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Occasionally a quality stayer emerges from the SA Fillies Classic run at Morphettville on Saturday.
She's Archie did and placed in the Melbourne Cup. There might not be that class in the 2020 SA Fillies Classic (2500m) at Morphettville on Saturday?
2020 SA Fillies Classic: Nominations
2020 SA FILLIES CLASSIC - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The SA Fillies Classic is a Group 3 race for three-year-old fillies conducted by the South Australian Jockey Club at Morphettville in Adelaide.
The SA Fillies Classic is run under set weights conditions over 2500m and is registered as the South Australian Oaks. It was run as the SA Oaks from 1951 until 2008.
The race was first run in 1951 over 10 1/2 furlongs (2100m) and remained at that distance until 1960. From 1961-1984 the distance was 10 furlongs (2000m) but was extended to 2400m in 1986 when the South Australian Jockey Club introduced the Australasian Oaks over 2000m.
The SA Fillies Classic was run over 2400m from 1986-1994 and went to 2500m in 1995.
From 1951 until 1984 the SA Oaks/Fillies Classic was run in the spring. It was not held in 1985 to permit a change to an autumn date.
The race is traditionally held at Morphettville but was run at Cheltenham Park in 1979 and at Victoria Park in 1980.
The SA Oaks/Fillies Classic was a Group 1 race from 1980-2004, Group 2 in 2005 and 2006 and has been Group 3 since 2007.
She's Archie is probably the most famous winner in the last 20 years as she would go on to run second to Makybe Diva in her first Melbourne Cup win.
The 2020 SA Fillies Classic was run for prizemoney of $120,000 – reduced due to the coronavirus.
Notable winners of the SA Oaks/Fillies Classic include Wine Lover, Raindear, Te Parae, Goliette, Rain Amore, Little Papoose, Ace Queen, In Pursuit, Runaway Bride, Neliska, Lady Liberty, Gamine, Lee's Bid, Our Tristalight, Pindi, Miss Margaret, Derobe, Zacheline, Episode, Asia, She's Archie, Irish Darling, The Dream and Precious Lorraine.
The 2019 SA Fillies Classic was won by Moor Gait from Miss Moana and Skyway Star.
