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Some quality colts and fillies line the Race History of the Gold Coast Guineas run at Gold Coast on Saturday.

Gold Edition was an iron filly and she won this race. Who steps up in the 2020 Gold Coast Guineas (1200m) at Gold Coast on Saturday?

2020 Gold Coast Guineas: Nominations

2020 GOLD COAST GUINEAS - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

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.

The 2020 Gold Coast Guineas was worth $125,000 – reduced due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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 and Takedown.

The 2019 Gold Coast Guineas was won by Pennino from Defence Missile and Million.