The Adelaide Cup runs over the two miles (3200m) on a Monday in March attracting a host of top stayers each autumn.
2025 Adelaide Cup Results
- 1st: #7 Silent Surrente
- 2nd: #8 Newfoundland
- 3rd: #1 Grand Pierro
Adelaide Cup News
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.
2025 Adelaide Cup Results
- 1st: #7 Silent Surrente ($10)
- 2nd: #8 Newfoundland
- 3rd: #1 Grand Pierro
A daring front-running ride from apprentice hoop Rochelle Milnes saw the local Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea trained Silent Surrente ($10) outstay her rivals in a thrilling home-town victory in the 2025 Adelaide Cup results. A well-bred daughter of former Melbourne Cup winner Fiorente, Silent Surrente atoned for her narrow Lord Reims loss last time out showing plenty of guts when three-wide at the 1400m before holding off the late challengers to win by 1.2 lengths on the line.
Adelaide Cup 2025 Odds & Results
Sportsbet Adelaide Cup (G2)
| Runner Details | Win | Place |
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1st
7. Silent Surrente (11) J: Rochelle Milnes 53.5kg
T: Will Clarken & Niki O'Shea |
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2nd
8. Newfoundland (7) J: Jamie Melham 53kg
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
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3rd
1. Grand Pierro (4) J: Zac Spain 58.5kg
T: Jason Warren |
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4th
10. Goldenstatewarrior (8) J: Michael Dee 53kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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5th
4. Taramansour (3) J: Lachlan Neindorf 55kg
T: Phillip Stokes |
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6th
12. Commander Harry (10) J: Harry Grace 53kg
T: Paul Preusker |
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7th
14. Sentimental Flame (6) J: Kayla Crowther 53kg
T: Travis Doudle |
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8th
13. Make Us Proud (1) J: Declan Bates 53kg
T: Shane Jackson |
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9th
11. Highland Blaze (12) J: Tom Madden 53kg
T: Shane Jackson |
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10th
3. Alhambra Lad (2) J: Billy Egan 56kg
T: Patrick & Michelle Payne |
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11th
6. Hasta La War (5) J: Teagan Voorham 53.5kg
T: Sue Murphy |
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12th
2. Promises Kept (9) J: Blake Shinn 58.5kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
Data retrieved: 27/05/2025 05:15:09 AM (Australia/Brisbane)
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 $350,000 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.
Silent Surrente (2nd in 2025) was the last Lord Reims Stakes graduate to continue on and win the Adelaide Cup.
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 2025 Adelaide Cup ran on Monday March 10, 2025 at Morphettville Racecourse as one of the biggest races of the year in South Australia and was won by star local Fiorente mare Silent Surrente ($10) in a brave front running performance.
| Adelaide Cup 2025 | |
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| Date: | Monday March 10, 2025 |
| Track: | Morphettville Racecourse |
| Distance: | 3,200m |
| Race Type: | Open Handicap |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prize Money: | $350,000 |
2025 Adelaide Cup Finishing Order
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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| 1 | 7 | SILENT SURRENTE | Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea | Ms Rochelle Milnes (a) | 11 | 53.5kg | $10 | |||
| 2 | 8 | NEWFOUNDLAND (IRE) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Ms Jamie Melham | 1.2L | 7 | 53kg | $6.50 | ||
| 3 | 1 | GRAND PIERRO | Jason Warren | Zac Spain | 2.2L | 4 | 58.5kg | $16 | ||
| 4 | 10 | GOLDENSTATEWARRIOR (IRE) | Ciaron Maher | Michael Dee | 3.56L | 8 | 53kg | $3.60EF | ||
| 5 | 4 | TARAMANSOUR (IRE) | Phillip Stokes | Lachlan Neindorf | 4.43L | 3 | 55kg | $3.60EF | ||
| 6 | 12 | COMMANDER HARRY (NZ) | Paul Preusker | Harry Grace | 5.56L | 10 | 53kg | $61 | ||
| 7 | 14 | SENTIMENTAL FLAME | Travis Doudle | Ms Kayla Crowther | 5.79L | 6 | 53kg | $61 | ||
| 8 | 13 | MAKE US PROUD (IRE) | Shane Jackson | Declan Bates | 7.16L | 1 | 53kg | $31 | ||
| 9 | 11 | HIGHLAND BLAZE | Shane Jackson | Tom Madden | 7.75L | 12 | 53kg | $18 | ||
| 10 | 3 | ALHAMBRA LAD (NZ) | Patrick & Michelle Payne | Billy Egan | 9.79L | 2 | 56kg | $17 | ||
| 11 | 6 | HASTA LA WAR | Sue Murphy | Ms Teagan Voorham | 11.99L | 5 | 53.5kg | $71 | ||
| 12 | 2 | PROMISES KEPT | Ciaron Maher | Blake Shinn | 22.4L | 9 | 58.5kg | $8 | ||
| 9 | SPEYCASTER (GB) | Chris Waller | Teo Nugent | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | GOTTA GO GURU | Andrew Gluyas | Ms Taylor Johnstone (a) | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Adelaide Cup Betting
The season’s latest Adelaide Cup 2025 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available here at Races.com.au 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.
2025 Adelaide Cup Form
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2025 Adelaide Cup Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Adelaide Cup 2025 Tips and best bets on the Group 2 staying showdown this March.
- To Win: #5 Gotta Go Guru ($9.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Going for the value and tipping Gotta Go Guru to continue her winning streak. The well-bred daughter of 2013 Melbourne Cup winner Fiorente is bred to stay and comes in red hot fit and full of confidence. She chases her impressive fifth consecutive victory after winning the traditional Adelaide Cup lead-up here last time out. It was a very narrow photo-thriller in the Group 3 Lord Reims over 2600m so the bookies are going the way of the placegetters out of it. But how can you knock a mare riding this rich a vein of form? She only goes up a half-kilo so is still very well weighted in on 53.5kg. She was huge with 60kg two runs back at the Parks track over 2250m. Handled the notable rise in distance and class for the Group 3 and deserves a shot at the two miles which I think she’ll see out.
2025 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 2025 final field and barriers are announced on the Thursday prior to the race and will be published in full below.
The 2025 Adelaide Cup field features a smart line-up of autumn stayers led in betting by the Phillip Stokes trained Taramansour coming off an eye-catching third in the Group 3 Lord Reims.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Penalty | H Rating |
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| 1 | x068432125 | GRAND PIERRO | Jason Warren | Zac Spain | 4 | 58.5kg | 96 | |
| 2 | x002642122 | PROMISES KEPT | Ciaron Maher | Blake Shinn | 9 | 58.5kg | 96 | |
| 3 | 1829×00434 | ALHAMBRA LAD (NZ) | Patrick & Michelle Payne | Billy Egan | 2 | 56kg | 91 | |
| 4 | 223×784123 | TARAMANSOUR (IRE) | Phillip Stokes | Lachlan Neindorf | 3 | 55kg | 89 | |
| 5 | 13×7471111 | GOTTA GO GURU | Andrew Gluyas | Ms Taylor Johnstone (a) | 13 | 53.5kg | 90 | |
| 6 | 060x33x080 | HASTA LA WAR | Sue Murphy | Ms Teagan Voorham | 5 | 53.5kg | 86 | |
| 7 | x3323x0422 | SILENT SURRENTE | Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea | Ms Rochelle Milnes (a) | 12 | 53.5kg | 90 | |
| 8 | x5x3112423 | NEWFOUNDLAND (IRE) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Ms Jamie Melham | 7 | 53kg | 84 | |
| 9 | 107157×576 | SPEYCASTER (GB) | Chris Waller | Teo Nugent | 10 | 53kg | 84 | |
| 10 | 6417×95144 | GOLDENSTATEWARRIOR (IRE) | Ciaron Maher | Michael Dee | 8 | 53kg | 78 | |
| 11 | 5342882121 | HIGHLAND BLAZE | Shane Jackson | Tom Madden | 14 | 53kg | 73 | |
| 12 | 3774264513 | COMMANDER HARRY (NZ) | Paul Preusker | Harry Grace | 11 | 53kg | 72 | |
| 13 | 1×5301 | MAKE US PROUD (IRE) | Shane Jackson | Declan Bates | 1 | 53kg | 68 | |
| 14 | 0556252556 | SENTIMENTAL FLAME | Travis Doudle | Ms Kayla Crowther | 6 | 53kg | 68 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Adelaide Cup Nominations
Early nominations for the Adelaide Cup in 2025 close on a Thursday in late February.
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.
Silent Surrente (2025) was the last Adelaide Cup winning mare.
Recent Adelaide Cup Winners
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2025 Adelaide Cup |
1st | Silent Surrente | 3 minutes 22.76 seconds |
| 2nd | Newfoundland | ||
| 3rd | Grand Pierro | ||
| 2024 Adelaide Cup |
1st | Excelleration | 3 minutes 23.49 seconds |
| 2nd | The Map | ||
| 3rd | Skelm | ||
| 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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