Dean Pettit taking us through the classroom aspects of the Academy. SAROA members visited the Apprentice Academy and were given a thorough briefing on the role of the Academy and the extensive training given to the apprentices. Thanks to Dean Pettit and Briony Moore for organising the visit and to apprentices Lizzie Annells , Jade Doyle and Caitlyn Munro for talking to us and demonstrating the mechanical horses for us. Caitlyn Munro on one of the mechanical horses. Lizzie Annells demonstrating another of the mechanical horses.

SAROA has for some time wanted to organise a visit to the Apprentice Academy to inspect the facilities there and to understand more about the training that our apprentice jockeys receive. COVID-19 has intervened on several occasions and renovations to the premises have held up arrangements but finally we can invite our members to inspect the Academy on September 29th at 4:00pm. The Academy is located adjacent to the Magic Millions Complex 1 Park Terrace, Morphettville SA 5043 We have also made a booking at the Highway for those who wish to join us for dinner afterwards. The dinner will be Ala Carte at attendees cost. To Book click here

Join Football legend, Sam Newman for an intimate two-course lunch and drinks (beer, wine, sparkling and soft drink) on Wednesday, August 3rd. We’re pretty sure the former Geelong superstar and one of the most entertaining media presenters in the land will need no introduction! Career Highlights include 2x Geelong Best & Fairest 1968, 1975, Geelong Team of the Century, Geelong Hall of Fame Representative, 2 x National Football Carnival Championship: 1969, 1975, All-Australian team 1969 and Australian Football Hall of Fame Member. This is a must for any AFL fan and anyone who wants to hear a ‘good story’! For bookings https://thehighway.com.au/product/sam-newman-lunch/

Our friends at The Highway have another great lunch, this time featuring Heath Shaw on July 22nd Never too far from a controversy, Heath Shaw played a total of 325 games of AFL for Collingwood and GWS from 2004 until his retirement in 2020. We’re pretty sure he’ll have a few good stories to tell! The Highway would love your attendance on the day, as they are proudly supporting Novita as their chosen charity. This is their annual ‘footy lunch’ that prior to COVID they held regularly with Novita, so they’re very keen to raise as much money as we can to assist them. Tickets are priced at $120 per person, and include a superb 3 course luncheon and all beverages. If you would like more information or to book, please click here.

Our new sponsor for our Owner of the Month Award, The Highway as an upcoming function which should be of interest to racing people in general as 3 time Melbourne Cup winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy will be the special guest speaker. The function is a lunch on Friday April 29th (the day before the 2022 Adelaide Racing Carnival begins) where he will be interviewed by Racing.com’s Terry McAuliffe, and undoubtedly there will be some terrific stories to be heard. Tickets are $120 per person and include a 3 course lunch and all beverages (beer, cider, wine, sparkling, soft drink). Tables are tables of 10, however we can also accommodate individual tickets if you would prefer. For booking information click here

Teagan Voorham pictured with SAROA President Allie Umoff Showing great resilience and dedication following a serious injury SAROA Apprentice Award winner for 2021 is Teagan Voorham. Teagan had a good night at the Apprentice Academy Awards night winning three awards. Teagan spoke to Richard Stafford about her career to date.

Allie with Danger Deal SAROA President Ken Cock has decided to stand down after a little over three years in the role. Ken has done a great job in improving relationships between SAROA and other industry bodies. He has agreed to stay on committee as Vice-President.  At our recent committee meeting Vice-President Allie Umoff was elected as President unopposed. Allie will bring her passion for racing and for improving the ownership experience to the role.  SAROA looks forward to continuing its important role as the body that strenuously  advocates for  the rights and needs of owners. 

The SAROA AGM for 2021 is booked for September 25th in the Leilani Room at Morphettville The meeting starts at 11:30 sharp. Attendance is restricted to financial SAROA members – if you haven’t renewed please do ASAP. Finger food will be provided.

Glen Eden Stud based in Moranding VIC are promoting availability of their Stallion Match Service with G! Goldmine. They will provide this service to SAROA members and SA breeders free of charge. G1 Goldmine is a market leading pedigree analysis platform that gives breeders the power to research pedigrees through a host of online tools. With the help of G1 Goldmine, Glen Eden has empowered breeders to replicate proven stakes winning pedigrees using it’s Stallion Match tool. Simply choose a Glen Eden stallion, enter your mare and find stake winners from around the world that have be bred with a similar pedigree. Aim for a 20/20 Match which indicates your hypothetical mating has a high number of shared ancestors with multiple stakes winners. Or even better, try your luck at obtaining a Perfect Match which is achieved when your hypothetical mattings shares ancestors with multiple stakes winners in EVERY quarter of the pedigree. Both indicates a high affinity with proven winning pedigrees. Stats: Nearly 634,000 Stallion Match searches this year so far.Close to 87,000 of those searches were a 20/20 Match.Only 3082 were a Perfect Match Click on the ads on our website to activate this service or click here to utilise this service https://g1goldmine.com/g1g/ui/stallionmatch-result?for=G1StallionMatch%20-%20GLENEDEN-REBELDANE.htm