South Australian Derby Winners
From the race’s inauguration back in 1860 right through until 2024 we have a complete list of past South Australian Derby winners. View every previous SA Derby champion throughout history.
View additional details of the SA Derby winners from 2000 to the present including South Australian Derby winning jockeys, trainers and times in the below table.
Midnight was the inaugural South Australian Derby winner back in 1860 when the event was known as the Thebarton Derby.
Many South Australian Derby winners have gone on to win Flemington’s iconic Melbourne Cup race in subsequent years including The Assyrian (1880), Gatum Gatum (1961), and the great grey Subzero (1992).
The 2009 South Australian Derby winner Rebel Raider did so following his historic upset in the Victoria Derby at 100/1.
Delicacy who completed the Australasian Oaks – South Australian Derby double in 2015 is one of the more notable fillies to beat home the boys in the South Australian Derby results.
The 2021 South Australian Derby winner Explosive Jack completed a rare Derby treble having also won the Tasmanian Derby and Australian Derby that season.
The 2022 South Australian Derby winner Jungle Magnate backed-up from a victory in the Group 3 SA Chairman’s Stakes at the same track.
The South Australian Derby 2023 winner was the Patrick Payne-trained Dunkel ($8) who won the summer’s Tasmanian Derby and handed Payne his first Group 1 success as a trainer, while jockey Billy Egan also celebrated Group 1 win number one with the SA Derby 2023 result.
The 2024 South Australian Derby winner was the Tony & Calvin McEvoy-trained The Autumn Sun filly Coco Sun ($5) who was excellent coming off a box seat run in third to flash up the inside with former local hoop Jamie Kah aboard to beat home the boys on the quick back-up off an Australasian Oaks third.
sa derby winners 2000 – the present
| Year | Horse – Age/Gender | Jockey | Weight (kgs) | Trainer/s | Barrier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COCO SUN (AUS) 3F | JAMIE KAH | 54.5 | TONY & CALVIN MCEVOY | 8 | |
| DUNKEL (NZ) 3G | B EGAN | 56.5 | PATRICK PAYNE | 7 | |
| BEAUTYVERSE (NZ) 3G | M J ZAHRA | 56.5 | M PRICE & M KENT | 9 | |
| EXPLOSIVE JACK (NZ) 3C | J ALLEN | 56.5 | C MAHER & D EUSTACE | 10 | |
| RUSSIAN CAMELOT (IRE) 3C | J ALLEN | 56.5 | DANNY O’BRIEN | 7 | |
| QAFILA (AUS) 3F | C J PARISH | 54.5 | D & B HAYES & T DABERNIG | 6 | |
| HELENE LEADINGSTAR (AUS) 3G | DAMIAN LANE | 56.5 | DARREN WEIR | 7 | |
| VOLATILE MIX (NZ) 3C | J ALLEN | 56.5 | DARREN WEIR | 11 | |
| HOWARD BE THY NAME (AUS) 3C | J ALLEN | 56.5 | DARREN WEIR | 6 | |
| DELICACY (AUS) 3F | P HALL | 54.5 | GRANT WILLIAMS | 11 | |
| KUSHADASI (AUS) 3G | S W ARNOLD | 56.5 | RICHARD JOLLY | 3 | |
| ESCADO (AUS) 3G | B MELHAM | 56.5 | MATT LAURIE | 1 | |
| ZABEELIONAIRE (NZ) 3G | DAMIEN OLIVER | 56.5 | LEON CORSTENS | 1 | |
| SHADOWS IN THE SUN (AUS) 3G | B MELHAM | 56.5 | ANTHONY CUMMINGS | 10 | |
| KIDNAPPED (AUS) 3G | K MCEVOY | 56.5 | PETER SNOWDEN | 16 | |
| REBEL RAIDER (AUS) 3C | C LINDOP | 56.5 | LEON MACDONALD | 5 | |
| ZARITA (NZ) 3F | G CHILDS | 54.0 | P T HYLAND | 11 | |
| LAZER SHARP (AUS) 3G | B RAWILLER | 56.5 | JAMIE EDWARDS | 5 | |
| TESTAFIABLE (AUS) 3C | G CHILDS | 55.5 | PETER G MOODY | 16 | |
| TAILS OF TRIOMPHE (AUS) 3G | P GATT | 55.5 | TERRY O’SULLIVAN | 16 | |
| HARD TO GET (AUS) 3G | J BOWDITCH | 55.5 | MARK KAVANAGH | 2 | |
| MUMMIFY (AUS) 3G | D NIKOLIC | 55.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 4 | |
| PANTANI (NZ) 3G | D NIKOLIC | 55.5 | ROBBIE LAING | 10 | |
| BIG PAT (AUS) 3G | P MERTENS | 55.5 | PETER TULLOCH | 2 | |
| BLUE MURDER (AUS) 3G | M GATT | 55.5 | CLIFF BROWN | 1 |
COMPLETE LIST OF PAST SA Derby WINNERS
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Coco Sun |
| 2023 | Dunkel |
| 2022 | Jungle Magnate |
| 2021 | Explosive Jack |
| 2020 | Russian Camelot |
| 2019 | Qafila |
| 2018 | Leicester |
| 2017 | Volatile Mix |
| 2016 | Howard Be Thy Name |
| 2015 | Delicacy |
| 2014 | Kushadasi |
| 2013 | Escado |
| 2012 | Zabeelionaire |
| 2011 | Shadows In The Sun |
| 2010 | Kidnapped |
| 2009 | Rebel Raider |
| 2008 | Zarita |
| 2007 | Lazer Sharp |
| 2006 | Testifiable |
| 2005 | Tails Of Triomphe |
| 2004 | Hard To Get |
| 2003 | Mummify |
| 2002 | Pantani |
| 2001 | Big Pat |
| 2000 | Blue Murder |
| 1999 | Showella |
| 1998 | Bulta |
| 1997 | Markham |
| 1996 | Cheviot |
| 1995 | Count Chivas |
| 1994 | Bullwinkle |
| 1993 | Our Pompeii |
| 1992 | Subzero |
| 1991 | Shiva’s Revenge |
| 1990 | Diego |
| 1989 | Sea Brigand |
| 1988 | Celtic Spirit |
| 1987 | Shark’s Fin |
| 1986 | French Cotton |
| 1985 | Sir Zephyr |
| 1984 | Mapperley Heights |
| 1983 | *Race Not Held* |
| 1982 | English Wonder |
| 1981 | Brewery Boy |
| 1980 | Tasman |
| 1979 | Top Ware |
| 1978 | Regal Jester |
| 1977 | Stormy Rex |
| 1976 | Vacuum |
| 1975 | Prince Of All |
| 1974 | Exalt’s Pride |
| 1973 | Sir Gerald |
| 1972 | Dayana |
| 1971 | Near Boy |
| 1970 | Clear Prince |
| 1969 | Paradigm |
| 1968 | Dale Lace |
| 1967 | Kembla |
| 1966 | Peculator |
| 1965 | Mission |
| 1964 | Ziema |
| 1963 | Hunting Horn |
| 1962 | Royal Ziet |
| 1961 | Gatum Gatum |
| 1960 | Royal Chat |
| 1959 | Crusty Bottle |
| 1958 | Stormy Passage |
| 1957 | Galloway |
| 1956 | Auteuil |
| 1955 | Ralkon |
| 1954 | Pandie Star |
| 1953 | Jovial Scot |
| 1952 | Winemaker |
| 1951 | Beau Cavalier |
| 1950 | Toastmaster |
| 1949 | Glenvue |
| 1948 | Idle Banter |
| 1947 | Basama |
| 1946 | Conservator |
| 1945 | Dauntless |
| 1944 | Bluenor |
| 1942–43 | *Race Not Held* |
| 1941 | Ladmond |
| 1940 | Waxwings |
| 1939 | Lusson |
| 1938 | Tempest |
| 1937 | Golden Hill |
| 1936 | Brave Lad |
| 1935 | Beamish Boy |
| 1934 | Alinura |
| 1933 | Yultewirra |
| 1932 | Traverse |
| 1931 | Opera King |
| 1930 | Induna |
| 1929 | Hot Spring |
| 1928 | Mount Of Olives |
| 1927 | Marco Polo |
| 1926 | Pindenda |
| 1925 | Ethelton |
| 1924 | Wycherley |
| 1923 | King Of Mirth |
| 1922 | Burnished |
| 1921 | Leon |
| 1920 | Pogonatos |
| 1919 | Lord Setay |
| 1918 | Stagegirl |
| 1917 | Cosmos |
| 1916 | Nevka |
| 1915 | Perambulate |
| 1914 | Fidelio |
| 1913 | Kildalton |
| 1912 | Puringa |
| 1911 | Sanskrit |
| 1910 | Sergius |
| 1909 | The Greek |
| 1908 | Tiercel |
| 1907 | Palotta |
| 1906 | Kismet II |
| 1905 | Torah |
| 1904 | Ganymedes |
| 1903 | F.J.A. |
| 1902 | Rienzi |
| 1901 | Ritualist |
| 1900 | Miltiades |
| 1899 | Gunga Din |
| 1898 | Hainault |
| 1897 | Goodwill |
| 1896 | Thunder Queen |
| 1895 | Auraria |
| 1894 | Monastery |
| 1893 | Salient |
| 1892 | Vakeel |
| 1891 | Lady Rose |
| 1890 | Cheddar |
| 1885–89 | *Race Not Held* |
| 1884 | Gratitude |
| 1883 | Dirk Hatteraick |
| 1882 | Guesswork |
| 1881 | Topaz |
| 1880 | The Assyrian |
| 1879 | Pawnbroker |
| 1878 | Viceroy |
| 1877 | Irish Queen |
| 1876 | Pride Of The Hills |
| 1869–75 | *Race Not Held* |
| 1868 | Centurion |
| 1867 | Regalia |
| 1866 | Crusader |
| 1865 | Tim Whiffler |
| 1864 | *Queen Of Barossa |
| 1864 | *Lubra |
| 1863 | Lord Of Isles |
| 1862 | Riddle |
| 1861 | Typo |
| 1860 Midnight |
*Notes:
- In 1863 the race usually scheduled to be run on second weekend in May was replaced in the racing calendar by Group 3 St Leger Stakes (2600m);
- From 1942-43 the race was not held due to a ban on war time racing in South Australia;
- From 1885–89 the race not held due to the Totalizator Repeal Act 1883; and
- In 1864 the race was raced twice in the same calendar year. The 1863–64 racing calendar set the date of the race as 1 January 1864. For the 1864–65 racing calendar the race was held on the first day of SAJC Summer Meet as the third race on 28 December 1864.