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The Group 2 Adelaide Cup is an open handicap race held at Adelaide’s Morphettville Racecourse in early to 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 just over $300,000 in prize money, and the event 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 latest Adelaide Cup winners to back-up out of the Roy Higgins were the Lindsay Park-trained mare Fanatic (2nd in 2018) and the Danny O’Brien-trained King Of Leogrance (2020) who did the double.

The 2022 Adelaide Cup form was franked with the winner Daqiansweet Junior running a next-up third in the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) at Royal Randwick. Future Score meanwhile ran third in that year’s Adelaide Cup results and then fourth in the Sydney Cup.

The 2023 Adelaide Cup ran on Monday March 13, 2023 at Morphettville Racecourse in South Australia and was won in a thrilling front-running upset by Rebel Racer ($26). 

Adelaide Cup 2023
Date:	Monday March 13, 2023
Track:	Morphettville Racecourse
Distance:	3,200m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$302,250

2023 Adelaide Cup Results

• 1st: #15 Rebel Racer ($26)
• 2nd: #4 Aurora’s Symphony
• 3rd: #3 Amade

The Amy & Ash Yargi-trained Rebel Racer ($26) was too strong with 53kg dominating the 2023 Adelaide Cup results in a tough performance off an incredible front-running ride by Craig Newitt.

Click here to read more on the upset Adelaide Cup 2023 win by Rebel Racer.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	15	REBEL RACER	Amy & Ash Yargi	Craig Newitt		9	53kg		$26
	2	4	AURORA’S SYMPHONY	Symon Wilde	Blaike McDougall	0.3L	1	56kg		$12
	3	3	AMADE (IRE)	Phillip Stokes	Zac Spain	1.2L	7	57kg		$9
	4	6	STAFFORD’S LAD	Daniel Morton	Chris Parnham	1.8L	11	54kg		$26
	5	8	HIGHLAND JAKK (NZ)	Robert Hickmott	Teo Nugent	2.3L	2	53kg		$5F
	6	1	PERSAN	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Melham	2.6L	10	59kg		$7.50
	7	9	STARS OF CARRUM	Robbie Laing	Harry Grace	2.9L	6	53kg		$10
	8	7	TEAM CAPTAIN (IRE)	Matt Cumani	Dean Holland	2.9L	12	53kg		$20
	9	13	WAGON WHEEL (NZ)	Aaron Purcell	Lachlan Neindorf (a)	3.5L	3	53kg		$16
	10	11	TRUE MARVEL (FR)	Matthew Smith	Damien Thornton	3.7L	16	53kg		$18
	11	2	GRAND PROMENADE (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	4L	13	58.5kg		$5.50
	12	10	SEBONNA	Peter Hardacre	Callan Murray	9.2L	8	53kg		$51
	13	16	BUSKER’S BALLAD	Ryan Balfour	Ms Alana Livesey (a)	11.4L	5	53kg		$101
	14	12	WHEELS (NZ)	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Jason Holder	12.8L	4	53kg (cd 54kg)		$51
	15	5	CHALK STREAM (GB)	Chris Waller	Jye McNeil	13.4L	15	55kg		$16
	16	14	WOLF PRINCE	Grant Young	Ms Anna Jordsjo	25.5L	14	53kg		$201

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Adelaide Cup Betting Odds

The season’s latest Adelaide Cup 2023 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below leading up to the 3200m feature so stay tuned.

Daqiansweet Junior ($4.20 in 2022) was the last favourite in Adelaide Cup betting to salute for the punters.

There was a notable upset in 2023 with Rebel Racer winning at Adelaide Cup odds of 25/1.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 ADELAIDE CUP ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Adelaide Cup Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 ADELAIDE CUP FORM GUIDE

2023 Adelaide Cup Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Adelaide Cup 2023 Tips and best bets on the Group 2 staying showdown this March.

• To Win: #3 Amade ($12 at time of publish)

Going for a touch of value in Adelaide Cup betting this year and have the proven two-miler Amade on top. Double-figures is attractive on this dour stayer who has a superior strike-rate over the 3200m (4:3-1-0). The Phillip Stokes-trained veteran may be a rising 10-year-old, but he continues to show a zest for racing. He was good second-up at Sandown last start when third over 2100m in the Victoria Cup. Will relish getting out over further. Needs to improve on some of his runs behind the better-fancied here from the spring, but the distance helps him do just that.

2023 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), 2018 winner Fanatic (2nd) and 2020 champ King Of Leogrance (1st); Tasmania’s Launceston Cup (2400m) the month before and the Lord Reims Stakes that is the key local lead-up.

The official Adelaide Cup 2023 final field and barriers are announced on Thursday March 9, 2023 and will be published in full below.

The 2023 Adelaide Cup field features a quality line-up of autumn stayers led in betting by the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained stablemates and topweights Persan and Grand Promenade.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the Adelaide Cup 2023 field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x034363165	PERSAN	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Jamie Kah	10	59kg		103
2	x7x5940x43	GRAND PROMENADE (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	13	58.5kg		102
3	41x8045x83	AMADE (IRE)	Phillip Stokes	Zac Spain	7	57kg		99
4	x783807x11	AURORA’S SYMPHONY	Symon Wilde	Blaike McDougall	1	56kg		97
5	30x044x918	CHALK STREAM (GB)	Chris Waller	Jye McNeil	15	55kg		95
6	6110997276	STAFFORD’S LAD	Daniel Morton	Chris Parnham	11	54kg		93
7	3x067052x7	TEAM CAPTAIN (IRE)	Matt Cumani	Dean Holland	12	53kg		88
8	9×93661421	HIGHLAND JAKK (NZ)	Robert Hickmott	Teo Nugent	2	53kg		86
9	023×073542	STARS OF CARRUM	Robbie Laing	Harry Grace	6	53kg		85
10	903121×574	SEBONNA	Peter Hardacre	Callan Murray	8	53kg		83
11	x057250523	TRUE MARVEL (FR)	Matthew Smith	Craig Williams	16	53kg		78
12	78×6332011	WHEELS (NZ)	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Jason Holder	4	53kg		72
13	6x721x8212	WAGON WHEEL (NZ)	Aaron Purcell	Ben Thompson	3	53kg		67
14	2241×94495	WOLF PRINCE	Grant Young	Ms Anna Jordsjo	14	53kg		66
15	082×693221	REBEL RACER	Amy & Ash Yargi	Craig Newitt	9	53kg		65
16	7720456003	BUSKER’S BALLAD	Ryan Balfour	Ms Alana Livesey (a)	5	53kg		60

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Adelaide Cup Nominations

Early nominations for the Adelaide Cup in 2023 close on Thursday March 2, 2023 with the full list of entries to be confirmed below.

The 2023 Adelaide Cup nominations attracted 29 stayers led in early betting by the 58.5kg top-weight Grand Promenade coming off a third in the Lord Reims at the track.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x7x5940x43	GRAND PROMENADE (GB)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	1	58.5kg		102
2	9×93661421	HIGHLAND JAKK (NZ)	G	6	Robert Hickmott	2	53kg		86
3	023×073542	STARS OF CARRUM	G	7	Robbie Laing	3	53kg		85
4	x034363165	PERSAN	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	4	59kg		103
5	41x8045x83	AMADE (IRE)	G	9	Phillip Stokes	5	57kg		99
6	x783807x11	AURORA’S SYMPHONY	G	6	Symon Wilde	6	56kg		97
7	4×91795319	MILITARY MISSION (IRE)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	7	55kg		95
8	30x044x918	CHALK STREAM (GB)	G	5	Chris Waller	8	55kg		95
9	6110997276	STAFFORD’S LAD	G	8	Daniel Morton	9	54kg		93
10	1x0x00x969	NANCHO (GER)	G	8	Archie Alexander	10	53kg		91
11	3x067052x7	TEAM CAPTAIN (IRE)	G	7	Matt Cumani	11	53kg		88
12	000×876616	FIRST IN LINE (GB)	G	7	Matthew Smith	12	53kg		85
13	903121×574	SEBONNA	G	7	Peter Hardacre	13	53kg		83
14	x4565x7043	TIMOUR (FR)	G	5	Chris Waller	14	53kg		78
15	x057250523	TRUE MARVEL (FR)	G	7	Matthew Smith	15	53kg		78
16	3217922345	SOUS LES NUAGES (IRE)	G	6	Matt Cumani	16	53kg		74
17	1×13341176	MEINER LEGACY (JPN)	G	5	Aaron Purcell	17	53kg		72
18	78×6332011	WHEELS (NZ)	M	6	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	18	53kg		72
19	0041602157	DARLAMAX	G	7	Andrew Homann	19	53kg		72
20	97261×0783	GLENTANEOUS (IRE)	G	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman	20	53kg		71
21	6x721x8212	WAGON WHEEL (NZ)	G	4	Aaron Purcell	21	53kg		67
22	6442×42369	PLATFORM (NZ)	G	5	Travis Doudle	22	53kg		67
23	6034692169	MONREAL (IRE)	G	9	Matthew Smith	23	53kg		67
24	2241×94495	WOLF PRINCE	G	4	Grant Young	24	53kg		66
25	082×693221	REBEL RACER	G	6	Amy & Ash Yargi	25	53kg		65
26	436×402315	SUNDAY BUZZ (NZ)	G	5	Symon Wilde	26	53kg		64
27	58x857x852	VIVIDREDSKY (NZ)	G	8	Paul Preusker	27	53kg		63
28	7720456003	BUSKER’S BALLAD	G	8	Ryan Balfour	28	53kg		60
29	F382326276	WILEWINK (NZ)	G	6	Michael Hickmott	29	53kg		54

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

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.

The 2019 Adelaide Cup winner Surprise Baby went on to run an eye-catching fifth under a length beaten by Vow And Declare in that spring’s Melbourne Cup results.

Recent Adelaide Cup Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Adelaide Cup	1st	Rebel Racer	3 minutes 23.85 seconds
	2nd	Aurora’s Symphony
	3rd	Amade
2022 Adelaide Cup	1st	Daqiansweet Junior	3 minutes 28.80 seconds
	2nd	Tigertiger
	3rd	Future Score
2021 Adelaide Cup	1st	Good Idea	3 minutes 22.00 seconds
	2nd	Eperdument
	3rd	Long Arm
2020 Adelaide Cup	1st	King Of Leogrance	3 minutes 24.76 seconds
	2nd	Good Idea
	3rd	Chouxting The Mob
2019 Adelaide Cup	1st	Surprise Baby	3 minutes 25.94 seconds
	2nd	Top Of The Range
	3rd	Navel Warfare
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