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Future Melbourne Cup form outlines the Race History of the 2018 South Australian Derby at Morphettville on Saturday.

Subzero won the Derby and would go on to the big one the November. Who knows if that might happen again after the 2018 South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville on Saturday.

2018 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DERBY - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The South Australian Derby is a Group 1 race for three year olds conducted by the South Australian Jockey Club at Morphettville.

The South Australian Derby was first run in 1860 and was won by Midnight.

The South Australian Derby is run over 2500m under Set Weights conditions.

Fillies don’t run often but when they do they are usually competitive (Delicacy, Scratchy Bottom/Zarita/Showella/Mapperley Heights/English Wonder) have run well when contesting.

Over the year’s Bart Cummings was the hero of the training ranks with ten wins. Cliff Brown had a run of three in six years some 20 years ago.

Ben Melham, Greg Childs and Danny Nikolic have a couple of wins each in the last 15 years but the jockeys have shared it around.

The 2018 edition will be run for prize money of $600,000.

Notable winners of the South Australian Derby include Gatum Gatum (1961), Ziema (1964), Shiva’s Revenge (1991), Subzero (1992), Count Chivas (1995), Showella (1999), Mummify (2003), Rebel Raider (2009) and Delicacy (2015).

The Derby has produced some decent Melbourne Cup form over the years.

The 2017 South Australian Derby was won by Volatile Mix from Ruthven and Odeon.