Adelaide Cup 2021 Tips & Betting Advice

The Adelaide Cup is South Australia’s premier staying autumn race run on South Australia's Labour Day. 

Worth $400,000 and ran every year at Morphettville racecourse, this Group Two race is only open to horses aged three and over.

Adelaide Cup bookie offers are typically delivered by the corporate bookmakers, who hand out bonus bets and cash back promotions on the big races.

Our trusted online betting partners should deliver offers on the Adelaide Cup.

Unfortunately, in Australia online bookmakers are unable to offer free bets, which includes the Adelaide Cup.

Promotions on the big races can lead to a bonus bet, depending on whether or not the bookie is offering a deal on the specific race.

The first Adelaide Cup was raced on 21 April 1864 at Thebarton Racecourse and ran under weight for age conditions over two miles.

Held on the second Monday of March since 2006, this race has now received a status in Adelaide as a public holiday for people to attend the event.

Quite often, especially in recent times we have seen the second grade stayers take out this race. But 2019 winner Surprise Baby put this race back on the map with arguably a performance that should have seen him take out the Melbourne Cup.

Lord Reims is the only horse to have ever taken out three edtions of this event in a row and has had the main lead up race, over 2600m named in his honour.

We will have the full Adelaide Cup field here once it has been finalised.

Horses coming through the Lord Reims Stakes in Adelaide and Roy Higgins Quality in Melbourne often run well in this race and are certainly the well fancied runners in betting.

The Adelaide Cup fixture is below. These are subject to change.

Race 1: Benchmark 82

Race 2: Benchmark 82

Race 3: 3YO Handicap

Race 4: Magic Millions Adelaide 2YO Classic

Race 5: Benchmark 75

Race 6: CS Hayes Memorial Cup

Race 7: Adelaide Cup

Race 8: Matrice Stakes

Race 9: Benchmark 75

1st – King Of Leogrance

2nd – Good Idea

3rd – Chouxting The Mob

Check back in the build-up to the race for our Adelaide Cup bet of the day.

Punters looking to get the latest Adelaide Cup social news should visit the South Australian Jockey Club's social media accounts, which can be found at @SAJockeyClub and Morphettville Racecourse on Facebook.