Adelaide Cup

The Adelaide Cup runs over the two miles (3200m) on a Monday in March attracting a host of top stayers each autumn.

2023 Adelaide Cup Results

  • 1st: #15 Rebel Racer
  • 2nd: #4 Aurora's Symphony
  • 3rd: #3 Amade



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

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