South Australia Honour their Best at Awards

Sunday, 15 September 2002 00:00

The South Australian Thoroughbred Racing Industry Awards are about excellence in the racing industry. It recognises the achievements of South Australians and performances within the South Australian industry. The awards presented include South Australian Champion Racehorse Of The Year, South Australia Trainer and Jockey Of The Year, Most Outstanding Achievement Award and the South Australian Hall Of Fame.

This years category winners:

Tony McEvoy - South Australian Trainer Of The Year & Metropolitan Trainer Of The Year & Country Trainer Of The Year

Eric Musgrove - Jumps Trainer Of The Year

Simon Price - South Australian Jockey Of The Year & Country Jockey Of The Year

Travis Creek - Metropolitan Jockey Of The Year & Metropolitan Apprentice Of The Year

Justin Potter - South Australian Apprentice Of The Year &Country Apprentice Of The Year

Craig Durden - Jumps Jockey Of The Year

Kurt - Most Consistent Racehorse Of The Year

Zip Zip Aray - South Australian Champion Racehorse Of The Year

The Most Outstanding Achievement Awards recognise exceptional success or accomplishment by an individual, club or organisation. This achievement may be within South Australia, nationally or internationally.

The four nominees are:

The Bordertown Racing Club – achieved record crowds, turnover and on-course takings in their first ever TAB meeting. Huge support from local businesses, industry and sponsors enabled the Club to double prizemoney from the previous year. As a result of their achievements, the Bordertown Racing Club has rewarded with an additional two TAB meetings.

The Clare Valley Racing Club – traditionally held two meetings over the Easter long weekend. Last year, though, they concentrated the efforts on a single meeting – Easter Saturday – for exceptional results. In attracted 5000 patrons to the day, the Club generated the fourth highest gate taking for a meeting in South Australia.

Dwayne Dunn – got off to a shaky start in his international career, crushing three vertebrae in a horrific fall in Hong Kong. He bounced back, though, and had a wonderful season 2001/2002, finishing sixth in the Hong Kong jockeys premiership with 32 wins, including his first at Group 1 level – the Chairman Sprint Prize worth more than $Aus1.1 million.

Ray Hawke - The redevelopment of the Morphettville track was the major ‘event’ of SA Racing 2001/2002. Ray was at the coalface of every phase of the upgrade – planning and design, construction, costing and reviewing. He has also been TRSA’s consultant on the Strathalbyn irrigation project now under way and also the TRSA consultant on the Mount Gambier track redevelopment.

South Australia will host next year’s Australian Hall Of Fame gala dinner at the Convention Centre on May 15, 2003.

It will be the first time the Hall Of Fame dinner is held outside Melbourne and promises to be a big drawcard during the Adelaide Cup carnival. It honours the legends of the Australian Turf.

The South Australian Hall Of Fame Awards were implemented last year and are aligned with the Australian Hall Of Fame. These awards include the South Australian Hall Of Fame Horse, Jockey, Trainer and Associate.

This year, the four Hall Of Fame inductees are Tobin Bronze, William "Billy" Pyers (jockey), Jim Cummings (trainer) and Wyndham Hill-Smith (associate). All four are worthy inductees for exceptional careers in their chosen field.

Media Release - TRSA