The shadow of superfreak mare Magniforma looms large over the marathon turf division.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A field of ten runners lines up in Victoria for a chance to step out of her shadow in the Grade One South Australian Cup.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The field includes a number of runners who have been bested by Magniforma and one, Yellow Kornsnake, who has beaten the great mare.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The race is run over two miles on a firm turf course for a purse of $750,000.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Let\u2019s take a look at the field. #1 Rapaz has seen the backside of Magniforma twice in his last two starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Two starts back he was second in the Grade Two Fitness Cup by over five lengths \u2013 a margin he shortened to a neck when second in the Grade One Ackland Cup.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That race showed how strong a closing kick this four year old son of Duke of Marmalade possesses \u2013 he ran a career best 113sp.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A multiple graded winner last year, were it not for the big mare we would all have Rapaz\u2019s name on our lips this season. #2 Tizmambo also exits the Ackland Cup in which he finished last.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was also last in his only other start of the year, the Grade One Mr. Met Cap.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The five year old son of Tiznow does have a stakes win on his resume from last season, but that race was at a mile and five sixteenths.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was second in the Grade Three Gladiator at two miles and second again in the Grade One King Kong Vase at a mile and one half so he does have back class but recent form is a concern. #3 Harbour Town has only one start this season, an unplaced run in a listed stakes at a mile and five eighths on January 28th<\/SUP>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The five year old son of Red Ransom was a grade three winner last year at that distance but he has never won at two miles before.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His best finish was a third place run in an allowance almost a year ago.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has run fresh off a layoff before. #4 Shine on Through was fifth in the Ackland Cup in his last start.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was seventh in this race last year but third in the 2010 running.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The seven year old son of Bel Esprit is a multiple grade one winner including last season\u2019s Spring Cup.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It has been donkey\u2019s years since Shine on Through has run a race at less than two miles.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The Ackland Cup was his first start since December and he has shown in the past that he can fire big in his second start off a layoff.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Hard to count out this quality old timer. #5 Can I Get Twelve has two starts on the year; he opened the season with a fifth place finish behind Magniforma and Rapaz in the Grade Two Fitness Cup and then shortened up to a mile and seven sixteenths in a listed stakes where he was second.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last year\u2019s Grade One Penn Endurance champion actually made his debut in a two mile turf maiden and his shortest race came at a mile and three eighths.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The five year old son of Dynaformer has been very successful with this unorthodox record, he has earned just shy of two million dollars. #6 Seayouinparadise is the first mare in our field.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The four year old daughter of Sea the Stars has made her last four starts at two miles and all of those races were against males.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She won an allowance and a listed stakes, finished second in another listed and third in the Grade Three Diamond Stakes in her most recent start.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Interestingly she was based on the a-grade Stairwaytoparadise who\u2019s furthest winning distance was one mile. #7 Dylan Tom N Jerry is the leading money earner in the field with over five million dollars in the bank.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won this race in 2010 and ran fourth in last year\u2019s edition.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>As might be expected by his bankroll that was only one of his grade one victories but it has been over a year since he reached the winner\u2019s circle in a stakes race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The six year old son of Dylan Thomas did win a two mile allowance race three starts back and while he didn\u2019t win much last year he did finish on the board in several stakes races.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He also exits the Ackland Cup, where he finished twelfth. #8 New Vegas won last year\u2019s Grade Three Dutch St. Leger at a mile and three quarters.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He had one more start in the year and then was sidelined for over three months.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He returned to the races in February when he earned a career best 111sp while finishing second in a mile and one half allowance race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He ran in another allowance at that same distance and was an easy winner with a 105sp.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The four year old son of Medaglia D\u2019oro has only run once at two miles, finishing third in an allowance last August. #9 Yellow Kornsnake is one of the few to best Magniforma.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Yellow Kornsnake won the Grade One Congie Devito Breeders\u2019 Bowl F&M Turf, a race the super mare finished an inexplicable last in.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Many have postulated that Magniforma suffered an equipment malfunction in the race but still a win is a win and Yellow Kornsnake earned it.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It was her second grade one win in a row, following the Grade One Cannonball Run at a mile and one half.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She tried older males in her first post Breeders\u2019 Bowl race, the Grade One Allied Assault and finished third.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In two starts this year she has a third in a listed stakes and a second in an allowance.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This is the first time running farther than a mile and one half for the four year old daughter of Pivotal. #10 Jukebox Kid looked invincible last season.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The five year old son of Raven\u2019s Pass won ten straight races including the Grade One Gold Glass and the Grade One Millwood Cup, both at two miles.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He hiccupped in his final start of the year, finishing third in the Grade One Penn Endurance.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>And this year he has run into the beast of Magniforma.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was third in both the Fitness Cup and Ackland Cup although unlike Rapaz his losing distance increased instead of decreased.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Still he is a very classy horse and could easily establish a new winning streak right here. 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