South Australia has a quartet of runners joining Dalasan in stepping out for Cox Plate Day on Saturday at Moonee Valley.

Murray Bridge trainer Mick Huxtable is hoping a good barrier will assist smart mare Ecumenical in Wednesday’s Group 3 Ladies’ Day Vase (1600m) at Caulfield.

South Australian mares Instant Celebrity and Ecumenical will be trying to capitalise on perfect barriers in the $300,000 Group 2 Rose Of Kingston Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday.

Talented mare Ecumenical signalled she’s poised for a big spring with a brilliant return to racing at Morphettville on Saturday.

Self-isolating in Mount Gambier ahead of an optimistic three-month SA sojourn, not even Jessica Eaton could have imagined less than a year later she would be the face of the Adelaide Racing Carnival.