Angaston-based father-son training partners Tony and Calvin McEvoy further strengthened their grip on the Adelaide premiership with a treble on the Parks track at Morphettville last Saturday.
The three wins took the McEvoys’ seasonal tally to 20, nine ahead of second-placed Phillip Stokes.
Last Saturday’s first Kildalton Park winner came when Todd Pannell guided The Pugilist ($1.90 favourite) to an on-pace victory in the 1400-metre three-year-old maiden plate.
 The win came as a relief to the stable after the $120,000 yearling buy had fallen short of high expectations in his first campaign, as a late two-year-old. 
The McEvoys’ later winners were both ridden by the stable’s retained senior jockey, Barend Vorster.
The first of them was The Natural ($1.75 favourite), who led all the way first up in the 1250-metre three-year-old maiden.
The stable’s third winner was Jentico ($5.50), who led most of the way in the $100,000 Happy Trails Series Final (1400m).
A couple for Kayla 
Apprentice Kayla Crowther (25.9%) is second only to Vorster (26.5%) in strike-rate terms among the top 10 Adelaide jockeys this season, and she kept up the good work with a double from five rides last Saturday.
Teaming with Ballarat trainer Matt Cumani, Crowther landed her first winner when Crafty Devil ($5.50) came from last on the home turn to bring up her 10th success from 51 starts in a benchmark 75 over 2250 metres. 
Crowther completed her double when Raging Queen ($3.30) took out the benchmark 66 handicap (1400m) for her master, Phillip Stokes.
River floods home
The Caulfield stable of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace took the first two-year-old race for the season in SA when Flinders River won last Saturday’s 1000-metre maiden for the juveniles. 
With Paul Gatt aboard, the Fighting Sun colt came from well back with a strong run over the concluding stages.
Flinders River’s price ($5.50) seemed generous for a first-starter in Adelaide from the Maher/Eustace camp, but runners trained by Lindsay Park and Gordon Richards were preferred by punters in the seven-horse field.
Stubby stars
Jason Holder was the standout rider at Penola’s Sunday meeting with a double. His winners, both prepared by Mount Gambier trainer Richard Wilson, were Please Rise and Mista Holyfield.
Easter switch
After 144 years of racing over the Easter weekend, the Oakbank Racing Club will have a new format from next year. The carnival’s new dates are Sunday April 5, Wednesday April 8 and Easter Saturday, April 11.
The traditional Easter Monday meeting will now be conducted at Gawler. 
The Oakbank Racing Club also named a new chair, Arabella Branson.