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The Spring Stakes is a Group 3 event held at Morphettville Racecourse in August as a potential Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival lead-up.
2020 SAJC Spring Stakes Results
- 1st: #2 Behemoth
- 2nd: #1 Dalasan
- 3rd: #3 Kemalpasa
Spring Stakes News
The Spring Stakes (SAJC) is a Group 3 sprinting event held at Adelaide’s Morphettville Racecourse in August each year and is run by the South Australian Jockey Club (SAJC).
Kicking off the minor Spring Racing Carnival in Adelaide, the Spring Stakes is an exciting weight-for-age sprint raced over 1200m for a total purse of $120,000.
For months after the Spring Stakes attracts a quality line-up of mainly local hopefuls mixed with interstate visitors looking for an early Black-Type to kick off their spring campaigns in. While increasingly the interstate horses make the trek, it is the local sprinters who really step up to the plate and boast a commanding record in the Spring Stakes results.
Recently the form out of the Morphettville Spring Stakes held up in Melbourne when local hope Dollar For Dollar (2018) went on to to run second in the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m). The 2018 Spring Stakes winner Dollar For Dollar also placed third in the following year’s Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m) in Brisbane.
In 2019 the Spring Stakes winner Dalasan traveled to Melbourne next start and won the Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1200m) at Flemington. He also went on to run second in the following year’s Group 1 SA Derby in 2020. Further franking the form out of the Spring Stakes results in 2019 was the runner-up Scales Of Justice who won Caulfield’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) next start.
The Spring Stakes 2020 ran on Saturday August 15, 2020 and was won by the David Jolly-trained favourite Behemoth ($2.50).
| Spring Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday August 15, 2020 |
| Track: | Morphettville |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Race Type: | WFA |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $120,000 |
2020 Spring Stakes Results
- 1st: #2 Behemoth
- 2nd: #1 Dalasan
- 3rd: #3 Kemalpasa
The punters had it right in the 2020 Spring Stakes results with David Jolly’s The Goodwood fourth placegetter Behemoth ($2.50) saluting as the favourite with a nearly two length win over last year’s champion Dalasan ($3.50).
| Colour | Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price |
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1 | 2 | BEHEMOTH | David Jolly | Todd Pannell | 4 | 58.5kg | $2.50F | ||
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2 | 1 | DALASAN | Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas | Jason Holder | 1.8L | 11 | 58.5kg | $3.50 | |
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3 | 3 | KEMALPASA | Richard & Chantelle Jolly | Jake Toeroek | 3.3L | 3 | 58.5kg | $12 | |
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4 | 6 | FOX HALL | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | Barend Vorster | 3.5L | 7 | 58.5kg | $31 | |
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5 | 11 | RAINMOTH | Richard & Chantelle Jolly | Caitlin Jones (a) | 4L | 5 | 56.5kg | $26 | |
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6 | 8 | BALF’S CHOICE | Ryan Balfour | Dom Tourneur | 5.9L | 10 | 58.5kg | $101 | |
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7 | 7 | CROWN FONTEIN | John Hickmott | Sairyn Fawke | 6.1L | 2 | 58.5kg | $61 | |
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8 | 12 | EXTRA TIME | Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas | Ms Jessica Eaton (a) | 6.4L | 8 | 51.5kg | $6 | |
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9 | 9 | MASTER CHUM | Rob Wilkinson | Ms Eran Boyd | 7.7L | 6 | 58.5kg | $71 | |
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10 | 4 | MORE THAN EXCEED (NZ) | Phillip Stokes | Ms Kayla Crowther | 8.5L | 1 | 58.5kg | $9 | |
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11 | 5 | MORVADA | Peter Jolly | Shayne Cahill | 12L | 9 | 58.5kg | $51 | |
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10 | ARKHAM KNIGHT | John Macmillan | Paul Gatt | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2020 Spring Stakes Odds
The season’s leading Spring Stakes 2020 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race.
Behemoth ($2.50 in 2020) was the last favourite in Spring Stakes betting to salute for the punters.
2020 Spring Stakes Field
The official Spring Stakes 2020 Field & Barriers will be published below once final acceptances are taken on the Wednesday of race week.
Defending champion and last start SA Derby runner-up Dalasan leads a talented 12-horse 2020 Spring Stakes field in Adelaide on Saturday, the gun galloper drawn the far outside for his first-up run of the spring.
Click here to read about the favourites in 2020 Spring Stakes betting in Adelaide this weekend.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1x3555112x | DALASAN | Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas | Jason Holder | 12 | 58.5kg | 103 | |
| 2 | x24184x24x | BEHEMOTH | David Jolly | Todd Pannell | 5 | 58.5kg | 103 | |
| 3 | 31111x4x8x | KEMALPASA | Richard & Chantelle Jolly | Jake Toeroek | 4 | 58.5kg | 99 | |
| 4 | 92×4015721 | MORE THAN EXCEED (NZ) | Phillip Stokes | Ms Kayla Crowther | 1 | 58.5kg | 94 | |
| 5 | 441121208x | MORVADA | Peter Jolly | Shayne Cahill | 10 | 58.5kg | 92 | |
| 6 | x10200x57x | FOX HALL | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | Barend Vorster | 8 | 58.5kg | 87 | |
| 7 | 146x0x4083 | CROWN FONTEIN | John Hickmott | Sairyn Fawke | 2 | 58.5kg | 86 | |
| 8 | 915203808x | BALF’S CHOICE | Ryan Balfour | Dom Tourneur | 11 | 58.5kg | 85 | |
| 9 | x34211120x | MASTER CHUM | Rob Wilkinson | Ms Eran Boyd | 7 | 58.5kg | 81 | |
| 10 | 0497013742 | ARKHAM KNIGHT | John Macmillan | Paul Gatt | 3 | 58.5kg | 80 | |
| 11 | 1110x612x2 | RAINMOTH | Richard & Chantelle Jolly | Caitlin Jones (a) | 6 | 56.5kg | 76 | |
| 12 | 2x271x | EXTRA TIME | Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas | Ms Jessica Eaton (a) | 9 | 51.5kg | 72 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2020 Spring Stakes Nominations
Early SAJC Spring Stakes 2020 nominations close the Monday of race week with the full entries to be published below.
The 2020 Spring Stakes nominations drew 14 hopefuls including the defending champion Dalasan whose last start produced a Group 1 SA Derby second, and Golden Eagle and The Goodwood fourth placegetter Behemoth.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0497013742 | ARKHAM KNIGHT | G | 7 | John Macmillan | 80 |
| 2 | 915203808x | BALF’S CHOICE | G | 8 | Ryan Balfour | 85 |
| 3 | 2252144235 | BEEOKAY | G | 6 | Grant Young | 64 |
| 4 | x24184x24x | BEHEMOTH | G | 5 | David Jolly | 103 |
| 5 | 146x0x4083 | CROWN FONTEIN | G | 6 | John Hickmott | 86 |
| 6 | 1x3555112x | DALASAN | H | 4 | Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas | 103 |
| 7 | 2x271x | EXTRA TIME | G | 3 | Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas | 72 |
| 8 | x10200x57x | FOX HALL | G | 7 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | 87 |
| 9 | 31111x4x8x | KEMALPASA | G | 5 | Richard & Chantelle Jolly | 99 |
| 10 | x34211120x | MASTER CHUM | G | 6 | Rob Wilkinson | 81 |
| 11 | 92×4015721 | MORE THAN EXCEED (NZ) | G | 5 | Phillip Stokes | 94 |
| 12 | 441121208x | MORVADA | G | 7 | Peter Jolly | 92 |
| 13 | 1110x612x2 | RAINMOTH | M | 6 | Richard & Chantelle Jolly | 76 |
| 14 | 4504263564 | STAR OF MONSOON | G | 7 | Grant Young | 66 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Spring Stakes History
Redelva won the inaugural edition of the Spring Stakes in 1988, and then went on to win the race for the next two years. Redelva remains the only horse to seize three straight victories in the Spring Stakes. This compares to Hero Wind, who has also won three Spring Stakes, but not consecutively (1994, 1995, 1997).
There is a Group 3 race held in Newcastle that shares its name with the Morphettville Spring Stakes, although that is a mile event for three year olds run under set weight conditions.
Punters use Spring Stakes results for form guidance during the remainder of the spring in Adelaide. Because major racing tapers off, those quality sprinters who will be staying home for the season tend to seek nomination in the Spring Stakes.
Notable Spring Stakes winners include Black Rouge (1992), Super Elegant (2005), Rebel Raider (2010), Happy Trails (2012), Dollar For Dollar (2018) and Dalasan (2019).
Spring Stakes results since 2000 are listed below.
Spring Stakes Results
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Spring Stakes |
1st | Behemoth | 1 minute 10.80 seconds |
| 2nd | Dalasan | ||
| 3rd | Kemalpasa | ||
| 2019 Spring Stakes |
1st | Dalasan | 1 minute 10.43 seconds |
| 2nd | Scales Of Justice | ||
| 3rd | Waging War | ||
| 2018 Spring Stakes |
1st | Dollar For Dollar | 1 minute 12.02 seconds |
| 2nd | Hard Empire | ||
| 3rd | Inn Keeper | ||
| 2017 Spring Stakes |
1st | Mio Dio | 1 minute 13.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Lord Aspen | ||
| 3rd | Casino Wizard | ||
| 2016 Spring Stakes |
1st | Beirut | 1 minute 13.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Riziz | ||
| 3rd | Rocket Commander | ||
| 2015 Spring Stakes |
1st | Red Eclipse | 1 minute 12.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Whitlam | ||
| 3rd | Richie’s Vibe | ||
| 2014 Spring Stakes |
1st | Riziz | 1 minute 13.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Light It Up | ||
| 3rd | Karacatis | ||
| 2013 Spring Stakes |
1st | Just Discreet | 1 minute 12.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Meliora | ||
| 3rd | Golden Penny | ||
| 2012 Spring Stakes |
1st | Happy Trails | 1 minute 11.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Gossip Girl | ||
| 3rd | Southern Speed | ||
| 2011 Spring Stakes |
1st | Uxorious | 1 minute 13.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Periduki | ||
| 3rd | Valentine Miss | ||
| 2010 Spring Stakes |
1st | Rebel Raider | 1 minute 15.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Xaieta | ||
| 3rd | Likable Will | ||
| 2009 Spring Stakes |
1st | Midnight Mustang | 1 minute 09.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Magical Pearl | ||
| 3rd | Cerberus Gal | ||
| 2008 Spring Stakes |
1st | El Maze | 1 minute 13.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Sensational Toy | ||
| 3rd | Niconero | ||
| 2007 Spring Stakes |
1st | Zupaone | 1 minute 11.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Amyjaye Power | ||
| 3rd | El Maze | ||
| 2006 Spring Stakes |
1st | Royal Ida | 1 minute 09.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Shablec | ||
| 3rd | Bruges | ||
| 2005 Spring Stakes |
1st | Super Elegant | 1 minute 09.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Fly For Me | ||
| 3rd | Squillani | ||
| 2004 Spring Stakes |
1st | Sky CUddle | 1 minute 11.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Squillani | ||
| 3rd | Zip Zip Aray | ||
| 2003 Spring Stakes |
1st | Squillani | 1 minute 11.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Nadema | ||
| 3rd | Lawsons Storm | ||
| 2002 Spring Stakes |
1st | Strategic Image | 1 minute 11.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Romilada | ||
| 3rd | Star Hit | ||
| 2001 Spring Stakes |
1st | Flavour | 1 minute 16.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Spice Doll | ||
| 3rd | Star Hit | ||
| 2000 Spring Stakes |
1st | Spice Doll | 1 minute 15.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Hand Pass | ||
| 3rd | Euclase Pat | ||
