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Victoria Derby Winner Draws 18 for South Australian Derby

29/04/2025|punters.com.au|Horse Racing Tips
<p>The sole Derby winner, local hope Goldrush Guru will have to overcome one of the outside barriers if he's to be successful in Saturday's $1 million South Australian Derby at Morphettville.</p> <p>The Adelaide feature is Australia's only other Derby run over the 2500m, the distance of the Victoria Derby which was won by Goldrush Guru in November last year.</p> <p>The Andrew Gluyas-trained colt draw barrier 18 for Saturday's set weights assignment.</p> <p>On Tuesday, a field of 16 with three emergencies, was declared for South Australia's blue-ribband which will see three fillies take on the boys.</p> <p>Aside from Goldrush Guru, the field also includes last start winners Statuario, which will be ridden by four-time South Australian Derby-winning jockey John Allen and VRC St Leger winner American Wolf, which will be piloted by last Saturday's dual Group 1-winning jockey Mark Zahra.</p> <p>Port Adelaide Guineas winner Snoopy Now is in the field along with last Saturday's Chairman's Stakes placegetters Lavalier and Dubai Focus while another interesting runner is last start Kiwi Group 3 placegetter, Roctave, from the Stephen Marsh stable.</p> <p>The three fillies in the race are Cavity Bay and Femminile, which both finished behind the placegetters last Saturday in the Group 1 Australasian Oaks, and the dominant last start Echuca winner Chase Your Dreams.</p> <p>The field and barrier draw for the South Australian Derby is:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>No. - Horse - Trainer - Jockey - Barrier - Weight</strong></p> <p>1 - GOLDRUSH GURU - Andrew Gluyas - Jason Holder - 18 - 56.5kg</p> <p>2 - STATUARIO - Emma-Lee &amp; David Browne - John Allen - 3 - 56.5kg</p> <p>3 - CONFETTI GARDEN - Trent Busuttin &amp; Natalie Young - Liam Riordan - 14 - 56.5kg</p> <p>4 - AMERICAN WOLF - Trent Busuttin &amp; Natalie Young - Mark Zahra - 11 - 56.5kg</p> <p>5 - SAINT EMILION - Ciaron Maher - Todd Pannell - 7 - 56.5kg</p> <p>6 - SNOOPY NOW - Darryl Hewitt - TBA - 8 - 56.5kg</p> <p>7 - DUBAI FOCUS - Aaron Bain &amp; Ned Taylor - Ben Melham - 13 - 56.5kg</p> <p>8 - LAVALIER - James Cummings - Jamie Melham - 15 - 56.5kg</p> <p>9 - POLITELY DUN - Danny O'Brien - Daniel Stackhouse - 2 - 56.5kg</p> <p>10 - ROCTAVE - Stephen Marsh - Jordan Childs - 9 - 56.5kg</p> <p>11 - DARKNCONFIDENTIAL - Stuart Gower - Rochelle Milnes (a) - 1 - 56.5kg</p> <p>12 - COMPRESSING - Trent Busuttin &amp; Natalie Young - Daniel Moor - 10 - 56.5kg</p> <p>13 - SCINTILLANTE - Cliff Brown - TBA - 5 - 56.5kg</p> <p>14 - CAVITY BAY - Tony &amp; Calvin McEvoy - Harry Coffey - 17 - 54.5kg</p> <p>15 - FEMMINILE - Phillip Stokes - Lachlan Neindorf - 4 - 54.5kg</p> <p>16 - CHASE YOUR DREAMS - Ben, Will &amp; JD Hayes - Ethan Brown - 19 - 54.5kg</p> <p>17e - CAPTAIN HILFIGER - Peter Gelagotis - TBA - 16 - 56.5kg</p> <p>18e - GLOBAL ECLIPSE - Mick Price &amp; Michael Kent (Jnr) - Ben Melham - 6 - 56.5kg</p> <p>19e - GIN RUMMY - Alexander Justice - Justin Potter - 1 - 56.5kg</p>

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