Catch The Thief has secured himself a ticket into the Group 1 Adelaide Cup after his second close finish in a match race series in as many weeks.

Although Catch The Thief won his match race convincingly over Alfieri, 0.002 seconds separated the match race series victory at Angle Park over Golden Night.

Victorian’s have claimed the past six Adelaide Cup, which includes last years winner Hooked On Scotch.

Catch The Thief, who is trained by Matthew Clark when in Victoria is currently in the care of Petar Jovanovic.