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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
	1	2	BEHEMOTH	David Jolly	Todd Pannell		4	58.5kg		$2.50F
	2	1	DALASAN	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Jason Holder	1.8L	11	58.5kg		$3.50
	3	3	KEMALPASA	Richard & Chantelle Jolly	Jake Toeroek	3.3L	3	58.5kg		$12
	4	6	FOX HALL	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Barend Vorster	3.5L	7	58.5kg		$31
	5	11	RAINMOTH	Richard & Chantelle Jolly	Caitlin Jones (a)	4L	5	56.5kg		$26
	6	8	BALF’S CHOICE	Ryan Balfour	Dom Tourneur	5.9L	10	58.5kg		$101
	7	7	CROWN FONTEIN	John Hickmott	Sairyn Fawke	6.1L	2	58.5kg		$61
	8	12	EXTRA TIME	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Ms Jessica Eaton (a)	6.4L	8	51.5kg		$6
	9	9	MASTER CHUM	Rob Wilkinson	Ms Eran Boyd	7.7L	6	58.5kg		$71
	10	4	MORE THAN EXCEED (NZ)	Phillip Stokes	Ms Kayla Crowther	8.5L	1	58.5kg		$9
	11	5	MORVADA	Peter Jolly	Shayne Cahill	12L	9	58.5kg		$51
		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