The Adelaide Cup is a Group 2 open handicap race held annually on a Monday afternoon in early March at Morphettville racecourse in Adelaide, South Australia during the Adelaide autumn racing carnival. The race is run over a distance of 3200 metres with prizemoney of $400,000. The 2011 Adelaide Cup was won by Muir from Saddler's Story with Macedonian third.
Held on the Labour Day holiday in South Australia, the Adelaide Cup takes place alongside the Gr2 Yalumbee Stud Classic for three-year-olds.
The Adelaide Cup is the premier distance race of the autumn racing carnival in Adelaide and its an open handicap event run over a distance of 3200m (2 miles), which is the same distance as Australia's most famous race, the Melbourne Cup at Flemington.
The race is typically not a high quality affair and generally attracts the best available local stayers and any interstate horses suited by the conditions. It has not been a great guide to Australia's most famous race and the last horse to win the Adelaide Cup & Melbourne Cup double was Subzero in 1992.
In recent years the Gr3 Lord Reims Stakes has proven to be the the best guide to horses contesting the Adelaide Cup and those gallopers who place or finish on the heels of the placegetters tend to run well in the Adelaide Cup. Both Capecover (2010) and Lacey Underall (2008) ran solid races in the Lord Reims Stakes on their way to success in this race.
Muir (2011) ran third in a 2600 metre distance race at Flemington prior to winning this event and recent Adelaide Cup winners have been Capecover (2010) and Zavite (2009).
2011 Adelaide Cup result
1. $21.00 Muir 54.0 D Gauci
2. $21.00 Saddler's Story 54.0 G Boss
3. $4.20 Macedonian 55.0 L Nolen
Then followed:
4. $20.00 Olympic Win 54.0 C Williams
5. $3.50 King Diamond 55.5 M Rodd
6. $9.00 Vesper 55.0 N Hall
7. $26.00 Zauberin 54.0 D Holland
8. $41.00 Fast Future 57.0 J Mott
9. $7.00 Guyno 56.5 J Whiting
10. $61.00 Our Serena 54.0 Ms C Lindop
11. $11.00 Maunatrice 55.0 M Zahra
12. $13.00 Pergola 54.0 D Dunn
13. $101.00 Stakhanovite 54.0 A Patterson
14. $81.00 Skystreamer 54.0 D Nikolic
15. $31.00 Tibooburra Travis 54.0 J Maskiell
16. $21.00 Kincaple 54.0 K Mc Evoy
17. $101.00 Big Ted 54.0 Ms K Yuill
18. $501.00 Sandhill Lad 54.0 J Potter
Margins: Long neck, 1/2 len Time: 3:23.46
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