Muir has displaying a strong staying performance over the 3200m Cup distance to win the 2011 Adelaide Cup and cause an upset in the feature race results today at Morphettville.

Paying $27.30 with online bookmaker Luxbet, five-year-old Galileo gelding Muir had a great start out wide in barrier 18 and ran towards the front the whole distance. Western Australian runner Big Ted set the pace for the majority of the race, leading the strung out field until the final 900m when Pergola, Muir and Guyno moved up to take over.

Around the final turn Muir surged forward while race favourite King Diamond started his run through the middle from the tail of the field. It looked like second favourite and late mail tip Macedonian was going to swamp Muir, but Muir never relented and even the strong finishing Saddlers Story could not catch him. At the line Muir won from Saddlers Story while a photo was needed for third, with Macedonian getting the nod ahead of Olympic Win.

King Diamond finished 5th while the other favourite in betting, Guyno never threatened finishing 9th.

Today’s win in Adelaide is the 6th from 22 starts for the Robert Hickmott trained Muir.

2011 Adelaide Cup Results

Horse	Jockey	Finish	Starting Price
MUIR(GB)	DARREN GAUCI	1st	$21
SADDLER’S STORY	GLEN BOSS	2nd	$21
MACEDONIAN(NZ)	LUKE NOLEN	3rd	$4.20
OLYMPIC WIN(NZ)	CRAIG WILLIAMS	4th	$20
KING DIAMOND	MICHAEL RODD	5th	$3.50F
VESPER	NICHOLAS HALL	6th	$9
ZAUBERIN	DEAN HOLLAND	7th	$26
FAST FUTURE(NZ)	JAMIE MOTT	8th	$41
GUYNO(NZ)	JASON WHITING	9th	$7
OUR SERENA	CLARE LINDOP	10th	$61
MAUNATRICE	MARK ZAHRA	11th	$11
PERGOLA(NZ)	DWAYNE DUNN	12th	$13
STAKHANOVITE	ADRIAN PATTERSON	13th	$101
SKYSTREAMER	DANNY NIKOLIC	14th	$81
TIBOOBURRA TRAVIS	JASON MASKIELL	15th	$31
KINCAPLE(NZ)	KERRIN MCEVOY	16th	$21
BIG TED	KYRA YUILL	17th	$101
SANDHILL LAD	JUSTIN POTTER	18th	$501
LADY AVACAN	CRAIG ROBERTSON
INTERAQ	DEAN YENDALL

Photo courtesy (c) Taron Clarke Photography