The South Australian Derby is a South Australian Jockey Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, at set weights, run over a distance of 2,500 metres at Morphettville Racecourse in Adelaide, Australia during the SAJC Autumn Carnival.
[1] The inaugural running of the race was on 5 January 1860 at Thebarton Racecourse which is located today in Mile End.
Fisher's, four-year-old mare Midnight who carried 8 stone 10 pounds and ridden by jockey Simpson in a time of 2:54.
[2] By 1862 the race was simply known as The Derby[3] and in 1866 the Summer meet was held before Christmas Day.
prevail and the son of Wallace would also win a VRC Derby, Toorak Handicap and The All Aged Stakes.