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The Group 2 Queensland Guineas is a 1600m event for all three year old horses and is worth $350,000 in prize money.

Traditionally held at Eagle Farm Racecourse in early June, the mile event is a set weights race which is held on Stradbroke Handicap Day, which is the pinnacle meeting of the annual Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

The day has three Group 1 races led by the Stradbroke Handicap, while the Queensland Derby for three-year-olds and JJ Atkins for two-year-olds are the other elite level Brisbane races on the card.

The Queensland Guineas field attracts a line-up of the season’s best three-year-old middle distance gallopers coming off lead-up runs in events like Eagle Farm’s Group 3 Fred Best Classic (1400m) a fortnight earlier.

In 2017 the Queensland Guineas ran at Doomben Racecourse due to the poor track conditions at Eagle Farm Racecourse.

The Queensland Guineas 2017 ran on June 10, 2017.

Queensland Guineas
Date:	June 10, 2017
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse (Doomben for 2017)
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YOs – Set Weights
Status:	Group 2
Prize money:	$350, 000

2017 Queensland Guineas Results

• 1st: #7 Salsonic
• 2nd: #9 Volpino
• 3rd: #4 Niccanova

Check out the official Queensland Guineas 2017 Results & Finishing Order below, the three-years-old mile race won by Salsonic in a last-to-first upset with $61 roughie Volpino also beating home the third-placed favourite Niccanova.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	7	SALSONIC	Jason Coyle	Hugh Bowman	–	9	57kg	$14
2	9	VOLPINO	Les Kelly	Brad Stewart	0.8L	14	57kg	$51
3	4	NICCANOVA	Steve Tregea	Anthony Allen	1.3L	10	57kg	$4.80F
4	11	TOP OF THE RANGE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Patrick Moloney	2.3L	15	57kg	$41
5	13	SYLPHEED	Toby Edmonds	Jeff Lloyd	2.6L	16	55kg	$6.50
6	12	RIVER RACER	Les Ross	Robbie Fradd	3.1L	5	55kg	$8.50
7	15	RHYMING	Steve Tregea	Larry Cassidy	3.3L	13	55kg	$101
8	16	LIPSTICK LOVER	Tony Gollan	Jim Byrne	3.7L	3	55kg	$31
9	8	BILLY THE KID	John Meagher	Luke Dittman	5L	4	57kg	$11
10	2	OAK DOOR	Robert Smerdon	Craig Williams	5.3L	12	57kg	$5.50
11	14	SAVVAN (NZ)	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	7.6L	1	55kg	$41
12	10	REALING	Matthew Dunn	Ronnie Stewart	7.9L	6	57kg	$101
13	3	OINK	Kelly Schweida	Paul Hammersley	8.7L	8	57kg	$26
14	1	DREAMS APLENTY	John Zielke	Ms Tiffani Brooker (a)	8.9L	11	57kg	$14
15	5	CAERLESS CHOICE	Paul Messara	Tommy Berry	10.9L	2	57kg	$8.50
16	17e	CONGELATOR	Paula Cartledge	Noel Callow	11.1L	7	57kg	$201
–	19e	NETTOYER	Wendy Roche	Kerrin McEvoy	–	0	–	–
–	20e	FLYING FRED (NZ)	Evan & Jennifer J Rayner	Leith Innes	–	0	–	–
–	6	CRACK ME UP (NZ)	Liam Birchley	Damian Browne	–	0	–	–
–	18e	CHIEF JOSEPH	Kevin Kemp	Mr James Orman	–	0	–	–

2017 Queensland Guineas Odds

The season’s best Queensland Guineas 2017 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the Group 2 mile feature will be available below the week of the race.

2017 Queensland Guineas Field

The Queensland Guineas field draws a strong line-up of winter three-year-olds from both local Brisbane stables as well as interstate raiders chasing the riches on offer in the sunshine state. It is a race for gallopers not quite up to the testing distance of the Group 1 Queensland Derby held on the same day and the Fred Best Classic is the best lead-up into the Queensland Guineas field.

The official Queensland Guineas 2017 field and barriers are announced by Racing Queensland the Wednesday of race week and will be published below.

The 2017 Queensland Guineas Final Field is now out with last start Fred Best Classic winner Niccanova the one to beat along with the likes of Oak Door – fifth emergency for the Stradbroke Handicap – and Sylpheed who has the second widest barrier to overcome should she run in the Guineas over the Dane Ripper Stakes.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	5x0x211110	DREAMS APLENTY	John Zielke	Ms Tiffani Brooker (a)	13	57kg	88
2	63211419×4	OAK DOOR	Robert Smerdon	Craig Williams	14	57kg	89
3	340x17x185	OINK	Kelly Schweida	Paul Hammersley	10	57kg	80
4	131×11	NICCANOVA	Steve Tregea	Anthony Allen	12	57kg	90
5	111×1444	CAERLESS CHOICE	Paul Messara	Tommy Berry	2	57kg	77
6	0x42602x40	CRACK ME UP (NZ)	Liam Birchley	Damian Browne	20	57kg	72
7	314436×394	SALSONIC	Jason Coyle	Hugh Bowman	11	57kg	73
8	23x113x278	BILLY THE KID	John Meagher	Luke Dittman	5	57kg	72.5
9	x132715x07	VOLPINO	Les Kelly	Opie Bosson	16	57kg	68
10	3112×769	REALING	Matthew Dunn	Ronnie Stewart	8	57kg	68
11	0x1157	TOP OF THE RANGE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Patrick Moloney	18	57kg	68
12	1x2526x274	RIVER RACER	Les Ross	Robbie Fradd	6	55kg	79.5
13	x147x46622	SYLPHEED	Toby Edmonds	Jeff Lloyd	19	55kg	82
14	22513×3180	SAVVAN (NZ)	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	1	55kg	73
15	1D33x5x361	RHYMING	Steve Tregea	Larry Cassidy	15	55kg	69
16	42310×6317	LIPSTICK LOVER	Tony Gollan	Jim Byrne	4	55kg	68
17e	5×65741242	CONGELATOR	Paula Cartledge	TBA	9	57kg	59
18e	50×1441	CHIEF JOSEPH	Kevin Kemp	James Orman	17	57kg	66
19e	63	NETTOYER	Wendy Roche	Kerrin McEvoy	3	55kg	–
20e	1×020	FLYING FRED (NZ)	Evan & Jennifer J Rayner	Leith Innes	7	57kg	62

2017 Queensland Guineas Nominations

The Queensland Guineas 2017 nominations are out the Monday leading-up to Stradbroke Handicap Day and will be available right here as soon as released.

The 2017 Queensland Guineas Nominations attracted a bumper 23 three-year-olds led by the best out of the Fred Best Classic including the Steve Tregea-trained winner Niccanova from Toowoomba chasing the double.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer
1	23x113x278	BILLY THE KID	G	3	John Meagher
2	111×1444	CAERLESS CHOICE	G	3	Paul Messara
3	50×1441	CHIEF JOSEPH	G	3	Kevin Kemp
4	5×65741242	CONGELATOR	G	3	Paula Cartledge
5	0x42602x40	CRACK ME UP (NZ)	G	3	Liam Birchley
6	5x0x211110	DREAMS APLENTY	G	3	John Zielke
7	1×020	FLYING FRED (NZ)	G	3	Evan & Jennifer J Rayner
8	41492	GREY STEYNE	G	3	Doug Duryea
9	42310×6317	LIPSTICK LOVER	F	3	Tony Gollan
10	63	NETTOYER	F	3	Wendy Roche
11	131×11	NICCANOVA	G	3	Steve Tregea
12	63211419×4	OAK DOOR	C	3	Robert Smerdon
13	340x17x185	OINK	G	3	Kelly Schweida
14	3112×769	REALING	G	3	Matthew Dunn
15	1D33x5x361	RHYMING	F	3	Steve Tregea
16	1x2526x274	RIVER RACER	F	3	Les Ross
17	x11443x206	RUTHLESS AGENT (NZ)	G	3	Kurt Goldman
18	314436×394	SALSONIC	G	3	Jason Coyle
19	22513×3180	SAVVAN (NZ)	F	3	James Cummings
20	6x65x11	SNEAKY GLANCE	G	3	Toby Edmonds
21	x147x46622	SYLPHEED	F	3	Toby Edmonds
22	0x1157	TOP OF THE RANGE (NZ)	G	3	Michael Moroney
23	x132715x07	VOLPINO	G	3	Les Kelly

Queensland Guineas History

First raced in 1896 and won by College Cap, the Queensland Guineas was originally an 8 Furlong Principal race until 1973 when it was changed to 1600m. Shortly after in 1979 the race was elevated to Group 3 status until 1988 when it was once again raised to Group Two status. The Queensland Guineas was not held from 1942 to 1945, 1983 or in 1996. The fastest winning time since 1988 was recorded by Sizzling in 2013 with 1 minute 24.3 seconds while the slowest time was 1 minute 43.8 seconds by Insecure in 1998.

In 2013 the Queensland Guineas moved race days, from Stradbroke Handicap Day to Queensland Oaks Day. The race distance was also changed from 1600m to 1400m. For 2017 the Queensland Guineas was contested over 1600m at Doomben Racecourse with the state of the Eagle Farm track deemed unsuitable for racing earlier in the carnival.

Queensland Guineas Results

Queensland Guineas results since 2000 are listed below.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 Queensland Guineas	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2017 Queensland Guineas	1st	Salsonic	1 minute 34.85 seconds
	2nd	Volpino
	3rd	Niccanova
2016 Queensland Guineas	1st	Tsaritsa	1 minute 34.13 seconds
	2nd	Denmagic
	3rd	Sold For Song
2015 Queensland Guineas	1st	Jabali	1 minute 34.61 seconds
	2nd	Bachman
	3rd	Merion
2014 Queensland Guineas	1st	Sir Moments	1 minute 23.0 seconds
	2nd	Liberty’s Choice
	3rd	Ryker
2013 Queensland Guineas	1st	Sizzling	1 minute 24.3 seconds
	2nd	Dances On Stars
	3rd	Lucky Hussler
2012 Queensland Guineas	1st	Pear Tart	1 minute 26.1 seconds
	2nd	Free Wheeling
	3rd	Stradon
2011 Queensland Guineas	1st	Torio’s Quest	1 minute 35.4 seconds
	2nd	Benny’s Buttons
	3rd	Spot The Rock
2010 Queensland Guineas	1st	Rothesay	1 minute 33.7 seconds
	2nd	Launay
	3rd	Fifteen Carat
2009 Queensland Guineas	1st	Express Air	1 minute 39.8 seconds
	2nd	Marveen
	3rd	La Etoile
2008 Queensland Guineas	1st	Turffontein	1 minute 40.4 seconds
	2nd	Royal Discretion
	3rd	Pepperwood
2007 Queensland Guineas	1st	Sequential Charm	1 minute 35.5 seconds
	2nd	J Adane
	3rd	Danleigh
2006 Queensland Guineas	1st	Nova Star	1 minute 36.5 seconds
	2nd	Fashions Afield
	3rd	Funlove
2005 Queensland Guineas	1st	Saxon	1 minute 35.9 seconds
	2nd	Hit The Road
	3rd	Special Times
2004 Queensland Guineas	1st	Winning Belle	1 minute 40.3 seconds
	2nd	Toulouse Lautrec
	3rd	Little Punc
2003 Queensland Guineas	1st	True Glo	1 minute 33.3 seconds
	2nd	Sportsman
	3rd	King Of Them All
2002 Queensland Guineas	1st	Regent Street	1 minute 35.6 seconds
	2nd	Galroof
	3rd	Deuxienne
2001 Queensland Guineas	1st	Heroism	1 minute 34.3 seconds
	2nd	Yoruba
	3rd	Pimpala Player
2000 Queensland Guineas	1st	Magnifier	1 minute 34.8 seconds
	2nd	Fairway
	3rd	Make Mine Magic