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mainly due to the small number of South Australian jumps horses. There were plans to run the Great Eastern and Von Doussa Steeplechase as a flat race. However, on 3 March 2022 it was announced that would not happen. However, many jumps racing supporters attempted to keep jumps racing at Oakbank and
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that fight went into the South Australian Court System. That would result in an election occurring which the anti-jumps faction won but debate surrounding that vote spilled into more legal action. But not long after the South Australian Government stepped in and outlawed jumps racing in the state.
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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 race callers the Great Eastern can be viewed in its entirety from the grandstand.
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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.
45:. The first fixture of that name was held in 1877, following a race in 1876 which has been called the "Onkaparinga Handicap Steeplechase"; both just prior to formation of the Onkaparinga Racing Club (now 647: 665: 826: 629: 850: 722: 711: 700: 755: 744: 733: 611: 819: 52:
The distance of the race is 4950 metres making it the second longest horse race held on a public course in Australia.
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On October 1, 2021, it was announced that jumps racing will no longer be conducted in
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