ADELAIDE CUP: AT LEAST THE COLOURS WERE MELBOURNE CUP-WORTHY March 8, 2021 7:18 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor The hopes of a homespun Melbourne Cup win copped a hit with the sound defeat of Tralee Rose but at least the “colours” were stamped with local Melbourne Cup history with Good Idea’s win in today’s Adelaide Cup. Warrnambool-trained Tralee Rose, the equal Melbourne Cup favourite before the gates opened for today’s Adelaide Cup, ran a flat fourth. It was a performance that did not crush her Melbourne Cup aspirations, given she may have come to the end of a long campaign, but Tralee Rose will no longer sit atop Cup betting when lists are revised tomorrow.