Moreira in Morphettville

South Australia’s first $ 1 million race will have an added attraction with superstar Hong Kong- based jockey Joao Moreira booked to ride in the Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville.

Thoroughbred Racing South Australia has confirmed Moreira would head to Adelaide for the May 6 meeting.

He already has five rides including Sheidel in the Robert Sangster Stakes ( 1200m) and is unbeaten on the fiveyear- old mare from two rides including the group one Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield in February. “To have a jockey of Moreira’s calibre riding here is a great coup for Adelaide and for Morphettville,” SA Jockey Club chair Bodelle Francis said.

“Not only that, but to have him riding in our first million- dollar race is exactly the kind of high- profile name we believe our Festival of Racing now has the ability to attract.”

Moreira, who i s Hong Kong’s champion rider and is dubbed ‘ the Magic Man’, has won races in NSW, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia during flying visits to Australia but has not yet ridden in South Australia.