ADELAIDE CUP · AUSTRALIA
Adelaide Cup prize money
The Adelaide Cup is worth AU$350,000 for the 2026 running . That makes it the 353rd richest of the 997 races on this site and the 63rd richest in Australia.
Every figure here is the money the race announces, in the currency it announces it in. The currency control at the top swaps the whole page.
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY AU$350,000
WORLD RANK 353rd
RUNNINGS HELD 163
FIRST RUN 1864
What the Adelaide Cup is
Group II · 3200 metres · Turf · Morphettville Racecourse, South Australia
- Racecourse
- Morphettville Racecourse, South Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group II
- Distance
- 3200 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred, Flat racing
- Open to
- Three-year-olds and older
- Direction
- Left-handed
- First run
- 1864
We hold the total fund for the Adelaide Cup and no separate winner's cheque. What the winner takes is a rule the racecourse sets rather than a national one, and it varies race by race.
Every Adelaide Cup winner
163 runnings, 1864 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | American Wolf | ||
| 2025 | Silent Surrente | ||
| 2024 | Excelleration | ||
| 2023 | Rebel Racer | ||
| 2022 | Daqiansweet Junior | ||
| 2021 | Good Idea | ||
| 2020 | King Of Leogrance | ||
| 2019 | Surprise Baby | ||
| 2018 | Fanatic | ||
| 2017 | Annus Mirabilis | ||
| 2016 | Purple Smile | ||
| 2015 | Tanby | ||
| 2014 | Outback Joe | ||
| 2013 | Norsqui | ||
| 2012 | Rialya | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1991 | Ideal Centreman | ||
| 1990 | Water Boatman | ||
| 1989 | Lord Reims | ||
| 1988 | Lord Reims | ||
| 1987 | Lord Reims | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1977 | Reckless | ||
| 1976 | Grand Scale | ||
| 1975 | Soulman | ||
| 1974 | Phar Ace | ||
| 1973 | Tavel | ||
| 1972 | Wine Taster | ||
| 1971 | Laelia | ||
| 1970 | Tavel | ||
| 1969 | Gnapur | ||
| 1968 | Rain Lover | ||
| 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 Pageant | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1883 | Sting | ||
| 1882 | Euclid | ||
| 1881 | Totalisator | ||
| 1880 | First Water | ||
| 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 |
0 of the 163 runnings name the rider, 0 name the trainer and 0 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Adelaide Cup more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
Lord Reims has won it 3 times, which is more than any other horse.
6 horses have won it more than once across 163 runnings.
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Lord Reims | 3 | 1987, 1988, 1989 |
| Our Pompeii | 2 | 1993, 1994 |
| Tavel | 2 | 1970, 1973 |
| Peerless Fox | 2 | 1950, 1951 |
| Eye Glass | 2 | 1911, 1912 |
| Cowra | 2 | 1866, 1867 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Adelaide Cup in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 342 | Del Mar DerbyDel Mar Racetrack | United States | AU$355,263 | $250,000 |
| 343 | Dubai City of GoldNad Al Sheba Racecourse | United Arab Emirates | AU$355,263 | $250,000 |
| 344 | Illinois DerbyHawthorne Race Course | United States | AU$355,263 | $250,000 |
| 345 | Iowa DerbyPrairie Meadows Racetrack | United States | AU$355,263 | $250,000 |
| 346 | Kent StakesDelaware Park Racetrack | United States | AU$355,263 | $250,000 |
| 347 | Lecomte StakesFair Grounds Race Course | United States | AU$355,263 | $250,000 |
| 349 | Sam F. Davis StakesTampa Bay Downs | United States | AU$355,263 | $250,000 |
| 350 | Smarty Jones Stakes (Oaklawn Park)Oaklawn Park Race Track | United States | AU$355,263 | $250,000 |
| 351 | Super DerbyLouisiana Downs | United States | AU$355,263 | $250,000 |
| 352 | Withers StakesAqueduct Racetrack | United States | AU$355,263 | $250,000 |
| 354 | Australia StakesMoonee Valley Racecourse | Australia | AU$350,000 | AU$350,000 |
| 355 | Blue Diamond Prelude C&GCaulfield Racecourse, Sandown Racecourse | Australia | AU$350,000 | AU$350,000 |
| 356 | Blue Diamond Prelude FilliesCaulfield Racecourse, Sandown Racecourse | Australia | AU$350,000 | AU$350,000 |
| 357 | Queensland GuineasEagle Farm Racecourse | Australia | AU$350,000 | AU$350,000 |
| 358 | Sky High StakesRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | AU$350,000 | AU$350,000 |
| 359 | Dominion (harness race)Addington Raceway | New Zealand | AU$333,320 | NZ$400,000 |
| 360 | Howden Insurance MileHastings Racecourse | New Zealand | AU$333,320 | NZ$400,000 |
| 361 | Levin ClassicTrentham Racecourse, Wellington, (2014-) | New Zealand | AU$333,320 | NZ$400,000 |
| 362 | Mufhasa ClassicTrentham Racecourse | New Zealand | AU$333,320 | NZ$400,000 |
| 363 | Proisir PlateEllerslie Racecourse, Auckland. Formerly Hastings Racecourse | New Zealand | AU$333,320 | NZ$400,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Adelaide Cup in what they pay, above and below it. Follow the ranking all the way up on the richest races in the world.
The rest of the money in Australia
291 races, 63rd of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Power Stakes | Caulfield Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$400,000 |
| Hobartville Stakes | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$400,000 |
| Moonee Valley Vase | Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Group 2 | AU$400,000 |
| WATC Derby | Ascot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia | Group 2 | AU$400,000 |
| Australia Stakes | Moonee Valley Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$350,000 |
| Blue Diamond Prelude C&G | Caulfield Racecourse, Sandown Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$350,000 |
| Blue Diamond Prelude Fillies | Caulfield Racecourse, Sandown Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$350,000 |
| Queensland Guineas | Eagle Farm Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$350,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Adelaide Cup prize money?
AU$350,000, for the 2026 running.
Where does the Adelaide Cup rank among the richest races in the world?
353rd of 997. 352 races pay more, the nearest of them Del Mar Derby. In Australia it is 63rd of 291.
Which horse has won the Adelaide Cup most often?
Lord Reims, 3 times, in 1987, 1988, 1989.
When was the Adelaide Cup first run?
1864. This page holds 163 runnings, from 1864 to 2026.
How far is the Adelaide Cup?
3200 metres, on turf, at Morphettville Racecourse, South Australia.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money