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Due to the forecast weather leading up to the twilight meeting at Morphettville Parks tomorrow, a decision has been made to water the track on race day. 4mm of irrigation will be applied, from 9am, in an attempt to have the track rated as a Good 4 for the commencement of racing.
Rider suspension - Port Lincoln 8/11/17 - Race 2 SHE'S RENELDASGIRL - Dylan Caboche was suspended under rule AR175(q) (misconduct) for striking his mount prior to loading. Suspended from midnight 17/11/17 to 1/12/17.
Morphettville 27/03/21 - Please note Jessica Eaton has completed her apprenticeship and will be riding as a senior jockey from this meeting. (Some publications still have her listed as an apprentice)
Race meeting postponed: Morphettville 12/11/22 due to consistent lightning in the area and ongoing storm activity. Racing SA will consider its options to reschedule this meeting. Further information to follow.
Industry Notification - TRSA advises that owing to the recent Covid-19 cases being reported in SA, the full set of restrictions regarding attendance by non essential racing personnel at Track Work, Jump-Outs and Barrier Trials have been re-introduced with immediate effect.
Murray Bridge 16/11/17 - Stewards have inspected the track at 6.45am and have rated it a Heavy 8. The rail will be out 4m from the 1000m to 850m to avoid a section of the track in the vicinity of the 900m.
Meeting postponed - Morphettville 24/7/21 - Races 5 to 9 have been postponed - due to visibility issues & the deteriorating state of the track & the prevailing weather conditions @ 2.20pm.
Racing SA Stewards advise that Victorian based riders D Holland, app M Julius, app L German and also app J Opperman will not ride at Morphettville tomorrow, due to border restrictions imposed overnight. Senior replacements are being sought this morning.
Rider Notification - Due to State Government Travel Restrictions the following riders will not be able to ride at Morphettville tomorrow 6/2/21:
Patrick Moloney
Lachlan Neindorf
Campbell Rawiller
Replacements to follow.
Racing SA Stewards wish to advise trainers that the arrival time for all horses entered to race this Saturday, 1 January 2022 at Murray Bridge has been reduced to no later than 1 hour prior to start time. This allowance is in place for this meeting only.
Following a track inspection of Strathalbyn at 6:30 am, Stewards have deemed,whilst the majority of the track is a Heavy 10, there is an unsafe section of track with surface water, for some distance after the winning post. The meeting is postponed @ 7:15am with update to follow.
Stewards wish to advise that due to the forecast weather for Morphettville on Saturday 27/1/18 all horses will only be required on course 1 hour prior to the scheduled start time of their respective races.
Rider Suspension – Kingscote Kangaroo Island -19/02/ 22 – Race 6, KI Cup– J Huxtable (SPLASH SOME CASH)
– AR131(c) Pleaded guilty to celebratory gesture prior to the winning post resulting in him falling off past the WP – 3 week susp. effective immediately, to resume 13/3/22.
Naracoorte 19/08/18 - TRSA advise that this meeting has been abandoned due to current state of the track, forecast rain & to assist with programming for races in the SE. Stewards will continue to monitor the conditions in relation to conducting a meeting at Naracoorte on 26/8/18.
Track Update - Oakbank 11/01/22 - The track was inspected at 11am today and rated it a Soft 5. Further irrigation will be applied this afternoon in an attempt to maintain the current rating.
Please Note: due to the forecast weather on Wednesday 20/11, the Balaklava race meeting will now be run on Thursday 21/11. Acceptances will close at 9am Tuesday 19/11
Morphettville Jumpouts scheduled for Thursday 21/11 will now be run on Tuesday 19/11
Track update - Morphettville Parks 17/11/18 - after a track inspection at 4pm stewards rate the Morphettville Parks track a Good 4. Club has advised stewards that the track will have further irrigation overnight.
Racing SA Stewards wish to advise trainers that the arrival time for all horses entered to race this Saturday, 24 July at Morphettville has been reduced to no later than 1 hour prior to race start time. This allowance is in place for this meeting ONLY.
Balaklava Trials scheduled for tomorrow 18/6/2021 have been cancelled due to the current condition of the track combined with the forecast weather. Racing SA will consider alternative options.
Morphettville Saturday 30/1/21 new race times - Racing SA advises that due to the abandonment of the race meeting at Kyneton, races 1 to 8 have been rescheduled to start 1 minute later than originally advertised. Race 9 will start as originally advertised.
Race delay - Morphettville 24/7/21 - Race 2 will be delayed due to the current weather condition - Race 2 is now rescheduled for 12.57pm.
All races back 1 race - Race 9 now @ 5.07pm
Racing SA Stewards advise that Jacob Opperman, who is currently in Victoria and has engagements at Geelong tomorrow, will not ride at Morphettville on Saturday, due to travel restrictions. Replacements are currently being sought.
Co-trainer Mr L Macdonald today reported to the Stewards that So You Can, engaged in Race 6 at Morphettville Parks tomorrow, has undergone a tie-back operation since its last start. The gelding will be inspected by the Racing SA veterinary surgeon after it arrives on course.
Morphettville Parks 7/11/20 - The remainder of today's meeting has been postponed until Monday 9/11/20. New times will be advised and all scratching's will be reinstated.
Paul Gatt is not riding at Murray Bridge races today, due to a knee injury sustained in a fall after the post at Morphettville yesterday.
Replacements are being sought and will be notified later in the morning.
Track update Balaklava Wednesday 28/07/21 - Stewards walked the track at 11am and rated it a Soft 7. Current conditions sunny and windy. Expected rain later in the day.
(1/2) - Racing SA advises that following a track inspection this afternoon (10/6/2021) at Strathalbyn by Stewards and two senior riders, the track was considered to be unsafe for racing owing to the track being rain affected and consequently,
Meeting postponed - Murray Bridge 13/1/24 - The remainder of the meeting @ Murray Bridge has been postponed - due to power outage. Racing SA will give consideration to rescheduling the final three races to a date to be fixed.
Gawler 28/12/18 - Due to the forecast temperature tomorrow all races now have later start times. New Times R1 4.50pm, R2 5.30pm, R3 6.10pm, R4 6.40pm, R5 7.10pm, R6 7.40pm, R7 8.10pm
Track update - Morphettville Parks 17/07/21: Stewards inspected the track at 3:00pm and downgraded the track from a Soft 6 to a Soft 7 due to continuing rain.
Appeal Decision - Penalty reduced by Racing Appeals Tribunal following an appeal today. Penalty commenced midnight 12/5/21 and will now expire midnight 23/6/21 (6 Weeks)
Rider Suspension - Murray Bridge 5/5/21 - Race 4 - S Metcalfe (EXALTED MAXINE) - AR131(b) Failed to ride mount out approaching the end of race - to commence at midnight 12/5/21 to expire at midnight 12/7/21 (2 Months).
Track Update - Gawler 4/8/21 - The track re-inspected at 3:30pm today and rated a Heavy 10. The number of sections more adversely affected by overnight rain have improved. The track will be re-inspected at 6am tomorrow morning.
Track Update - Strathalbyn 30/01/22 - The track was inspected at 11am today and rated it a Good 4. Further irrigation will be applied this afternoon in an attempt to maintain the current rating.
Track Update - Morphettville 26/12/20 - Please note approximately 1mls of irrigation is currently being applied to the track in an attempt to maintain a Good 4 rating for the full day of racing.
Stewards wish to advise that from Saturday 26/9/20 the arrival time for horses at Metropolitan meetings will revert back to no later than 2 hours prior to race time for all runners except for those runners engaged in the first race who are required 1 ½ hours prior to race time.
Track Update - Morphettville Parks 03/10/2020 - Stewards inspected the track at 2pm today and rated it a Good 4.
The club will apply approximately 3 - 4mls of irrigation this evening.
Track Update - Morphettville Parks 5/2/22 - The club have advised that they will apply approximately 1-2mm of irrigation between 9.30am and 11.30am in an attempt to maintain a Good 4 rating for racing.
Track inspection - Gawler 12/12/19 - Stewards inspected the Gawler track at 11.00am today and is currently rated a good 4 with 10ml of irrigation planned by the club tonight.