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February 2020

  • Unbeaten South Aussie aims for black type

    Unbeaten South Australian My Ruby is aiming for three straight in tomorrow’s Listed, $100,000 TAB Cinderella Stakes over 1050m at Morphettville. Trained at Strathalbyn by Wayne Francis and Glen Kent, My Ruby was ultra-impressive over 1100m at Morphettville last start, comfortably accounting for a couple of highly rated fellow two-year-old...

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  • Balaklava’s back on track, baby

    The Balaklava Racing Club’s 2020 Adelaide Plains Cup meeting this Sunday will be a special day – for two reasons. Firstly, the club’s traditional launch meeting for the calendar year will double as an unveiling of the renovated track, which has been out of action since November. Club CEO Doug...

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  • Media Release: Gawler hops aboard Easter racing program

    The Gawler and Barossa Jockey Club – about to unveil its new equine pool – is preparing to fill the Easter Monday void created by the revamped Oakbank carnival. For the first time, the Club will stage SA’s standalone meeting on Easter Monday, April 13, after an overhaul of Oakbank’s...

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  • Home-hero and Vic raider face off in Adelaide Cup lead-up

    Home-ground hero Hasta La War and equally promising Victorian raider Heart of Grace are the standout picks for this weekend’s traditional TAB Adelaide Cup lead-up, the Group 3 Medallion Homes Lord Reims Stakes over 2600m. The $120,000 Morphettville event will shed further light on the Adelaide Cup puzzle, just over...

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  • Local Rules of Racing as of 01/03/2020

    Local Rules of Racing as of 01/03/2020 Download here

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  • Exploring a New Career in Racing

    The best way to invest in our industry is to invest in our future and Thoroughbred Racing SA are proud to support Savannah Rivett on her journey into our industry. Ms Rivett has been awarded a scholarship for the Explorer Cadetship Program where TRSA will take care of all her...

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  • In-form runners galore to face KI Cup champion

    A number of last-start winners and in-form runners will tackle tomorrow’s $25,000 Dudley Wines Kangaroo Island Cup – plus the 2019 winner. In front of what will be a bumper crowd, top weight Table of Wisdom returns to defend his crown, after taking out last year’s 1880m cup as an...

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  • Bound for Hong Kong with mixed emotions

    Jockey Gary Lo says leaving his friends behind in Adelaide will be the most difficult part of moving back to Hong Kong. Gary’s fledgling career received a potentially lucrative boost last week when he was granted a licence to ride in Hong Kong from March 29, ending his South Australian...

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  • SA’s Black Type double

    SA-trained horses landed a Group 1 and a Listed event either side of the SA/Victoria border on Saturday. Gordon Richards’ stable star Gytrash upstaged his more fancied rivals to emphatically win the 1000m Black Caviar Lightning down the famous Flemington straight. Gytrash raced behind $16 million-earner Redzel, then blew past...

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  • Karl’s empathy with KI ordeal

    After enduring his own family ordeal just months ago, Zimbabwean-born jockey Karl Zechner is keen to return to Kangaroo Island this week to help the locals deal with their recent bushfire disaster. Zechner’s wife and young son were held up at gunpoint along a South African highway around Christmas time,...

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  • Eye on going one better at Lock

    A field of six will face the starter for Sunday’s 2020 Ramsey Bros/Case IH 1900m Lock Cup, including veteran Eye The World, who is aiming for third time lucky, after filling the second and third placings in the past two cups. The 10-year-old will be ridden by Gary Lo and...

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  • Hasta La War heads Birthday Cup field

    Promising South-East stayer Hasta La War will take the next step on a possible TAB Adelaide Cup campaign in Saturday’s $100,000 Listed Holdfast Insurance Birthday Cup at Morphettville. The lightly raced gelding is shooting for five straight wins in the 2043m feature, a traditional stepping stone to next month’s 3200m...

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  • ISLAND STYLE: GET PACKING FOR THE KI CUP WITH FASHIONS ON THE FIELD GUEST JUDGE ALEX HECKER

    The Sealink Kangaroo Island Racing Carnival kicks off on Thursday, February 20 before Saturday’s $25,000 Dudley Wines Kangaroo Island Cup. Over 3000 visitors will gather trackside at Cygnet River on February 22 with PIMMS, Pirate Life beer and Dudley Wines bars on offer. SA’s favourite weekend getaway will also play...

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  • Amendment 38 - 2019/2020 Racing Season

    TRSA wish to advise that due to track inconsistences in the 1300 metre Chute, race distances require to be changed at the meetings scheduled for Sunday 16th February 2020 and Wednesday 11th March 2020. 16th February Was Race 2, $15,000 Benchmark 62 Handicap                               1300 metres Now Race 2, $15,000 Benchmark...

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  • Naracoorte Cup Preview

    We’re getting to the business end of the Limestone Coast Cup Series with Sunday’s Naracoorte Cup the fifth race of the seven leg series. A field of ten horses are set to line up in Sunday’s Cup with runners from all over South Australia and interstate looking to add some...

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  • Amendment 37 - 2019/2020 Racing Season

    TRSA wish to advise in consultation with the Port Lincoln Trainers Association the following changes have been made to the race meeting at Port Lincoln Sunday 23rd February 2020. Was Race 3, $20,000 Benchmark 58                                                      1960 metres Now Race 3, $20,000 Flying Handicap                                                    1000 metres   Nominations close 12 noon Monday...

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  • Clarken Racing Ownership Opportunity & SA Bushfire Appeal Initiative

    Unique opportunity to race a tried horse and help raise funds for areas and communities impacted by the recent SA bushfires. Clarken Racing is proud to offer a 6-month all inclusive ownership package in 6YO gelding “High Mist” with proceeds from the share purchase and all prize-money earned evenly distributed...

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  • Off The Track: A Young Rider on the Rise, Rachel Hare

    The city of Mount Gambier has a proud thoroughbred racing history and we are now starting to see a growth in equestrian events in the region that are bringing the two sports closer together than ever. The Mount Gambier Junior & Young Rider Carnival is the only show jumping event...

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  • Amendment 35 - 2019/2020 Racing Season

    TRSA wish to advise in consultation with the Mount Gambier Racing Club and the Penola Racing Club the meeting scheduled for Mount Gambier on Wednesday 26th February has been transferred to Penola with the following distance changes. Was Race 1, $20,000 Benchmark 62                                                        2050 metres Now Race 1, $20,000 Benchmark...

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  • Amendment 36 - 2019/2020 Racing Season

    TRSA wish to advise in consultation with the Mount Gambier Racing Club and the Bordertown Racing Club the meeting scheduled for Mt Gambier on Wednesday 11th March 2020 has been transferred to Bordertown with the following distance changes. Race 1, $20,000 Benchmark 62 1550 metres                     no change Was Race 2,...

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  • Amendment 34 - 2019 2020 Racing Season

    TRSA wish to advise that the trials scheduled for Thursday 27TH February 2020 at Murray Bridge have been transferred to Oakbank. Nominations close 11 am Tuesday 25th February 2020.

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