Great Eastern Steeplechase

The Great Eastern Steeplechase is an Australian Thoroughbred steeplechase horse race held annually at Oakbank, South Australia on Easter Saturday and Monday at the Oakbank Racecourse as part of the Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival.

The distance of the race is 4950 metres making it the second longest horse race in Australia held on a public course.

The most famous jump is the fallen log which is literally a log about a metre high. All other jumps are brush fences. The height of jumps has been reduced in recent years to reduce the risk of falls and make for safer racing.

The race uses a different course to other races held at Oakbank with horse using an inner track passing on the inside of a hill. Unlike other races that require two racecallers the Great Eastern can be viewed in its entirety from the grandstand.

Past winners

2016 – Thubiaan (USA)
2015 – Lord of the Song
2014 – Lord of the Song^[1]
2013 – Man of Class^[2]
2012 – Tobouggie Nights^[3]
2011 – Petushki^[4]
2010 – It's A Dud^[5]
2009 – Pentacolo
2008 – Conzeal
2007 – Blase
2006 – Real Tonic
2005 – Chakra
2004 – Boxter Blue
2003 – Raquets
2002 – Ballata
2001 – St. Steven^[6]
2000 – Bruskin
1999 – Planet Hollywood
1998 – Turkey Lane
1997 – Foxboy
1996 – Light Hand
1995 – Light Hand
1994 – Tyrolia
1993 – Touch Judge
1992 – Vinchiamo
1991 – Look at Me
1990 – Commission Red
1989 – Brown Cast
1988 – River Amos
1987 – Spring Fortune
1986 – Region
1985 – Battle So Big
1984 – Headford Town
1983 – Venite
1982 – Donrewen
1981 – Dark Shareif
1980 – Lord Rocky Red
1979 – Heroic Speech
1978 – Roughneck
1977 – The Champ
1976 – Aberfoyle
1975 – Vermet
1974 – Club Spirit
1973 – The Cent
1972 – Club Spirit
1971 – Crusoe Cloud
1970 – Mystic Moon
1969 – Halbrian
1968 – Robin Star
1967 – Con Sol

1966 – Kooroshali
1965 – Kooroshali
1964 – First Shuffle
1963 – Blue Gum
1962 – Grecian Valour
1961 – Moonacoota
1960 – Peakite
1959 – Sebago
1958 – Tory Star
1957 – Just Mick
1956 – Teedum
1955 – The Drum
1954 – Lynford
1953 – Gulf Stream
1952 – Royal Pentzia
1951 – The Feline
1950 – Parilla's Pride
1949 – Footling
1948 – The Feline
1947 – Marble Hill
1946 – Ajester
1945 – Winterset
1944 – Lime Rock
1943 – race not held
1942 – race not held
1941 – National Debt
1940 – Bully Hayes
1939 – Grantley
1938 – race meeting abandoned
1937 – Lady Madge
1936 – Gnair
1935 – Kingstol
1934 – Kenjin
1933 – Pispoia King
1932 – Archeson
1931 – Shooting Boy
1930 – Woomera
1929 – Laurelmond
1928 – Epergne
1927 – Unohoo / Mt. Cooper (dead heat)
1926 – Mt. Cooper
1925 – Dundalk
1924 – Fleetstone
1923 – Doiran
1922 – Doiran
1921 – Albaree

1920 – Miss Rosslyn
1919 – Doiran
1918 – Doiran
1917 – Flash Jack
1916 – Wyndarra
1915 – Tramp
1914 – Vanguard
1913 – Tramp
1912 – Vanguard
1911 – Matchlock
1910 – Generality
1909 – Workmaster
1908 – Tarpon
1907 – Napier
1906 – Bombastes
1905 – Poster
1904 – Syringa
1903 – Drummer
1902 – Ronald
1901 – Wooral
1900 – Euro
1899 – Domino
1898 – Songster
1897 – Eclipse
1896 – Dungan
1895 – Waterloo
1894 – The Actress
1893 – Shanks
1892 – Vistula
1891 – Messenger
1890 – Mahdi
1889 – Flashlight
1888 – Adeline
1887 – Swordfish
1886 – Charcoal
1885 – Swordfish
1884 – Trigger
1883 – Depriver
1882 – Hotspur
1881 – Trigger
1880 – Gunn
1879 – Lightfoot
1878 – Darkie
1877 – Darkie
1876 – Tormentor

References

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