Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival

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The Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival is a horse-racing meeting held over two days in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia. The carnival is a mixture of flat and jumping races with between two and four jumps races on day one and two feature jumping races on day two.

Day one is held on Easter Saturday and is one of the highest attended race days in Australia. The Von Doussa Steeplechase takes place on day one and is a preliminary to the Great Eastern Steeplechase held on Easter Monday. A "classic" hurdle race takes place on Monday as does the feature flat race, the Onkaparinga Cup.

The meeting is conducted by the Oakbank Racing Club and is popular with families and groups. Although obstensively a horse race meeting, Oakbank is an event in itself with carnival rides, picnics and other activities.

The 2007 race was won by Blase.

A notable horse to have raced at Oakbank was Zama Lad who won the Harry D Young Hurdle four years straight in the 1980s.