Barrier
advantages: Of importance
at ALL distances
Located
in South Australia' Adelaide
Hills - "blue grass"
Racing country - Oakbank
is HOME of the Oakbank Racing
Club, a Club which races
just twice annually, Easter
Saturday and Monday since
1876.
It
has been over a century
and a quarter since Tormentor
won the first Great Eastern
Steeple around the undulating
hill course back in 1876.
The race has always been
run on Easter Monday except
during World War 2 when
the army occupied the course
and it was run at Victoria
Park and Morphettville.
Some great horses have completed
the daunting task of winning
two Great Eastern Steeples
over the 4950 metre course,
including Darkie (1877 and
1878), Trigger (1881 and
1884), Swordfish (1885 and
1887), Vanguard (1912 and
1914), Tramp (1913 and 1915),
Mount Cooper (1926 and 1927),
Club Spirit (1972 and 1974)
and Light Hand (1995 and
1996).
