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• Ultimate guide to Adelaide Cup

  Adelaide Cup jockeys Zac Spain and Jake Toeroek with the cup at Morphettville. Picture: Mark BrakeTHE South Australian Jockey Club is betting on getting the biggest Adelaide Cup crowd at Morphettville in five years.Chief executive Brenton Wilkinson said Monday’s forecast conditions were ideal for up to 14,000 people to attend the state’s premier racing event.The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a partly cloudy day with a maximum temperature of 27C.“You couldn’t have planned it if you picked i..

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• Old Royal Adelaide Hospital on North Terrace proposed as site for ...

  

  Old Royal Adelaide Hospital on North Terrace proposed as site for modern art gallery Posted March 14, 2016 11:28:58 The old Royal Adelaide Hospital site should be considered as a possible location for a proposed world-class contemporary art gallery, the Lord Mayor of Adelaide has said.A proposal for a $250 million art gallery, near the Festival Centre along the River Torrens, is being considered by the South Australian Government. Art Gallery of South Australia direct..

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• Adelaide Festival: Pina Bausch masterpiece a fitting finale for artistic ...

  

  Pina Bausch's Nelken (Carnation) at Adelaide Festival. Photo: Tony Lewis Outgoing artistic director David Sefton can look back with pride on his legacy at the Adelaide Festival. He has successfully steered it from a biennial event to an annual one, losing none of the depth, range or daring that arts lovers had come to expect. His last festival proved that emphatically. True, the riverside development around Adelaide's arts precinct turned it into a construction site this year. It was a bless..

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• Weir's Real chance to grab elusive Cup

  

  Trainer Darren Weir can add the Adelaide Cup trophy to his growing silverware if successful in the Group 2 Adelaide Cup with favourite Real Love. Picture: Mark DadswellDARREN Weir is poised to grab one of the few feature races that has eluded him when Real Love steps out in Monday’s $400,000 UBET Adelaide Cup.Australia’s leading trainer went within in a head of winning last year’s race with Taiyoo and, despite being forced to scratch Signoff on Saturday, will still saddle-up the short-priced fav..

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• Crows leadership group proves its power

  

  Taylor Walker calling the shots at training. Picture: Calum RobertsonWHEN the Adelaide Football Club executives sit down at West Lakes tomorrow to review “the week that was” — supposedly as their toughest critics — it would be interesting to look over their final list of winners and losers.Clearly, the new Crows leadership group around captain Taylor Walker was the major winner as it dealt with the failure of two young players — Brad Crouch and Rory Atkins — to follow a team rule on how to behav..

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• Adelaide teen cyclist in serious condition after collision with car

  

  The teenage boy's bike and helmet were destroyed in the crash. A teenage boy is in a serious condition in hospital after the bike he was riding collided with a car at Kensington Park, Adelaide, last night. He had been riding down Glynburn Road and was turning right in to the Parade when he was hit by a northbound sedan just after 11pm, SA Police said in a statement. His bike and helmet were destroyed in the crash.He was taken to the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in a serious condition, but h..

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• Too much Charlie is never enough

  

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