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The Group 2 Adelaide Cup is an open handicap race held at Adelaide’s Morphettville Racecourse in mid-March each year during the Adelaide Autumn Racing Carnival.

Raced over 3200m, the Adelaide Cup is the same distance as the prestigious Melbourne Cup held on the first Tuesday of November each spring at Flemington Racecourse in Victoria. Back in 1992 the great grey Subzero completed the rare Adelaide Cup – Melbourne Cup double.

Run on a Monday afternoon each year on the Labour Day public holiday in SA, the always popular staying event offers $400,000 in prize money and attracts a host of local stayers as well as a few interstate horses chasing the lucrative prize money in the classic.

The key lead-up into the Adelaide Cup field is Group 3 Lord Reims Stakes (2600m) held roughly two weeks prior at the same track. Melbourne raiders in the Adelaide Cup field may come off a Flemington run in the Listed Roy Higgins Quality (2600m) on Australian Guineas Day. The last Adelaide Cup winner to back-up out of the Roy Higgins was the Lindsay Park-trained mare Fanatic (2nd in 2018).

The 2018 Adelaide Cup ran on Monday March 12, 2018 and was won by proven two-miler Fanatic.

Adelaide Cup 2018
Date:	Monday March 12, 2018
Track:	Morphettville Racecourse
Distance:	3,200m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$400,000

2018 Adelaide Cup Results

• 1st: #4 Fanatic
• 2nd: #11 Ormito
• 3rd: #18 Poppiholla

Check out the official Adelaide Cup 2018 Results & Finishing Order below, the race won by Lindsay Park’s Sandown Cup winning mare Fanatic who saluted for the punters on way to another likely two mile test in the Group 1 Sydney Cup in April at Royal Randwick.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	4	FANATIC (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Michael Walker	–	3	57.5kg	$4.40F
2	11	ORMITO (GER)	Darren Weir	Craig Williams	0.3L	4	53kg	$5.50
3	18	POPPIHOLLA (NZ)	Darren Weir	Dean Yendall	2.1L	9	53kg	$21
4	3	DOUBLE BLUFF (IRE)	Robbie Laing	Mark Zahra	2.9L	6	58.5kg	$11
5	9	O’LONERA	Cindy Alderson	Dwayne Dunn	4.6L	14	54kg	$10
6	7	EXALTED LIGHTNING	Grant Young	Todd Pannell	5.3L	2	54.5kg	$9.50
7	17	CUBAN FIGHTER	Robbie Laing	Ben Thompson	6.4L	13	53kg	$51
8	6	JIM’S JOURNEY	Peter Blanch	Paul Gatt	6.9L	8	56kg	$51
9	1	BENZINI	James Bull	Ms Rosie Myers	6.9L	15	59kg	$21
10	8	LIKE A CAROUSEL	Ken Keys	Stephen Baster	9.4L	1	54kg	$26
11	10	AL HARAM (FR)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Michael Dee	10.4L	12	53kg	$17
12	15	RAINDROPS ON ROSES	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jamie Kah	11.5L	11	53kg	$12
13	12	TUNES	Grant Young	Clare Lindop	12.7L	5	53kg	$31
14	5	PRETTY PUNK	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Jason Holder	14.3L	7	57kg	$10
15	14	FLYING CASINO	John Hickmott	Dom Tourneur	14.4L	10	53kg	$101
–	13	KHEZERABAD (FR)	Aaron Purcell	Chris Symons	–	0	–	–
–	2	MASTER OF ARTS (NZ)	Darren Weir	Brad Rawiller	–	0	–	–
–	16	DIAMOND GRACE	Michael Kent	Beau Mertens	–	0	–	–

2018 Adelaide Cup Odds

The season’s latest Adelaide Cup 2018 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below leading up to the 3200m feature so stay tuned.

2018 Adelaide Cup Field

The Adelaide Cup field features an ever increasing quality of both local and visiting autumn stayers coming out of lead-up races including Flemington’s Roy Higgins Quality that produced the 2017 champ Annus Mirabilis (5th) and the 2018 winner Fanatic (2nd), Tasmania’s Launceston Cup (2400m) the month before and the Lord Reims Stakes that is the key local lead-up.

The 2018 Adelaide Cup final field and barrier draw will be published below on Tuesday March 6, 2018.

The official Adelaide Cup 2018 Field attracted 18 stayers led by the Lindsay Park-trained mare Fanatic coming off a second in last Saturday’s Listed Roy Higgins Quality (2600m). The James Bull-trained veteran Kiwi raider Benzini heads the Adelaide Cup weights carrying 59kg and is out to improve on the Lord Reims Stakes third here from March 3. The Lord Reims winner Etah James is a notable omission from the Adelaide Cup field, but the Darren Weir-trained runner-up Master Of Arts backs up looking to improve on his third in the two mile classic last year.

Read more on the 2018 Adelaide Cup Final Field Featuring Fanatic.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x474583833	BENZINI	James Bull	Ms Rosie Myers	18	59kg	98
2	4813×56672	MASTER OF ARTS (NZ)	Darren Weir	Brad Rawiller	16	59kg	98
3	023×099115	DOUBLE BLUFF (IRE)	Robbie Laing	Mark Zahra	7	58.5kg	97
4	046811×752	FANATIC (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Michael Walker	3	57.5kg	99
5	4×43211413	PRETTY PUNK	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Jason Holder	8	57kg	98
6	x3270x3426	JIM’S JOURNEY	Peter Blanch	Paul Gatt	10	56kg	92
7	1611221214	EXALTED LIGHTNING	Grant Young	Todd Pannell	2	54.5kg	89
8	73166×5108	LIKE A CAROUSEL	Ken Keys	Jye McNeil	1	54kg	88
9	58×6916122	O’LONERA	Cindy Alderson	Dwayne Dunn	17	54kg	88
10	x277x84332	AL HARAM (FR)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Michael Dee	14	53kg	84
11	x054572333	ORMITO (GER)	Darren Weir	Craig Williams	5	53kg	82
12	2028725622	TUNES	Grant Young	Clare Lindop	6	53kg	78
13	02041×8446	KHEZERABAD (FR)	Aaron Purcell	Chris Symons	9	53kg	76
14	3715973319	FLYING CASINO	John Hickmott	Dom Tourneur	12	53kg	75
15	26×4103521	RAINDROPS ON ROSES	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jamie Kah	13	53kg	75
16	x26113x315	DIAMOND GRACE	Michael Kent	Beau Mertens	4	53kg	74
17	8018692015	CUBAN FIGHTER	Robbie Laing	Ben Thompson (a)	15	53kg	67
18	7667325223	POPPIHOLLA (NZ)	Darren Weir	Dean Yendall	11	53kg	67

2018 Adelaide Cup Nominations

The Adelaide Cup nominations attract the best local staying talent from South Australian stables as well as a host of interstate gallopers chasing a two mile run.

The 2018 Adelaide Cup nominations will be published below once announced.

The official Adelaide Cup 2018 Nominations attracted a bumper 28 early entries including Lindsay Park’s Roy Higgins Quality runner-up Fanatic who won the Sandown Cup over the distance and who carries the 57.5kg top weight if accepted. Fellow gun mare Pretty Punk is the other highest up the Adelaide Cup ballot after a lead-up win in the Hobart Cup and third in the Launceston Cup in February.

Adelaide Cup History

Originally run in May, the Adelaide Cup was moved to March in 2005. The Morphettville Racecourse has been home to the Cup since 1876 and was previously held at the Old Course where it was first won by Falcon in 1864. Over the years the event has switched between being a two mile and one mile five furlong race, however in the years 1870-71 and 1886-88, the race was not held.

The Adelaide Cup is not used as a guide to the Melbourne Cup as the last Cup double winner was Subzero in 1992. In 2007 the event was downgraded from Group 1 status to Group 2, a decision made by the Australian Pattern Committee.

The Adelaide Cup has one triple winner which is Lord Reims which won the event three consecutive times from 1987-1989. The race’s double winners include Cowra in 1866-67, Eyeglass in 1911-12, Peerless Fox in 1950-51 and Our Pompeii in 1993-94.

Recent Adelaide Cup Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Adelaide Cup	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2018 Adelaide Cup	1st	Fanatic	3 minutes 25.28 seconds
	2nd	Ormito
	3rd	Poppiholla
2017 Adelaide Cup	1st	Annus Mirabilis	3 minutes 24.25 seconds
	2nd	Double Bluff
	3rd	Master Of Arts
2016 Adelaide Cup	1st	Purple Smile	3 minutes 24.1 seconds
	2nd	Tunes
	3rd	Real Love
2015 Adelaide Cup	1st	Tanby	3 minutes 25.51 seconds
	2nd	Taiyoo
	3rd	Renew
2014 Adelaide Cup	1st	Outback Joe	3 minutes 22.09 seconds
	2nd	Black Tycoon
	3rd	Base
2013 Adelaide Cup	1st	Norsqui	3 minutes 24.4 seconds
	2nd	Waratone
	3rd	Dame Claire
2012 Adelaide Cup	1st	Rialya	3 minutes 23.3 seconds
	2nd	Drunken Sailor
	3rd	Norsqui
2011 Adelaide Cup	1st	Muir	3 minutes 23.4 seconds
	2nd	Saddler’s Story
	3rd	Macedonian
2010 Adelaide Cup	1st	Capecover	3 minutes 28.81 seconds
	2nd	Kerdem
	3rd	Itstheone
2009 Adelaide Cup	1st	Zavite	3 minutes 22.7 seconds
	2nd	Kerdem
	3rd	Banana Man
2008 Adelaide Cup	1st	Lacey Underall	3 minutes 22 seconds
	2nd	Cefalu
	3rd	Tails Of Triomphe
2007 Adelaide Cup	1st	Gallic	3 minutes 20.9 seconds
	2nd	Lacey Underall
	3rd	Exalted Time
2006 Adelaide Cup	1st	Exalted Time	3 minutes 25.1 seconds
	2nd	Tubular Bells
	3rd	Ista Kareem
2005 Adelaide Cup	1st	Demerger	3 minutes 21.9 seconds
	2nd	Envoy
	3rd	Intriguing
2004 Adelaide Cup	1st	Pantani	3 minutes 27.5 seconds
	2nd	Danestorm
	3rd	Bel Air
2003 Adelaide Cup	1st	Pillage N Plunder	3 minutes 28.4 seconds
	2nd	Nautilism
	3rd	Odysseus
2002 Adelaide Cup	1st	The A Train	3 minutes 29.7 seconds
	2nd	Homewrecker
	3rd	Silver Baron
2001 Adelaide Cup	1st	Apache King	3 minutes 29.7 seconds
	2nd	Native Jazz
	3rd	Bel Air
2000 Adelaide Cup	1st	Bohemiath	3 minutes 24.6 seconds
	2nd	Karasi
	3rd	Oxford Dollar