The Adelaide Cup is a SAJC

South Australian Jockey Club

South Australian Jockey Club is the principal race club in South Australia, Australia.The first incarnation of the South Australian Jockey Club was in 1850, when it ran a race programme at Brighton on 14 February. Thomas Shayle was the Hon. Sec...

 Group 2

Group races

Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...

 Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

 horse race held in South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

. It is handicap race run over 3,200 metres (two miles) at Morphettville Racecourse

Morphettville Racecourse

Morphettville Racecourse is the main horse racing track for South Australia. It is situated in the suburb of Morphettville in Adelaide, Australia, and is about 10km from the centre of the city....

 in Adelaide Australia. Total prize money for the race is A$400,000.

The cup is held on the second Monday of March since March 2006. Before 2006 it was held in May. It was first run in 1864, just three years after the Melbourne Cup

Melbourne Cup

The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...

 commenced.
The day received public holiday status in 1973 and has become a major social event in South Australia.

Race history

• From 1884 to 1944 the race was run over 13 furlongs (approximately 2,600 metres).
• In 1980 and 2000 the race was run at Victoria Park
  Victoria Park, Adelaide
  Victoria Park, also known as Park 16, is a park located in the Southeastern Parklands of the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is bordered by Fullarton Road, Greenhill Road, East Terrace and Wakefield Road...
  
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• Effective from 2007 the race was downgraded from Group 1
  Group races
  Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...
  
   to Group 2 status following a decision by the Australian Pattern Committee
  Group races
  Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...
  
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Past winners

2011 - Muir 2010 - Capecover 2009 - Zavite 2008 - Lacey Underall 2007 - Gallic 2006 - Exalted Time 2005 - Demerger 2004 - Pantani 2003 - Pillage 'N Plunder 2002 - The A Train 2001 - Apache King 2000 - Bohemiath 1999 - Sheer Kingston 1998 - The Hind 1997 - Cronus 1996 - French Resort 1995 - Scrupulous 1994 - Our Pompeii 1993 - Our Pompeii 1992 - Subzero Subzero (horse) Subzero was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1992 Melbourne Cup. Trained by Lee Freedman and ridden by veteran jockey Greg Hall, the four-year-old revelled in the rain-affected going to defeat the favourite Veandercross and the two-miler Castletown... 1991 - Ideal Centreman 1990 - Water Boatman 1989 - Lord Reims Lord Reims Lord Reims was a notable thoroughbred racehorse who raced with success in Australia. A chestnut son of Zamazaan from the mare Right On, he was trained in New Zealand by Cliff Fenwick.... 1988 - Lord Reims Lord Reims Lord Reims was a notable thoroughbred racehorse who raced with success in Australia. A chestnut son of Zamazaan from the mare Right On, he was trained in New Zealand by Cliff Fenwick.... 1987 - Lord Reims Lord Reims Lord Reims was a notable thoroughbred racehorse who raced with success in Australia. A chestnut son of Zamazaan from the mare Right On, he was trained in New Zealand by Cliff Fenwick.... 1986 - Mr. Lomondy 1985 - Toujours Mio 1984 - Moss Kingdom 1983 - Amarant 1982 - Dealer's Choice 1981 - Just A Dash 1980 - Yashmak 1979 - Panamint 1978 - Hyperno Hyperno Hyperno was a Thoroughbred racehorse foaled in New Zealand. He was a wayward but brilliant galloper that won the Melbourne Cup and other group and listed races.... 1977 - Reckless 1976 - Grand Scale 1975 - Soulman 1974 - Phar Ace 1973 - Tavel 1972 - Wine Taster 1971 - Laelia 1970 - Tavel 1969 - Gnapur 1968 - Rain Lover Rain Lover Rain Lover was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the very few horses to win the Melbourne Cup more than once. Rain Lover was sired by the good racehorse, Latin Lover his dam Rain Spot was by Valognes .He was owned and bred by Clifford A. Reid, who won the 1945 Melbourne... 1967 - Fulmen 1966 - Prince Camillo 1965 - Hunting Horn 1964 - Jamagne 1963 - Woolstar

1962 - Cheong Sam 1961 - Far Away Places 1960 - Lourdale 1959 - Mac 1958 - Star Aim 1957 - Borgia 1956 - Pushover 1955 - Storm Glow 1954 - Spearfolio 1953 - Royal Padjeant 1952 - Aldershot 1951 - Peerless Fox 1950 - Peerless Fox 1949 - Colin 1948 - Sanctus 1947 - Beau Cheval 1946 - Little Tich 1945 - Blankenburg 1944 - Chief Watchman 1943 - race not held 1942 - race not held 1941 - Yodvara 1940 - Apostrophe 1939 - Son Of Aurous 1938 - Dartford 1937 - Donaster 1936 - Cape York 1935 - Mellion 1934 - Sir Roseland 1933 - Infirmiere 1932 - Romany Rye 1931 - Suzumi 1930 - Temptation 1929 - Parallana 1928 - Altimeter 1927 - Three Kings 1926 - Spearer 1925 - Stralia 1924 - Wynette 1923 - King Ingoda 1922 - Repique 1921 - Sir Marco 1920 - Wee Gun 1919 - Dependence 1918 - Elsdon 1917 - Greencap 1916 - St. Spasa 1915 - Naxbery 1914 - Hamburg Belle

1913 - Midnight Sun 1912 - Eye Glass 1911 - Eye Glass 1910 - Medaglia 1909 - Kooringa 1908 - Destinist 1907 - Spinaway 1906 - Dynamite 1905 - Troytown 1904 - Sport Royal 1903 - Sojourner 1902 - The Idler 1901 - Gunga Din 1900 - Tarquin 1899 - Contrast 1898 - Paul Pry 1897 - Mora 1896 - Warpaint 1895 - Elswick 1894 - Port Admiral 1893 - Vakeel 1892 - Jericho 1891 - Stanley 1890 - Shootover 1889 - The Lawyer 1888 - race not held 1887 - race not held 1886 - race not held 1885 - Lord Wilton 1884 - Malua Malua (horse) Malua was the most versatile Australian Thoroughbred racehorse in history. Malua won over distances ranging from 5½ furlongs to 3¼ miles .-Breeding:He was a son of St. Albans from Edella by Peter Wilkins... 1883 - Sting 1882 - Euclid 1881 - Totalisator 1880 - Firstwater 1879 - Banter 1878 - Glenormiston 1877 - Aldinga 1876 - Impudence 1875 - Lurline 1874 - Ace Of Trumps 1873 - Dolphin 1872 - Australian Buck 1871 - race not held 1870 - race not held 1869 - Norma 1868 - Cupbearer 1867 - Cowra 1866 - Cowra 1865 - Ebor 1864 - Falcon