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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 $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 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 2020 Adelaide Cup ran on Monday March 9, 2020 and was won by the Danny O’Brien-trained King Of Leogrance. 

Adelaide Cup 2020
Date:	Monday March 9, 2020
Track:	Morphettville Racecourse
Distance:	3,200m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$400,000

2020 Adelaide Cup Results

• 1st: #4 King Of Leogrance
• 2nd: #10 Good Idea
• 3rd: #5 Chouxting The Mob

The Adelaide Cup 2020 results saw Melbourne Cup winning trainer Danny O’Brien unearth another potential runner in the ‘race that stops a nation’ withe King Of Leogrance ($2.20F) – raced by six-time Melbourne Cup winning owner Lloyd Williams – easily accounting for his rivals on way to a likely Sydney Cup bid this autumn.

Click here to read more on the impressive 2020 Adelaide Cup winner King Of Leogrance.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	4	KING OF LEOGRANCE (FR)	Danny O’Brien	Damian Lane	–	14	54kg	$2.20F
2	10	GOOD IDEA	Phillip Stokes	Ben Thompson	2.3L	12	53kg	$17
3	5	CHOUXTING THE MOB (NZ)	Simon Morrish	Beau Mertens	3.2L	1	53kg	$31
4	15	DARK ALLEY	Paul Preusker	Declan Bates	6.7L	8	53kg	$10
5	9	YULONG RISING (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dean Holland	8L	6	53kg	$15
6	14	KNIGHT STAR (IRE)	Jeremy Gask	Jason Holder	8.9L	5	53kg	$101
7	11	HEART OF GRACE (JPN)	Anthony Freedman	Damien Thornton	9L	10	53kg	$21
8	16	TURF MAN	John Hickmott	Sairyn Fawke	9.5L	3	53kg	$151
9	3	DABIYR (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jye McNeil	9.8L	9	54kg	$5.50
10	6	NAVAL WARFARE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Dwayne Dunn	10.4L	7	53kg	$10
11	8	EPERDUMENT	Shane Oxlade	Ms Kayla Crowther (a)	10.7L	2	53kg	$31
12	1	HOME BY MIDNIGHT (NZ)	Patrick Payne	Billy Egan	13.7L	4	58.5kg	$13
13	7	ROCK ON (NZ)	Peter Gelagotis	Anthony Darmanin	17.4L	11	53kg	$91
14	13	ALIENATED	Cliff Murray	Ms Georgina Cartwright (a)	38.8L	13	53kg	$101
SB	2	YOGI (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	–	0	57.5kg	–
–	12	AZURITE (IRE)	Michael Hickmott	Ms Anna Jordsjo (a)	–	0	–	–

2020 Adelaide Cup Odds

The season’s latest Adelaide Cup 2020 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below leading up to the 3200m feature so stay tuned.

2020 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 2020 final field and barriers are announced on Tuesday March 3, 2020 and will be published in full below.

The 2020 Adelaide Cup field features 16 smart stayers including last start Launceston Cup winner Home By Midnight carrying the 58.5kg topweight. The Danny O’Brien-trained King Of Leogrance is the clear favourite in Adelaide Cup betting despite a wide draw (15), the French-bred five-year-old coming off the Roy Higgins Quality win at Flemington.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	49×0892261	HOME BY MIDNIGHT (NZ)	Patrick Payne	Billy Egan	4	58.5kg	103
2	1850x23x78	YOGI (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	6	57.5kg	101
3	3124×61512	DABIYR (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jye McNeil	10	54kg	94
4	41x3349x21	KING OF LEOGRANCE (FR)	Danny O’Brien	Damian Lane	15	54kg (inc. 1.0kg penalty)	94
5	11158×8045	CHOUXTING THE MOB (NZ)	Simon Morrish	Beau Mertens	1	53kg	89
6	4364754223	NAVAL WARFARE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Dwayne Dunn	8	53kg	89
7	208×734466	ROCK ON (NZ)	Peter Gelagotis	TBA	12	53kg	87
8	x451952411	EPERDUMENT	Shane Oxlade	Ms Kayla Crowther (a)	2	53kg	84
9	45×5627212	YULONG RISING (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dean Holland	7	53kg	81
10	6226×95771	GOOD IDEA	Phillip Stokes	Ben Thompson	13	53kg	74
11	x036544123	HEART OF GRACE (JPN)	Anthony Freedman	Damien Thornton	11	53kg	74
12	61473×0042	AZURITE (IRE)	Michael Hickmott	Ms Anna Jordsjo (a)	16	53kg	73
13	0450759114	ALIENATED	Cliff Murray	Ms Georgina Cartwright (a)	14	53kg	70
14	8144×74191	KNIGHT STAR (IRE)	Jeremy Gask	Jason Holder	5	53kg	67
15	465×211	DARK ALLEY	Paul Preusker	Declan Bates	9	53kg	65
16	0656×70334	TURF MAN	John Hickmott	Sairyn Fawke	3	53kg	63

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
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