SA Derby
The SA Derby is a Group 1 race for three-year-olds that takes place annually in early May at Morphettville racecourse in Adelaide, South Australia during the Adelaide autumn racing carnival. The race is run over a distance of 2500 metres under set weight conditions and is worth $600,000 in prize money. The 2020 SA Derby was won by Russian Camelot from Dalasan with Warning third.
One of two group races on the day, the SA Derby is held alongside the Group 2 Sire Produce Stakes for two-year-olds.
SA Derby info
| Date: | Saturday 8th May 2021 |
| Track: | Morphettville racecourse, Adelaide |
| Distance: | 2500 metres |
| Race Type: | 3yo - Set Weights |
| Status: | Group 1 |
| Prize Money: | $600,000 |
| 2020 Winner: | Russian Camelot |
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The SA Derby is the premier staying race for three-year-olds during the autumn racing carnival in Adelaide and the 2500m distance of the race provides a true staying test for those 3yo gallopers engaged. The set weight conditions of the race gives a distinct advantage to the best three-year-old performers in the race.
Competitive three-year-old colts & geldings who contested the Group 3 Chairmans Stakes the previous week at Morphettville will likely tackle this event, while Fillies who contested the Group 1 Australasian Oaks earlier in the carnival may decide to take on the males in this race. Leicester (2018) and Howard Be Thy Name (2016) are the most recent winners of the Chairman's Stakes and SA Derby double.
Kushadasi (2014) finished fourth in the Chairman's Stakes before winning the Derby, while Echoes Of Heaven (2nd in 2011) came third in the Chairmans Stakes before running second in this race.
The SA Derby generally attracts above average three-year-olds and over the years has provided a Caulfield Cup winner & placegetter with Mummify (2003) winning the 2003 Caulfield Cup and then finishing third the following year in 2004.
Count Chivas (1995) and Shivas Revenge (1991) both went on to run second in a Melbourne Cup after winning this race, while Subzero (1992) was good enough to win our most famous race the same year he won the SA Derby. More recently Rebel Raider (2009) scored an upset win in the 2008 AAMI Victoria Derby at Flemington before thrashing his rivals in this race the following autumn.
New Zealand galloper Werther (2nd in 2015) travelled to Brisbane, Queensland, to win the weight-for-age Group 2 PJ O'Shea Stakes at Doomben after finishing second in the SA Derby.
Qafila (2019) ran fourth in the Australiasian Oaks over 2500m at Morphettville before leading her male rivals a merry dance in this event for the David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig stable at Euroa.
Recent SA Derby winners include Leicester (2018) and Volatile Mix (2017).
2020 SA Derby result
1. $2.90 Russian Camelot 56.5 John Allen
2. $3.80 Dalasan 56.5 Jason Holder
3. $4.40 Warning 56.5 Damien Thornton
then followed
4. $13.00 Zayydani 54.5 Dom Tourneur
5. $10.00 Moonlight Maid 54.5 Jake Toeroek
6. $19.00 Themoonlitegambler 56.5 Dean Holland
7. $26.00 Saint Eustace 56.5 Zac Spain
8. $151.00 Rock Steady 56.5 Dylan Caboche
9. $201.00 Exalted Ambition 56.5 Ryan Hurdle
10. $151.00 St Arnicca 56.5 Caitlin Jones
11. $201.00 Sowpods 56.5 Shayne Cahill
12. $51.00 Rising Archie 56.5 Ethan Brown
Margins: 1.9 len, 0.9 len
Time: 2:42.04
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SA Derby winners & placegetters
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Time |
| 2020 | Russian Camelot | Dalasan | Warning | 2:42.0 |
| 2019 | Qafila | Savvy Oak | Mr Quickie | 2:39.0 |
| 2018 | Leicester | Rezealient | Runaway | 2:38.9 |
| 2017 | Volatile Mix | Ruthven | Odeon | 2:37.0 |
| 2016 | Howard Be Thy Name | Etymology | Cool Chap | 2:40.0 |
| 2015 | Delicacy | Werther | Allergic | 2:37.9 |
| 2014 | Kushadasi | Scratchy Bottom | Best Case | 2:41.9 |
| 2013 | Escado | Hioctdane | Shoreham | 2:39.0 |
| 2012 | Zabeelionaire | Sabrage | Westsouthwest | 2:42.1 |
| 2011 | Shadows In The Sun | Echoes Of Heaven | Lalla Rookh | 2:39.8 |
| 2010 | Kidnapped | Red Colossus | Sea Galleon | 2:37.2 |
| 2009 | Rebel Raider | Astro Gains | Fitoussi | 2:40.3 |
| 2008 | Zarita | Zagreb | Neugine | 2:39.5 |
| 2007 | Lazer Sharp | Classic De Lago | Red Lord | 2:37.8 |
| 2006 | Testafiable | Empire Gold | Irazu | 2:43.3 |
| 2005 | Tails Of Triomphe | Douro Valley | Kamsky | 2:37.7 |
| 2004 | Hard To Get | On A Jeune | Better Jetsetter | 2:37.1 |
| 2003 | Mummify | Vicksburgh | Lord Wooburn | 2:38.7 |
| 2002 | Pantani | Silver Baron | Lester Thunderwing | 2:37.8 |
| 2001 | Big Pat | Bush Padre | Adolescence | 2:36.2 |
| 2000 | Blue Murder | Mr Nelson | Voile D'Or | 2:38.4 |
| 1999 | Showella | Seasquill | Our Position | 2:36.7 |
| 1998 | Bulta | Prince Standaan | The Hind | 2:39.2 |
| 1997 | Markham | Kings Landing | Derobe | 2:39.8 |
| 1996 | Cheviot | Hurricane Storm | Pay Back Time | 2:36.8 |
| 1995 | Count Chivas | Storm | Scrupulous | 2:38.6 |
| 1994 | Bullwinkle | Battle Hawk | Paxmat Will | 2:31.9 |
| 1993 | Our Pompeii | Sentaway | McBrave | 2:32.8 |
| 1992 | Subzero | Dark Ksar | Tolomeran | 2:35.1 |
| 1991 | Shivas Revenge | All Mine | Brave Expectations | 2:33.4 |
| 1990 | Diego | Double Gin | Red Chase | 2:29.4 |
| 1989 | Sea Brigand | The Phantom | Bar Landy | 2:33.3 |
| 1988 | Celtic Spirit | Kaapstad | Apollo Run | 2:30.0 |
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