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Adelaide Cup betting is available at many of the top Australian greyhound racing betting sites. The Adelaide Cup is a group 1 feature held at Angle Park, with the 2024 running held on October 3 (heats) and October 10 (final); however, the official 2025 Adelaide Cup dates are not announced as of yet.

Our Adelaide Cup betting guide will run you through everything you need to know, including the latest news, the field, top Adelaide Cup odds, how to bet on the Adelaide Cup and the history of the race.


Adelaide Cup greyhounds details

THE Adelaide Cup is one of three Group 1 events on the South Australian greyhound racing calendar and is one of the sport’s most coveted trophies.

The race was originally run at 515m at Angle Park until switching to 530m as of 2021 and always attracts the best sprinters from around the country, all vying for the lucrative $100,000 winner’s purse.

The most recent edition of the Adelaide Cup was held on October 11, 2024, with top honours going to Victorian speedster Excavation for leading trainer Jason Thompson.


Adelaide Cup news and tips

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Adelaide Cup greyhounds odds

Adelaide Cup odds are currently available at many of the top Australian greyhound betting sites, with these markets generally available a little closer to the race jumping.


Adelaide Cup field 2025

The 2024 Adelaide Cup field will be announced after the heats are run. ARG will update this page with the Adelaide Cup field when it is available.


Betting on the Group 1 Adelaide Cup

Being one of the flagship races within the sport, there is always enormous betting interest throughout the entire Adelaide Cup series.

All of our top greyhound bookmakers provide fixed odds betting on both the heats and final, with odds released during the week once the final fields and box draws have been announced.

By opening markets so early, even before the race field is out, punters are able to study the form and shop around between bookies in order to secure the best prices for their chosen runners.

Some bookmakers, such as Neds and Unibet, also release ‘all-in’ markets, which allows to bet on the winner of the final prior to the heats being run and won.

This can provide terrific value, with inflated odds generally available for several leading contenders and even outsiders you think could play a bold part in the series.

There are no odds available at the top Australian bookmakers for the 2025 Group 1 Adelaide Cup, but be sure to check this page closer to the race.

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History of the Adelaide Cup

The Adelaide Cup, as it is known today, was first run at Angle Park in 1972 when won by Bristol Miss, trained by the late, great Doug Payne.

Payne, who trained from Broken Hill, won the first three Cups held at Angle Park – also pocketing the cash in 1973 and 1974 with Valjuka and Bristol Sue respectively. Payne would later go on to break a 14-year drought when preparing 1989 winner Kuriarkin, which was owned by the late Bill Hocking.

Golden Spur was the first interstate greyhound to win the feature, starting a three-year trend wrapped up with a controversial win by Riviera Tiger in 1979.

The victory made headlines around the country when the first running of the event was declared a no-race when the lure broke down, with greyhounds making their way back to SA the following week.

Controversy arose because several greyhounds in the final had to miss out on the heats of the Australian Cup in order to return to Adelaide for the re-run.

The first champion of the sport to win the Adelaide Cup was WA flyer Sandi’s Me Mum, which made the race her own in 1990. Trained by Gerry O’Keefe, Sandi’s Me Mum was one of the sport’s greatest bitches of all time, also retiring with two National Sprint Championships to her name.

Countless stars have gone on to win the Adelaide Cup, including the Doug Ferrami-prepared Highly Blessed which won the event in 1991 in a fast 29.95.

In 1996 Jurassic Vapour avenged his runner-up placing from the previous year when taking out the state’s only group 1 race, returning in 1997 to finish third.

The following year the race was claimed by Rapid Journey which used the Cup to stamp himself as an emerging star of the sport. He was the name on everyone’s lips following his nine and a half length triumph and then went on to win the Australian Cup, Perth Cup, Golden Easter Egg and the Melbourne Cup.

In 2001 Greyhound Racing SA lured boom sprinter Brett Lee to tackle the state’s main race and despite facing a tough field including Classic Capri, No Intent and Renzo Bale, the black dog scored an effortless win in a mind boggling 28.88 – to this day he remains the only greyhound to have broken the 29-second barrier at Angle Park.

Other big names to have won the Adelaide Cup include Collide (2005), El Galo (2009), Dyna Lachlan (2010), Fernando Bale (2015) and Raw Ability (2017).

Currently, Darren McDonald has the record of 7 wins in the Adelaide Cup, all coming in succession of one another from 2001-2007, with the most memorable being Brett Lee’s track record. Jason Thompson is second on the list with a total of six wins, with Excavation claiming the 2024 Adelaide Cup for Thompson.


Group 1 Adelaide Cup – the recent years


Group 1 Adelaide Cup honour roll

Year Winner Trainer Race Time
1972 Bristol Miss Doug Payne 31.52
1973 Valjuka Doug Payne 31.48
1974 Bristol Sue Doug Payne 31.84
1975 Turn Pillage Bernie Neal 30.93
1976 Golden Spur Victorian Trainer 30.80
1977 Cavalier Queen Victorian Trainer 30.64
1978 Riviera Tiger Victorian Trainer 30.49
1979 Encanto Clem Mitchell 30.83
1980 Youthful Prince Howard Gray 30.72
1981 Lady Tornquest Colin Wachtel 30.45
1982 Smithy’s Belle Cyril Boston 30.89
1983 Superstar Darrell Johnstone 30.36
1984 Knocklaun Gold Blair Cross 30.24
1985 Thundering Two Gary Mellor 30.13
1986 Farquhar Alan Kelly 30.28
1987 Club Edition Joe Hili 29.94
1988 High Wonder Bev Hall & Charlie Merrett 30.44
1989 Kuriarkin Doug Payne 30.44
1990 Sandi’s Me Mum Gerry O’Keefe 30.23
1991 Highly Blessed Doug Ferrami 29.95
1992 South Road Sid Ray Cunneen 29.83
1993 Croatian Star Joe Perovic 30.17
1994 Perplexed Don & Helen Foster 29.49
1995 Forest Fin New South Wales Trainer 29.33
1996 Jurassic Vapour John Keep 29.55
1997 Rare Deceit Merv Patching 30.12
1998 Rapid Journey Jane Carruthers 29.34
1999 Young Harrison Ken Welsh 29.56
2000 Jack Junior Peter Giles 29.32
2001 Brett Lee Darren McDonald 28.88
2002 Brookside Bear Darren McDonald 29.67
2003 Waterview Star Darren McDonald 29.63
2004 Hotline Hero Darren McDonald 29.72
2005 Collide Darren McDonald 29.52
2006 Miss Spicy Darren McDonald 29.55
2007 Big Time Max Darren McDonald 29.48
2008 Whippy’s Image Jason Thompson 29.40
2009 El Galo Jason Thompson 29.30
2010 Dyna Lachlan Andrea Dailly 29.35
2011 Kilty Lad Robert Britton 29.41
2012 Heston Bale Andrea Dailly 29.45
2013 Ernie Bung Arrow Ken Gill 29.57
2014 Allen Deed Andrea Dailly 29.37
2015 Fernando Bale Andrea Dailly 29.12
2016 Aqua Cheetah Jason Thompson 29.32
2017 Raw Ability Anthony Azzopardi 29.55
2018 Real Simple Seona Thompson 29.60
2019 Hooked On Scotch Jason Thompson 29.25
2020 Golden Night Troy Murray 29.43
Track Redeveloped – Distance Increased to 530m
2021 Do It Jeff Britton 29.46
2022 Mallee Magic Tony Rasmussen 29.53
2023 Transponder Jason Thompson 29.28
2024 Excavation Jason Thompson 29.30