Adelaide Cup

Excelleration claims thrilling Adelaide Cup victory

Posted on March 12, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

Excelleration, trained by Richard Cully, secured a remarkable hat-trick of cup victories by narrowly clinching the win in a photo finish during Monday's Group 2 Adelaide Cup (3200m) at Morphettville. Piloted by Harry Coffey and sent off as a chance, the seven-year-old gelding displayed a strong finish down the inside of the track, edging out[...]

Posted on March 1, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jamie Kah is set to ride The Map, trained by Dan Clarken and Oopy MacGillivray, in the upcoming Group 2 Adelaide Cup (3200m) at Morphettville on Monday week. Kah previously guided the five-year-old to a commanding victory in a Benchmark 96 (2800m) event on Melbourne Cup Day last year. “She's (Kah) obviously been in the[...]

Posted on February 19, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

Phillip Stokes has unveiled plans for the upcoming autumn campaigns of Amade and Daqiansweet Junior, both of whom performed admirably during the spring season. The trainer revealed that the two horses are gearing up for their respective starts in the coming weeks. The first of the duo, Amade, is set to take on Moonee Valley's[...]

Posted on February 10, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

A strong tempo and a perfect Blake Shinn ride played to the strengths of handy stayer Wertheimer as he ran out a strong winner at Caulfield on Saturday. The six-year-old son of Tavistock is prepared by Matthew Enright at Bendigo and is racing consistently well this campaign for the ex-pat Kiwi conditioner, showing no signs[...]

Posted on December 31, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Quality stayer Dunkel lumped 61kgs to an emphatic victory at Moonee Valley on Saturday, as the Patrick Payne-trained galloper notched the seventh victory of his career from just ten starts. Perfectly ridden by jockey Billy Egan, Dunkel tracked the leader Grand Promenade throughout and was able to take an inside run when that runner lugged[...]

Posted on December 31, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Ciaron Maher and David Eustace might look to aim Persan at a Sydney or Adelaide Cup if he can live up to expectations and win the Bagot Handicap at Flemington on Sunday. The racing manager for the Melbourne Cup-winning stable, Reece Murphy, believes the six-year-old has only continued to improve since his 20th place in[...]

Posted on June 16, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented New Zealand winter stayer Prince Leo will have an opportunity at Trentham on Saturday to prove himself worthy of joining his half-brother in Australia. The five-year-old son of Jimmy Choux is raced and trained by his Foxton-based breeder Ian Shaw, who has enjoyed black-type success in Victoria this year with Tigertiger. They are out[...]

Posted on March 14, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

There is no doubt Jamie Kah is a modern-day legend of South Australian racing – a regular victor in Group 1 races around the country. But the one she always wanted had eluded her until her brilliant ride in the $302,250 Adelaide Cup (3200m) at Morphettville, South Australia, Australia on Monday. She kept her renowned[...]

Posted on March 14, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

South Australian trainer John Hickmott's Turf Man might be on the last line of betting to win the $302,250 Adelaide Cup (3200m) at Morphettville, Australia on Monday, but he's overcome plenty of adversity in the past, There were strong concerns that the heavy outsider at with Australian bookmaker Ladbrokes might have had his career ended[...]

Posted on March 11, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Boasting last year’s winner, this year’s favourite, and Jamie Kah to boot, the Stokes yard has some heavy artillery aimed at Monday’s $300,000 Adelaide Cup.

Posted on February 25, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

So Bene could force her way into Adelaide Cup contention with a forward showing in Saturday's Group 3 Lord Reims Stakes (2600m) at Morphettville.

Posted on April 12, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Phillip Stokes says he could not have Good Idea in any better shape as the gelding chases the Adelaide and Sydney Cups double. Good Idea is set to run in the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) at Randwick on Saturday having won the Adelaide Cup over the same distance at Morphettville last month. The last[...]

Posted on March 8, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Good Idea has carried a set of one of Australia's most recognisable colours to victory in the Group 2 TAB Adelaide Cup (3200m) at Morphettville on Monday. The Phillip Stokes-trained stayer wore the colours of Dato Tan Chin Nam who owned Bart Cummings-trained Melbourne Cup winners Think Big, Saintly and Viewed along with dual Cox[...]

Posted on March 7, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The furthest thing from the mind of trainer Matthew Williams when imported stayer Darvin commenced his campaign in December was the Adelaide Cup. Williams explained he was hoping to ‘just win a race' with the five-year-old, but after successive wins over 3000m Monday's Group 2 Adelaide Cup (3200m) at Morphettville came on the radar. Warrnambool-based[...]

Posted on March 3, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Matthew Williams expects the roomier Morphettville lay-out to suit Darvin when the gelding contests the Group 2 Adelaide Cup. A field of 17 is set to tackle one of Australia's oldest races, and one of the few still run at 3200m in Australia, although in recent years it has lost a little of its[...]

Posted on February 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

John McArdle knows Tycoon Humma's family inside and out and he thinks the best strategy for the undefeated two-year-old filly is to send her for a spell.

Posted on January 29, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A day out from the running of the Group 3 NZ Campus of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) trainer Allan Sharrock is itching to get the show on the road. Sharrock prepares the likely race favourite Waisake who completed a sparkling final gallop on Tuesday, followed by another impressive light workout on Thursday that[...]

Excelleration claims thrilling Adelaide Cup victory

The Map to be ridden by Jamie Kah in Adelaide Cup

Daqiansweet Junior to have short autumn campaign

Wertheimer impresses at Caulfield

Dunkel on Adelaide Cup path

Persan the one to beat ahead of Bagot Handicap

Chance to press claims for Australian venture

Jamie Kah win Australia’s Adelaide Cup

Turf Man looks a top ten chance in Australia’s Adelaide Cup

Stokes eyes another Adelaide Cup with Daqiansweet Junior

Lord Reims Stakes could push So Bene towards Adelaide Cup

Good Idea ticking over nicely for Sydney Cup

Good Idea goes one better in Adelaide Cup

Darvin in peak form for Adelaide Cup

Adelaide Cup trip to suit in-form stayer

Tycoon Hums Home And Heads For A Spell

Wellington Cup favourite ready for two-mile mission

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