby |
1st | Russian Camelot | 2 minutes 42.02 seconds |
2nd | Dalasan | ||
3rd | Warning | ||
2019 South Australian Derby |
1st | Qafila | 2 minutes 39.06 seconds |
2nd | Savvy Oak | ||
3rd | Mr Quickie | ||
2018 South Australian Derby |
1st | Leicester | 2 minutes 38.95 seconds |
2nd | Rezealient | ||
3rd | Runaway | ||
2017 South Australian Derby |
1st | Volatile Mix | 2 minutes 37.09 seconds |
2nd | Ruthven | ||
3rd | Odeon | ||
2016 South Australian Derby |
1st | Howard Be Thy Name | 2 minutes 40.08 seconds |
2nd | Etymology | ||
3rd | Cool Chap | ||
2015 South Australian Derby |
1st | Delicacy | 2 minutes 37.91 seconds |
2nd | Werther | ||
3rd | Allergic | ||
2014 South Australian Derby |
1st | Kushadasi | 2 minutes 41.98 seconds |
2nd | Scratchy Bottom | ||
3rd | Best Case | ||
2013 South Australian Derby |
1st | Escado | 2 minutes 39.05 seconds |
2nd | Hioctdane | ||
3rd | Shoreham | ||
2012 South Australian Derby |
1st | Zabeelionaire | 2 minutes 42.1 seconds |
2nd | Sabrage | ||
3rd | Westsouthwest | ||
2011 South Australian Derby |
1st | Shadows In The Sun | 2 minutes 39.8 seconds |
2nd | Echoes Of Heaven | ||
3rd | Lalla Rookh | ||
2010 South Australian Derby |
1st | Kidnapped | 2 minutes 37.21 seconds |
2nd | Red Colossus | ||
3rd | Sea Galleon | ||
2009 South Australian Derby |
1st | Rebel Raider | 2 minutes 40.39 seconds |
2nd | Astro Gains | ||
3rd | Fitoussi | ||
2008 South Australian Derby |
1st | Zarita | 2 minutes 39.5 seconds |
2nd | Zagreb | ||
3rd | Neugine | ||
2007 South Australian Derby |
1st | Lazer Sharp | 2 minutes 37.8 seconds |
2nd | Classic De Lago | ||
3rd | Red Lord | ||
2006 South Australian Derby |
1st | Testafiable | 2 minutes 43.3 seconds |
2nd | Empire Gold | ||
3rd | Irazu | ||
2005 South Australian Derby |
1st | Tails Of Triomphe | 2 minutes 37.1 seconds |
2nd | Douro Valley | ||
3rd | Kamsky | ||
2004 South Australian Derby |
1st | Hard To Get | 2 minutes 37.1 seconds |
2nd | On A Jeune | ||
3rd | Better Jetsetter | ||
2003 South Australian Derby |
1st | Mummify | 2 minutes 38.7 seconds |
2nd | Vicksburgh | ||
3rd | Lord Wooburn | ||
2002 South Australian Derby |
1st | Pantani | 2 minutes 37.8 seconds |
2nd | Silver Baron | ||
3rd | Lester Thuderwing | ||
2001 South Australian Derby |
1st | Big Pat | 2 minutes 36.2 seconds |
2nd | Bush Padre | ||
3rd | Adolescence | ||
2000 South Australian Derby |
1st | Blue Murder | 2 minutes 38.4 seconds |
2nd | Mr Nelson | ||
3rd | Voile D’Or |