It was first run in 1951 over 2000m and taken out by Gay Comedy.

Several of the winners would interestingly return to capture the Goodwood sprint in later seasons.

1969 saw Goliette prevail and she also took out the VRC Oaks that year.

Persian Bronze scored in 1971 and the daughter of Agricola (GB), after a visit to Vain, would produce Brilliant Invader, a handy sire that left the 1993 G1 Brisbane Cup (3200m) winner Barbut Delcia and the 1989 Hong Kong International Cup (1600m) winner Our Grey Invader.

1976 saw the race fall to In Pursuit, a daughter of Atilla (GB), and she would go on and take out the Chipping Norton and Kewney Stakes the following season.

1983-84 saw back-to-back wins for the progeny of Zamazaan (FR) with Casey Belle (NZ) and Neliska (NZ).

The race was not held in 1985 but in 1986 the G1 feature had it's first running over 2400m and was taken out by the Whiskey Road (USA) filly Cimarra.

New Zealand bred and/or trained fillies have a super record in the race and many a foundation broodmare has had her future settled with a victory in the South Australian Oaks.

The Tawfiq (USA) filly Lee's Bid (NZ) scored in 1991 and would leave Arena (by Danehill (USA)), the dual G1 winner of the VRC Derby (2500m) and the Canterbury Guineas (1800m), as well as winning the Gloaming Stakes (1900m), Hill Stakes (1900m) and Hobartville Stakes (1400m), all at G2.

Our Tristalight (NZ), by Sir Tristram (IRE), won the Oaks double in 1993, having taken out the G2 Matamata Breeders Stakes (1200m) in New Zealand the previous season as a juvenile.

The grey filly Pindi (by Toy Pindarri (NZ)) won in 1994 and she would take out a G2 VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2500m) and a G2 Gold Coast Cup (2400m) in the following season.

1995 saw the South Australian Oaks run for the first time over 2500m and was won by Cherontessa (NZ) at 25-1.

The G1 race has stayed at this distance ever since.

Miss Margaret won in 1996 and would also that same year take out the G1 Chrysler Stakes (1600m).

Her trainer, the late Peter Hayes, would trifecta the event with Clearly Supreme and Not On Friday filling the placings.

The Zabeel (NZ) filly Zacheline would win well in 1998 for trainer Gai Waterhouse and go on and take out the G1 Queensland Oaks (2400m) that season as well.

She beat La Volta and the fourth placed runner in the race was Lisa's Game, which would go on to finish third in the G1 Caulfield Cup, as a four-year-old mare.

The following year saw the only Triple Crown winner in Episode win, to go with her success in the G3 Lakewood Stud Stakes (1800m) and G1 Australasian Oaks (2000m).

She was trained by David Hall, ridden by Damien Oliver and beat the group winner Grand Archway.

The daughter of Scenic (IRE) was tough and could maintain speed for sustained periods and really came of age during her South Australian campaign.

The G1 West Australian Derby (2400m) winning filly Voile D'or would turn up and hand out a five and a quarter length lesson to win the 2000m South Australian Oaks and the daughter of Dieu D'or, just ran them ragged.

Asia for trainer Jack Denham and rider Damien Oliver beat the favourite Tempest Morn comfortably in 2001, while She's Archie scored narrowly in 2002 from Tully Thunder.

She's Archie would run home well to finish second at big odds in the 2003 Melbourne Cup behind Makybe Diva.

Last year saw Larrocha give Lindsay Park trainer Tony McEvoy his first G1 training success, with the daughter of the now deceased Danehill (USA) ridden calmly by Jockey Dan Nikolic to score.

Larrocha is out of Kensington Gardens, a full sister to the VRC Derby winner Blackfriars, so it was a real blue-blood victory.

McEvoy actually trained the quinella last year, with Jameela just half a length behind her stablemate.