Peter Snowden’s Caulfield Guineas champion Helmet spearheads the Australian Guineas 2012 nominations this season, early entries for the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival classic taken by Racing Victoria this week.
A total of 113 three-year-olds were nominated for this year’s edition of the $750,000 Group 1…
The Australian Guineas, also known as the Crown Guineas or Australian Crown Guineas, is a Group 1 race for 3 year old racehorses. Held at Flemington in March during the Autumn Racing Carnival, the Australian Guineas is a 1600m set weight race which attracts the country’s best middle distance horses and offers $750,000 in prize money
The best lead-up races for the Australian Guineas is the Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes (1200m) and the Group 2 Alistair Clarke Stakes (1600m).
The 2012 Australian Guineas will be run on Saturday the 3rd of March 2012 at Flemington.
| Australian Guineas | |
|---|---|
| Date: | March 3, 2012 |
| Track: | Flemington Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1600m |
| Race Type: | 3YO Set Weight |
| Status: | Group 1 |
| Prize Money: | $750,000 |
Australian Guineas racing began in 1986 and in its short time on the track, has already become the third leg of the inaugural 1998 Australian Triple Crown for three year olds. As a result, the race distance was changed to 2000m between 1998 and 2000 and offered a total prize money of $1 million.
In 2001, the Australian Guineas returned to its original distance of 1600m and fillies were given an allowance of 2.5kg.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Australian Guineas |
1st | Shamrocker | 1 minute 35.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Bullbars | ||
| 3rd | Playing God | ||
| 2010 Australian Guineas |
1st | Rock Classic | 1 minute 36.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Set For Fame | ||
| 3rd | Linton | ||
| 2009 Australian Guineas |
1st | Heart Of Dreams | 1 minute 35.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Von Costa De Hero | ||
| 3rd | Lucky Thunder | ||
| 2008 Australian Guineas |
1st | Light Fantastic | 1 minute 36.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Marching | ||
| 3rd | Playwright | ||
| 2007 Australian Guineas |
1st | Miss Finland | 1 minute 36 seconds |
| 2nd | Casino Prince | ||
| 3rd | Jokers Wild | ||
| 2006 Australian Guineas |
1st | Apache Cat | 1 minute 34 seconds |
| 2nd | Darcy Brahma | ||
| 3rd | Thin And Crispy | ||
| 2005 Australian Guineas |
1st | Al Maher | 1 minute 34.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Danehill Express | ||
| 3rd | Econsul | ||
| 2004 Australian Guineas |
1st | Reset | 1 minute 34.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Starcraft | ||
| 3rd | Under The Bridge | ||
| 2003 Australian Guineas |
1st | Delago Brom | 1 minute 35.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Tycoon Ruler | ||
| 3rd | Thorn Park | ||
| 2002 Australian Guineas |
1st | Dash For Cash | 1 minute 35.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Royal Code | ||
| 3rd | Ustinov | ||
| 2001 Australian Guineas |
1st | Mr Murphy | 1 minute 34.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Neptunes Journey | ||
| 3rd | Outgate | ||
| 2000 Australian Guineas |
1st | Pins | 2 minutes 2.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Freemason | ||
| 3rd | Hades | ||
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