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The Sunshine Coast Guineas is a Group 3 race held annually at Sunshine Coast Racecourse. The Sunshine Coast Guineas brings up the tailend of the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival and represents some of the last black-type racing in Queensland before the break for the winter.

The Sunshine Coast Guineas is held on Caloundra Cup Day, alongside the Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) and the Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m). Paying $125,000, the Sunshine Coast Guineas is not the richest race on the day (both listed events pay $175,000), however it does attract a quality field. A mile event raced over 1600m, entrants in the Sunshine Coast Guineas tend to be the three-year-old horses at the end of their winter campaign looking to collect one last black-type trophy before resting for the winter.

The Group 2 Queensland Guineas (1400m) held at Eagle Farm on Queensland Oaks Day is considered a solid lead up race, along with the Listed Daybreak Lover (1400m) held on Stradbroke Handicap Day.

The 2018 Sunshine Coast Guineas ran on July 1, 2018.

Sunshine Coast Guineas
Date:	July 1, 2018
Track:	Sunshine Coast Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO Set Weights
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$125,000

2018 Sunshine Coast Guineas Results

The Sunshine Coast Guineas 2018 Results & Finishing Order will be found below, The race is set to take place on the last day of the Financial Year up at the Sunshine Coast racecourse.

Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Starting Price
1	2	THE BOSTONIAN (NZ)	Tony Pike	Michael Cahill	7	57kg	$2.60F
2	6	BOLD ASSASSIN	Garnett Taylor	Ryan Wiggins	0.75L	9	57kg	$19
3	7	GO DIXIE (NZ)	Scott Morrisey	Ron Stewart	1.15L	11	57kg	$19
4	1	MISHANI BULLITT	Chris Anderson	Brad Stewart	2.2L	12	57kg	$7
5	4	MAGNUFIGHTER	Gary Duncan	Matthew McGillivray	2.4L	6	57kg	$11
6	16	UNIQUE MAGIC (NZ)	Donald Baker	Skye Bogenhuber	2.7L	5	55kg	$21
7	3	SEAWAY (NZ)	Chris Waller	Glen Colless	2.8L	8	57kg	$3
8	12	FIGHTING TEO	Kevin Kemp	Nozi Tomizawa	3.3L	10	57kg	$101
9	9	ENTERPRISE MOSS	Michael Lakey	Larry Cassidy	5.1L	2	57kg	$41
10	8	HEIR TO THE THRONE (NZ)	Henry Dwyer	Jake Bayliss	5.3L	3	57kg	$26
11	11	MEYIWA HITAM MAWAR	John Holcombe	Tiffani Brooker	16.8L	1	57kg	$151
12	10	THE ICE KNIGHT (NZ)	Nigel Tiley	Michael McNab	17.8L	4	57kg	$51

2018 Sunshine Coast Guineas Odds

The winter’s latest Sunshine Coast Guineas 2018 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au this Caloundra Cup Day are available below.

2018 Sunshine Coast Guineas Field

The Sunshine Coast Guineas field features 18 runners and attracts a host of end-of-winter three-year-olds coming off lead-up races held during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

Gallopers may have had a lead-up run in a race like the Queensland Guineas, or the fillies in the Sunshine Coast Guineas field may be graduates out of the Group 2 Dane Ripper Stakes.

The official Sunshine Coast Guineas 2018 Field & Barriers is now released by Racing Queensland and can be seen published in full below.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	0821×15336	MISHANI BULLITT	Chris Anderson	Brad Stewart	16	57kg	83
2	11x1256x11	THE BOSTONIAN (NZ)	Tony Pike	Michael Cahill	10	57kg	88
3	211×72122	SEAWAY (NZ)	Chris Waller	Glen Colless	11	57kg	84
4	x11350x663	MAGNUFIGHTER	Gary Duncan	Matthew McGillivray	9	57kg	78
5	4362×47115	RADIANT CHOICE	Stirling Osland	–	4	57kg	73
6	6132153013	BOLD ASSASSIN	Garnett Taylor	Ryan Wiggins	12	57kg	66
7	3758272221	GO DIXIE (NZ)	Scott Morrisey	Paul Hammersley	15	57kg	63
8	40×227011	HEIR TO THE THRONE (NZ)	Henry Dwyer	Jake Bayliss	6	57kg	64
9	126×493255	ENTERPRISE MOSS	Michael Lakey	Glen Colless	2	57kg	62
10	2411360265	THE ICE KNIGHT (NZ)	Nigel Tiley	Michael McNab	7	57kg	66
11	30×4343219	MEYIWA HITAM MAWAR	John Holcombe	Tiffani Brooker	1	57kg	60
12	415×5661	FIGHTING TEO	Kevin Kemp	–	13	57kg	61
13	188	CINNAMON MISSILE	Matthew Dunn	–	5	57kg	60
14	253×270115	TOUCH OF MINK	Matthew Smith	Jim Byrne	14	55kg	72.5
15	32x3x211x7	ITALIA BELLA	Stuart Kendrick	–	3	55kg	73
16	312×621111	UNIQUE MAGIC (NZ)	Donald Baker	Ms Skye Bogenhuber	8	55kg	76.5

2018 Sunshine Coast Guineas Nominations

The Sunshine Coast Guineas 2018 nominations are taken the Monday leading-up to Caloundra Cup Day and will be available below as soon as released.

The 2018 Sunshine Coast Guineas Nominations attracted 24 hopefuls this winter including Mishani Bullitt and NZ trained Galloper The Bostonian.

No	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer
1	58x6214x12	AMTHAAL	F	3	Ben Currie
2	5249×2142	BLUEBROOK	G	3	Kelly Schweida
3	6132153013	BOLD ASSASSIN	G	3	Garnett Taylor
4	188	CINNAMON MISSILE	C	3	Matthew Dunn
5	08x212x191	EMINENT	G	3	David Vandyke
6	126×493255	ENTERPRISE MOSS	C	3	Michael Lakey
7	415×5661	FIGHTING TEO	G	3	Kevin Kemp
8	3758272221	GO DIXIE (NZ)	G	3	Scott Morrisey
9	01×2024721	GOLDEN SHEAF	F	3	David Vandyke
10	226×213116	GRESHAM	G	3	Chris Waller
11	40×227011	HEIR TO THE THRONE (NZ)	G	3	Henry Dwyer
12	32x3x211x7	ITALIA BELLA	F	3	Stuart Kendrick
13	x11350x663	MAGNUFIGHTER	C	3	Gary Duncan
14	30×4343219	MEYIWA HITAM MAWAR	G	3	John Holcombe
15	0821×15336	MISHANI BULLITT	C	3	Chris Anderson
16	4362×47115	RADIANT CHOICE	G	3	Stirling Osland
17	1x853x19	SACRED REBEL	G	3	Tony Pike
18	211×72122	SEAWAY (NZ)	C	3	Chris Waller
19	50x377x455	SHOGUN SUN	G	3	Kelly Schweida
20	11x1256x11	THE BOSTONIAN (NZ)	G	3	Tony Pike
21	2411360265	THE ICE KNIGHT (NZ)	G	3	Nigel Tiley
22	253×270115	TOUCH OF MINK	F	3	Matthew Smith
23	21×3423240	TURNBERRY	G	3	Kris Lees
24	312×621111	UNIQUE MAGIC (NZ)	F	3	Donald Baker

Sunshine Coast Guineas History

The Sunshine Coast Guineas ran as a listed race for the last time in 2012, as it was upgraded to Group 3 shortly after and ran as such for the 2013 edition. Prior to 2006, the race was unlisted; improving fields and its standing as a decent mile event led to the decision to upgrade its standing.

Notable winners of the Sunshine Coast Guineas include Shenzhou Steeds (2011), Diamondsondinside (2006) and Sunset (2000). Of course the standout Sunshine Coast winner in history is Winx (2015). Sunshine Guineas results since 2000 are listed below.

Sunshine Coast Guineas Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	The Bostonian	1 minute 41.1 seconds
	2nd	Bold Assassin
	3rd	Go Dixie
2017 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Crack Me Up	1 minute 37.2 seconds
	2nd	My True Love
	3rd	Flow
2016 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Tivaci	1 minute 36.5 seconds
	2nd	High Spirit
	3rd	Sold For Song
2015 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Winx	1 minute 36.1 seconds
	2nd	Ulmann
	3rd	Worthy Cause
2014 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Hopfgarten	1 minute 35.93 seconds
	2nd	Miss Husson
	3rd	Fast Arrow
2013 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Eximius	1 minute 43.7 seconds
	2nd	Casino Card
	3rd	Luke’s Luck
2012 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Tuskegee Hawk	1 minute 42.43 seconds
	2nd	Double Impact
	3rd	Goldslick
2011 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Shenzhou Steeds	1 minute 38.71 seconds
	2nd	Under The Eiffel
	3rd	Benny’s Buttons
2010 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Fifteen Carat	1 minute 37.59 seconds
	2nd	Startling Pleasure
	3rd	Carrara
2009 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Za Magic	1 minute 45.82 seconds
	2nd	Walk In The Park
	3rd	Syndrome
2008 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Sam’s Express	1 minute 36.83 seconds
	2nd	Save A Buck
	3rd	Prima Nova
2007 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Maslins Beach	1 minute 41.74 seconds
	2nd	Sequential Charm
	3rd	Danehill Princess
2006 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Diamondsondinside	1 minute 39.51 seconds
	2nd	Fulmonti
	3rd	Newgrange
2005 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Atapi	1 minute 42.33 seconds
	2nd	Thee Auld Hussie
	3rd	Argyle Lass
2004 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Au Chocolat	1 minute 36.56 seconds
	2nd	Sahara Jay
	3rd	Beat That
2003 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Paper Kings	1 minute 38.95 seconds
	2nd	Amex
	3rd	Lamond
2002 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Smart Chariot	1 minute 35.08 seconds
	2nd	Astana
	3rd	Lady With The Lamp
2001 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Amaizcay	1 minute 37.25 seconds
	2nd	Major Force
	3rd	Awesome Edge
2000 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Sunset	1 minute 38.97 seconds
	2nd	Sun Screen
	3rd	Midshipmen All