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Group 3 winning mare Silent Sovereign will head home in search of more feature race success in the coming weeks.

Easter Saturday will also feature the $127,250 Listed Hill Railway Stakes (1100m) which will also carry a $25,000 incentive if the winner can go on and finish in the top three in either the Group 1 Sangster Stakes or Group 1 Goodwood at Morphettville in May.

The $107,250 Onkaparinga Cup (2150m) has more than doubled in prizemoney while there will be two new 1400m features on the program – the $107,250 Shillabeer Plate for three-year-old's and $107,250 Open which will be known as The Vintage.

The Shillabeer Plate pays tribute to the Shillabeer family and the road that goes through the Oakbank racecourse, while The Vintage pays homage the rich history of the Adelaide Hill Wine Region.

The Onkaparinga Cup will carry an additional $10,000 bonus if the winner can then be successful in the Listed Port Adelaide Cup over 2500m during the Adelaide Racing Carnival while that bonus will be doubled if the winning horse is a five-year-old or younger.

The Shillabeer Plate will carry an additional $10,000 incentive if the winner can go and win the Listed Nitschke Stakes, also over 1400m, at Morphettville during May, while the Open 1400m race will carry a $10,000 bonus attached to the Listed City Of Adelaide Stakes (1400m) in April.

There will also be incentives for trainers and jockeys.

A $10,000 Trainer's Bonus is on offer for the stable who earns the most prizemoney over the two days of racing, a second $10,000 bonus for the trainer who earns the most points across the two days, while riders will be chasing a $5000 Jockey's Bonus based on a points system.