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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 $300,000 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 2022 Adelaide Cup ran on Monday March 14, 2022 and saw jockey Jamie Kah win her home-town Cup for the first time aboard the favourite Daqiansweet Junior ($4.20F). 

Adelaide Cup 2022
Date:	Monday March 14, 2022
Track:	Morphettville Racecourse
Distance:	3,200m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$302,250

2022 Adelaide Cup Results

• 1st: #5 Daqiansweet Junior ($4.20F)
• 2nd: #6 Tigertiger
• 3rd: #3 Future Score

Home-grown hero Ms Jamie Kah enjoyed an incredible day at Morphettville on Monday riding her fourth winner at the meet when celebrating her first Adelaide Cup success aboard the Phillip Stokes-trained favourite Daqiansweet Junior ($4.20F) in the two-mile classic.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	5	DAQIANSWEET JUNIOR (NZ)	Phillip Stokes	Ms Jamie Kah		2	56.5kg		$4.20F
	2	6	TIGERTIGER (NZ)	Rob Blacker	Harry Coffey	1.5L	6	56kg		$4.60
	3	3	FUTURE SCORE (IRE)	Matt Cumani	Declan Bates	3.5L	8	57kg		$17
	4	4	GOOD IDEA	Phillip Stokes	Ben Thompson	4.6L	5	57kg		$8.50
	5	15	BUSKER’S BALLAD	Ryan Balfour	Barend Vorster	4.8L	4	56kg		$21
	6	11	JEKYLL’N’HYDE	Simon Morrish	Michael Dee	4.9L	3	56kg		$21
	7	2	AURORA’S SYMPHONY	Symon Wilde	Damien Oliver	5L	15	57kg		$10
	8	1	SKELM	Terry Kelly	Michael Poy	5.9L	10	58kg		$6
	9	8	CANFORD	Ryan Balfour	Will Price (a)	7.3L	12	56kg		$21
	10	16	TURF MAN	John Hickmott & Carrina Riggs	Jeffrey Maund	10.1L	1	56kg		$201
	11	10	OATH OF OMERTA	Michael Hickmott	Todd Pannell	11.3L	14	56kg		$26
	12	14	ABREED	Andrew Noblet	John Allen	12.1L	7	56kg		$20
	13	7	DRAGON STORM (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Dom Tourneur	13.3L	13	56kg		$31
	14	9	EPERDUMENT	Shane Oxlade	Ms Jessica Eaton	15.1L	9	56kg		$61
	15	13	SANTELMO FUEGO	Grant Young	Ms Sophie Logan (a)	31.9L	11	56kg		$201
		12	LION’S SHARE	Steven Pateman	Callan Murray		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2022 Adelaide Cup Betting Odds

The season’s latest Adelaide Cup 2022 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.

2022 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 2022 final field and barriers are announced on Thursday March 10, 2022 and will be published in full below.

The 2022 Adelaide Cup field features a smart line-up of stayers led in betting by the Phillip Stokes-trained  Daqiansweet Junior and the 58kg top-weight Skelm who ran second and first respectively last time out in the Listed Torney Cup (2500m) at Moonee Valley. 

Click here to read more on the key stayers in the Adelaide Cup 2022 field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	3×36851281	SKELM	Terry Kelly	Michael Poy	11	58kg		95
2	55×9233211	AURORA’S SYMPHONY	Symon Wilde	Damien Oliver	16	57kg		93
3	3x08673x53	FUTURE SCORE (IRE)	Matt Cumani	Declan Bates	9	57kg		93
4	x033032447	GOOD IDEA	Phillip Stokes	Ben Thompson	6	57kg		93
5	80×5011112	DAQIANSWEET JUNIOR (NZ)	Phillip Stokes	Ms Jamie Kah	2	56.5kg		92
6	3121211172	TIGERTIGER (NZ)	Rob Blacker	Harry Coffey	7	56kg		88
7	100×000189	DRAGON STORM (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Dom Tourneur	14	56kg		87
8	24×8330971	CANFORD	Ryan Balfour	Will Price (a)	13	56kg		81
9	00878×3743	EPERDUMENT	Shane Oxlade	Ms Jessica Eaton	10	56kg		80
10	x980x51121	OATH OF OMERTA	Michael Hickmott	Todd Pannell	15	56kg		71
11	7×01426211	JEKYLL’N’HYDE	Simon Morrish	Michael Dee	3	56kg		67
12	01702446×6	LION’S SHARE	Steven Pateman	Callan Murray	4	56kg		67
13	4135136×88	SANTELMO FUEGO	Grant Young	Ms Sophie Logan (a)	12	56kg		67
14	0x09601422	ABREED	Andrew Noblet	John Allen	8	56kg		66
15	104×995312	BUSKER’S BALLAD	Ryan Balfour	Barend Vorster	5	56kg		65
16	6863717436	TURF MAN	John Hickmott & Carrina Riggs	Jeffrey Maund	1	56kg		59

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 Adelaide Cup Nominations

Early nominations for the Adelaide Cup in 2022 close on Thursday March 3, 2022 with the full list of entries to be confirmed below.

The 2022 Adelaide Cup nominations attracted 30 stayers led in early betting by Zed six-year-old Tigertiger who has previous winning form up to 2800m and Torney Cup winner Skelm.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	24×8330971	CANFORD	G	7	Ryan Balfour	1	53kg		81
2	00878×3743	EPERDUMENT	M	7	Shane Oxlade	2	53kg		80
3	6377×89322	SO BENE	M	4	Andrew Clarken	3	53kg		60
4	8850×38112	HO HO KHAN (NZ)	H	7	Mitchell Freedman	4	59kg		103
5	5095665836	NEUFBOSC (FR)	G	7	Neville Parnham	5	56kg		97
6	3×36851281	SKELM	G	7	Terry Kelly	6	55kg		95
7	55×9233211	AURORA’S SYMPHONY	G	5	Symon Wilde	7	54kg		93
8	3x08673x53	FUTURE SCORE (IRE)	G	7	Matt Cumani	8	54kg		93
9	x033032447	GOOD IDEA	G	7	Phillip Stokes	9	54kg		93
10	80×5011112	DAQIANSWEET JUNIOR (NZ)	G	4	Phillip Stokes	10	53.5kg		92
11	3121211172	TIGERTIGER (NZ)	G	6	Rob Blacker	11	53kg		88
12	100×000189	DRAGON STORM (NZ)	G	7	Michael Moroney	12	53kg		87
13	2643317909	STAFFORD’S LAD	G	7	Daniel Morton	13	53kg		87
14	4176×67634	SOUTH PACIFIC (GB)	G	6	Richard Litt	14	53kg		86
15	5318×45416	WYCLIF (GB)	H	5	Danny O’Brien	15	53kg		84
16	34145×4133	PLAYOFFS (NZ)	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	16	53kg		83
17	029×612335	SALTO ANGEL (NZ)	M	4	Danny O’Brien	17	53kg		72
18	x980x51121	OATH OF OMERTA	G	4	Michael Hickmott	18	53kg		71
19	59×5113361	SPIRIT OF GOLD (NZ)	M	5	Peter G Moody	19	53kg		71
20	68×8117554	WERTHEIMER (NZ)	G	4	Michael Hickmott	20	53kg		70
21	7×01426211	JEKYLL’N’HYDE	G	5	Simon Morrish	21	53kg		67
22	01702446×6	LION’S SHARE	M	5	Steven Pateman	22	53kg		67
23	4135136×88	SANTELMO FUEGO	G	6	Grant Young	23	53kg		67
24	0x09601422	ABREED	G	4	Andrew Noblet	24	53kg		66
25	10776×5612	OH SO FAR	M	4	Michael Kent	25	53kg		66
26	104×995312	BUSKER’S BALLAD	G	7	Ryan Balfour	26	53kg		65
27	0x8232x833	PEARLMAN (GB)	G	6	Amy McDonald	27	53kg		64
28	7295548424	EATON	G	9	Michael & Luke Cerchi	28	53kg		62
29	0191242649	BRONSKI	G	8	Sue & Jason Jaensch	29	53kg		60
30	6863717436	TURF MAN	G	7	John Hickmott & Carrina Riggs	30	53kg		59

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
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