From the race’s inauguration back in 1860 right through until 2022 we have a complete list of past South Australian Derby winners. View every previous SA Derby champion throughout history.
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.
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 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.