Hawkesbury Guineas

The Hawkesbury Guineas is a Group 3 Sydney race run at the end of April or early May during the autumn on Hawkesbury Gold Cup Day.

2023 Hawkesbury Guineas Results

  • 1st: #7 Hawaii Five Oh
  • 2nd: #6 Atmosphere
  • 3rd: #9 Razeta



The Hawkesbury Guineas is a Group 3 race for three-year-olds run on Hawkesbury Gold Cup Day in Sydney during the autumn racing carnival.

The meeting’s headline race is the Group 3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1600m) for milers and the Hawkesbury Guineas is one of two other Group 3 status races on the card along with the Hawkesbury Crown (1300m) for fillies and mares.

The Hawkesbury Guineas is run over 1400m and the three-year-olds in the field face off at set weights plus penalties for a share in the $200,000 in prize money. The 2020 edition of the Hawkesbury Guineas took place at Rosehill Gardens and offered $160,000 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Horses in the Hawkesbury Guineas field may come via a number of different Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival lead-up races including the Group 2 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint (1200m) held at Randwick during ‘The Championships’.

In 2022 the Hawkesbury Gold Cup winner Mr Mozart came off back-to-back wins in the Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes and Group 3 Doncaster Prelude in Sydney.

Good follow-up races could include those during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival including the Group 2 QTC Cup (1300m) and the Hawkesbury Guineas – QTC Cup double was recently achieved by Spill The Beans (2016). The Group 2 Queensland Guineas (1600m) is another Brisbane race run during the winter for Hawkesbury Guineas graduates and in 2016 Denmagic ran second in both races, while Sambro (2018) did the double.

In 2020 the Hawkesbury Guineas winner Dawn Passage won the Inglis Guineas next start before a trip to Brisbane to salute in the Group 3 Fred Best Classic as the short-priced favourite that winter.

The 2022 Hawkesbury Guineas form was franked with the winner Mr Mozart returning in the spring for a host of good runs including a second in the $1 million Silver Eagle.

The 2023 Hawkesbury Guineas ran on Saturday April 22, 2023 and was won in emphatic fashion by the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Hawaii Five Oh ($4.40). 

Hawkesbury Guineas 2023
Date: Saturday April 22, 2023
Track: Hawkesbury Racecourse
Distance: 1400m
Race Type: 3YO / Set Weights + Penalties
Status: Group 3
Prize Money: $200,000

2023 Hawkesbury Guineas Results

  • 1st: #7 Hawaii Five Oh ($4.40)
  • 2nd: #6 Atmosphere
  • 3rd: #9 Atmosphere

The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained I Am Invincible colt Hawaii Five Oh ($4.40) was enormous second-up this prep dominating the Hawkesbury Guineas 2023 results with a big three-length victory over the mile.

Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Penalty Starting Price
1 7 HAWAII FIVE OH Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Nash Rawiller 3 56kg (cd 57kg) $4.40
2 6 ATMOSPHERE James Cummings Ms Rachel King 3.19L 10 56kg $9.50
3 9 RAZETA Kris Lees Dylan Gibbons (a) 3.96L 4 55kg $4.20F
4 5 SIZZLE MINIZZLE Brett Robb Sam Clipperton 4.09L 11 56kg $18
5 12 MUMBAI JEWEL Annabel Neasham Chad Schofield 4.18L 12 54kg $16
6 2 KOTE Anthony Cummings Joshua Parr 4.22L 7 57kg $5.50
7 8 TERRITORY EXPRESS Paul Niceforo Andrew Calder 4.4L 2 56kg $101
8 4 TRUE CRIME Kim Waugh Tyler Schiller (a) 5.87L 8 56kg $13
9 11 AVEBURY (NZ) John O’Shea Kerrin McEvoy 6.2L 9 55kg $21
10 10 A LOT MORE LOVE Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou Regan Bayliss 6.96L 5 55kg $17
11 3 HELL I AM John O’Shea Brenton Avdulla 7.29L 1 56kg $9
12 14 LET ME REIGN Lee & Cherie Curtis Jay Ford 8.27L 6 54kg $101
1 THE FORTUNE TELLER Ciaron Maher & David Eustace James McDonald 0
13 GENDARMERIE Lee & Cherie Curtis Zac Lloyd (a) 0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Hawkesbury Guineas Betting

The season’s best Hawkesbury Guineas 2023 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race.

Mr Mozart ($2.05 in 2022) was the last favourite in Hawkesbury Guineas betting to win.

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2023 Hawkesbury Guineas Form

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2023 Hawkesbury Guineas Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Hawkesbury Guineas 2023 Tips on the Hawkesbury Gold Cup Day support act this autumn.

  • To Win: #1 The Fortune Teller ($3.90 at time of publish) 

Trainers Ciaron Maher & David Eustace could be in for a big day at Hawkesbury saddling-up the favourite in both the Gold Cup and this race, the Guineas, and both look hard to beat. Guineas top elect The Fortune Teller carries the 58kg top-weight from out in barrier 12, but he still looks the winner. The classy colt comes off a win over the Randwick mile in the Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes and drops distance here. Far from disgraced in the Group 1 Australian Guineas the run before, which followed on from his first-up third under a length beaten fresh over this distance in the Group 2 Autumn Stakes. Sandown Guineas runner-up from the spring can go one better here fit and ready to fire.

2023 Hawkesbury Guineas Field

The Hawkesbury Guineas field attracts a class line-up of three-year-olds many of which have form over the distance or even up to a mile and is released the Wednesday before the race.

The official 2023 Hawkesbury Guineas field and barriers are set for release on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in fully below.

The Hawkesbury Guineas 2023 final field features a smart line-up of three-year-olds led in betting by the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Group 3 Carbine Club winner last time out The Fortune Teller and Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott’s lightly-raced I Am Invincible colt Hawaii Five Oh.

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Probable Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 152732×301 THE FORTUNE TELLER Ciaron Maher & David Eustace James McDonald 12 58kg 91
2 1811×59225 KOTE Anthony Cummings Joshua Parr 8 57kg 87
3 1411×13309 HELL I AM John O’Shea Brenton Avdulla 2 56kg 84
4 217x213D16 TRUE CRIME Kim Waugh Tyler Schiller (a) 9 56kg 78
5 1×74211821 SIZZLE MINIZZLE Brett Robb Sam Clipperton 13 56kg 77
6 1271626×42 ATMOSPHERE James Cummings Ms Rachel King 11 56kg 76
7 139×22 HAWAII FIVE OH Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Nash Rawiller 4 56kg 68
8 3 TERRITORY EXPRESS Paul Niceforo Andrew Calder 3 56kg 56
9 3x461x9091 RAZETA Kris Lees Dylan Gibbons (a) 5 55kg 85
10 x22113x009 A LOT MORE LOVE Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou Regan Bayliss 6 55kg 76
11 223×91210 AVEBURY (NZ) John O’Shea Kerrin McEvoy 10 55kg 74
12 3x97626x76 MUMBAI JEWEL Annabel Neasham Chad Schofield 14 54kg 76
13 x09x4115x7 GENDARMERIE Lee & Cherie Curtis Zac Lloyd (a) 1 54kg 63
14 41317×4 LET ME REIGN Lee & Cherie Curtis Jay Ford 7 54kg 60

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Hawkesbury Guineas Nominations

Early nominations for the Hawkesbury Guineas in 2023 close the Monday of race week and will be updated below once announced.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Ballot Weight True Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 152732×301 THE FORTUNE TELLER C 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 1 58kg 91
2 1811×59225 KOTE G 3 Anthony Cummings 2 57kg 87
3 3x461x9091 RAZETA F 3 Kris Lees 3 55kg 85
4 4x96118x35 ZOE’S PROMISE F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 4= 57kg 84
5 1411×13309 HELL I AM G 3 John O’Shea 4= 56kg 84
6 40x747x20x RUSSIAN CONQUEST F 3 Peter & Paul Snowden 6 54kg 82
7 217x213D16 TRUE CRIME G 3 Kim Waugh 7 56kg 78
8 1×74211821 SIZZLE MINIZZLE G 3 Brett Robb 8 56kg 77
9 1271626×42 ATMOSPHERE G 3 James Cummings 9= 56kg 76
10 x22113x009 A LOT MORE LOVE F 3 Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou 9= 55kg 76
11 3x97626x76 MUMBAI JEWEL F 3 Annabel Neasham 9= 54kg 76
12 223×91210 AVEBURY (NZ) F 3 John O’Shea 12 55kg 74
13 139×22 HAWAII FIVE OH C 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 13= 56kg 68
14 515×137 PUNGO (NZ) G 3 Chris Waller 13= 56kg 68
15 1313 SUMPTUARY F 3 Paul Messara 15 54kg 64
16 x09x4115x7 GENDARMERIE F 3 Lee & Cherie Curtis 16 54kg 63
17 41317×4 LET ME REIGN F 3 Lee & Cherie Curtis 17 54kg 60
18 433×1 WINNING POINT F 3 Paul Murray 18 54kg 59
19 3 TERRITORY EXPRESS G 3 Paul Niceforo 19 56kg 56

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Hawkesbury Guineas History

The Hawkesbury Guineas was run for the first time in 2000 and won by Hire. A number of quality gallopers have since taken out the race including Alverta (2007), Neeson (2010) and most famously Chautauqua.

It began as a Listed race before gaining its current Group 3 status in 2014. Originally the event was run as a handicap race, but from 2006 onwards the Hawkesbury Guineas has been held under set weights plus penalties. The distance was also increased from 1200m to 1400m in 2006 and in 2015 it ran at Rosehill Racecourse instead of Hawkesbury Racecourse.

The 2020 Hawkesbury Guineas took place at Rosehill Gardens due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recent Hawkesbury Guineas Winners

See below for a full list of Hawkesbury Guineas results and winners going back to the race’s inauguration in 2000.

Year Place Horse Time
2023
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Hawaii Five Oh 1 minute 21.94 seconds
2nd Atmosphere
3rd Razeta
2022
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Mr Mozart 1 minute 25.03 seconds
2nd Dalchini
3rd Party For One
2021
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Exoboom 1 minute 21.92 seconds
2nd Rainbow Connection
3rd Black Duke
2020
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Dawn Passage 1 minute 21.50 seconds
2nd St Covet’s Spirit
3rd Icebath
2019
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Military Zone 1 minute 21.34 seconds
2nd Trope
3rd Quackerjack
2018
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Sambro 1 minute 23.21 seconds
2nd Victorem
3rd Beau Geste
2017
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Shazee Lee 1 minute 21.60 seconds
2nd Prompt Response
3rd Salsonic
2016
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Spill The Beans 1 minute 22.1 seconds
2nd Denmagic
3rd Serene Majesty
2015
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Najoom 1 minute 26. 3 seconds
2nd Federal
3rd Bachman
2014
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Chautauqua 1 minute 22.4 seconds
2nd Katie’s Cove
3rd Barbed
2013
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Limes 1 minute 22.1 seconds
2nd Boban
3rd Ashokan
2012
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Free Wheeling 1 minute 21.0 seconds
2nd Pied A Terre
3rd Bound To Blush
2011
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Pimpala Secret 1 minute 24.6 seconds
2nd Speediness
3rd Steps In Time
2010
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Neeson 1 minute 23.3 seconds
2nd Khas Kura
3rd All Legal
2009
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Related 1 minute 23.79 seconds
2nd Rollins
3rd The Astronomer
2008
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Royal Discretion 1 minute 22.11 seconds
2nd Turffontein
3rd Acey Ducey
2007
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Alverta 1 minute 22.03 seconds
2nd Five Ways
3rd Eight Moons
2006
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st The Free Stater 1 minute 22.05 seconds
2nd Spy Zaim
3rd Commemorating
2005
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Race Not Held
2nd
3rd
2004
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Roadagain 1 minute 8.90 seconds
2nd Loftily
3rd Devil’s Diamond
2003 (December)
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Sweet Marmalade 1 minute 11.01 seconds
2nd Lundasong
3rd Happy Ways
2003 (February)
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Pearly Kings 1 minute 9.72 seconds
2nd Maskerado
3rd Miz Riocee
2002
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Shags 1 minute 8.40 seconds
2nd Shouq
3rd Gordo
2001
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st De Valmont 1 minute 11.28 seconds
2nd Zedivain
3rd Kingsgate
2000
Hawkesbury Guineas
1st Hire 1 minute 9.17 seconds
2nd Martree
3rd Condotti

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