Once upon a time the Group III SAJC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) for juveniles at Morphettville was run as part of the big Adelaide Carnival in May and as such was part of a bigger picture of stakes races in that state, but that’s not the case now.
In 2024, the race was moved to late July in the dead of winter, but was allowed to maintain Group status….. what is that?
Amidst all the outcry over Racing NSW and their upgrades, which have now been decided by the Asian Pattern Committee as justified, nobody says anything about this stakes race being moved by two months from an appealing time slot to a dreadful one and yet allowed to maintain status.
People that want to whinge about the Black Type in this country want to look very hard at races such as this, but that said a field of 12 will go around and someone will end up with a new Group winner tonight and good luck to them.
Interesting runner from the Waterhouse Bott stable is Snitzel colt Spain, who has had one start beaten nearly three lengths in a midweek metro maiden to exciting colt Omolong with Letters Patent third, who has also since come out and won.
Blinkers on, gate one and Winona Costin to ride… Spain will be leading this field for home, but can he hang on?
