Gold Coast Guineas
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History
The Gold Coast Guineas is a Group 3 race for three-year-olds conducted by the Gold Coast Turf Club as a feature of its premier May race meeting.
The Gold Coast Guineas was run for the first time in 2000 over 1400m under set weight conditions.
The Gold Coast Guineas remained a 1400m event until 2005 and has been run over 1200m since 2006.
The Gold Coast Guineas became a Listed Race in 2006 and was elevated to Group 3 in 2008.
It was run at Sunshine Coast in 2023 due to the redevelopment of the Gold Coast turf track and there again in 2024.
The 2024 Gold Coast Guineas was worth $200,000.
Horses that had G1 credentials to have won the Guineas include King's Chapel, Eremein, Fashions Afield, Gold Edition and Takedown.
Notable winners of the Gold Coast Guineas include Make Mine Magic, Miss Bussell, Eremein, Fashions Afield, Gold Edition, El Cambio, Military Rose, Academus, Dothraki, Nostradamus, Takedown and Yellow Brick.
The 2023 Gold Coast Guineas was won by Yellow Brick from Lady Laguna and Soothsayer.
Previous Gold Coast Guineas Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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YELLOW BRICK
(AUS)
3G THE MISSION (AUS) - MAGICAL MIST (NZ) HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE) |
BEN THOMPSON | 57.0 | TONY & MADDYSEN SEARS | 9 |
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PRINCE OF BOOM
(AUS)
3G SPIRIT OF BOOM (AUS) - DAZZLING DISPLAY (AUS) RED DAZZLER (AUS) |
JAMES ORMAN | 57.0 | ROBERT HEATHCOTE | 10 |
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MARBOOSHA
(AUS)
3F DREAM AHEAD (USA) - BOOMEX (AUS) EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) |
J BYRNE | 55.0 | P & P SNOWDEN | 11 |
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HIGHTAIL
(AUS)
3G WRITTEN TYCOON (AUS) - LA PARIS (AUS) FALVELON (AUS) |
RYAN MALONEY | 57.0 | P & P SNOWDEN | 8 |
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PENNINO
(AUS)
3F EASY ROCKING (AUS) - ALPHA GIRL (AUS) CLANG (AUS) |
MATTHEW MC GILLIVRAY | 55.0 | DARRYL HANSEN | 3 |
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CHAMPAGNE CUDDLES
(AUS)
3F NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS) - SKY CUDDLE (AUS) SNIPPETS (AUS) |
C W BROWN | 55.0 | BJORN BAKER | 1 |
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SAVANNA AMOUR
(AUS)
3F LOVE CONQUERS ALL (AUS) - SAVANNA LA MAR (NZ) STRAVINSKY (USA) |
RON STEWART | 55.0 | JOHN FRANCIS MEAGHER | 5 |
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TAKEDOWN
(AUS)
3G STRATUM (AUS) - APAMEA (GB) ZAFONIC (USA) |
TIM CLARK | 57.0 | GARY MOORE | 5 |
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NOSTRADAMUS
(AUS)
3C MEDAGLIA D'ORO (USA) - LEONE CHIARA (AUS) LION HUNTER (AUS) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 57.0 | MICHAEL & WAYNE & JOHN HAWKES | 3 |
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DOTHRAKI
(AUS)
3G MOSSMAN (AUS) - VOLANTIS (AUS) FLYING SPUR (AUS) |
N RAWILLER | 57.0 | GERALD RYAN | 2 |
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ACADEMUS
(AUS)
3G LONHRO (AUS) - YOUTHFUL PRESENCE (AUS) DEHERE (USA) |
TIM CLARK | 57.0 | PETER SNOWDEN | 2 |
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FLORENTINA
(AUS)
3F REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - CELEBRIA (AUS) PEINTRE CELEBRE (USA) |
G SCHOFIELD | 55.0 | DAVID PAYNE | 2 |
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MILITARY ROSE
(AUS)
3F GENERAL NEDIYM (AUS) - BELLA MADDELENA (AUS) FLYING SPUR (AUS) |
D GRIFFIN | 54.0 | GILLIAN HEINRICH | 2 |
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BEETHOG
(AUS)
3F SHOVHOG (AUS) - GYPSY AHLEE (AUS) ALQUOZ (USA) |
JUSTIN P STANLEY | 54.0 | L D KELLY | 5 |
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CHAKVETADZE
(AUS)
3F TAIMAZOV (ARG) - GOTHA (AUS) RUSTIC AMBER (IRE) |
BRENT EVANS | 54.0 | MICHAEL NOLAN | 9 |
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EL CAMBIO
(AUS)
3G COMMANDS (AUS) - CHAPARRA (AUS) CANNY LAD (AUS) |
R M QUINN | 56.5 | PETER SNOWDEN | 14 |
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GOLD EDITION
(AUS)
3F LION HUNTER (AUS) - GLIMMERS (AUS) SUCCESS EXPRESS (USA) |
J CASSIDY | 54.0 | R E MAUND | 8 |
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FASHIONS AFIELD
(AUS)
3F REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - ATTIRE (USA) WILD AGAIN (USA) |
D BEASLEY | 53.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 11 |
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