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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 2019 Adelaide Cup runs on Monday March 11, 2019 .

Adelaide Cup 2019
Date:	Monday March 11, 2019
Track:	Morphettville Racecourse
Distance:	3,200m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$400,000

2019 Adelaide Cup Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2019 Adelaide Cup Odds

The season’s latest Adelaide Cup 2019 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below leading up to the 3200m feature so stay tuned.

2019 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.

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No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1160242116	BAROOD	Sue Murphy	Justin Huxtable (a3/57kg)	7	60kg		84
2	106x35718x	MAGNUS KNIGHT	Ryan Balfour	William Pike	5	57.5kg		79
3	13x14150x	DESPATCH	Tony McEvoy	Barend Vorster	10	57kg		78
4	1919552311	DOMINATION	Grant Young	Jason Holder	2	56kg		76
5	20x33419x5	FANCY RUMBLE	Wayne Francis & Glen Kent	Ms Kayla Crowther (a2/50kg)	9	55.5kg		79
6	824x2131x2	QUIDDICK	David Tootell	Jake Toeroek	4	54kg		72
7	26010×4116	TIARA STAR	Will Clarken	Jamie Kah	6	54kg		71
8	43x340x121	EVERYDAY LADY	Will Clarken	Michael Walker	3	54kg		70
9	x296x11238	MUSICAL QUERY	Mark Minervini	Raquel Clark (a0/53kg)	11	54kg		70
10	86880x795x	SANDHILL FLASH	Sam Turner	Krystal Bishop	8	54kg		70
11	5603807234	DEL PIERO	Jarrod McLean	Dean Yendall	1	54kg		68

 

2019 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.

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