Sunshine Coast Guineas

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 2017 Sunshine Coast Guineas ran on July 1, 2017.

Sunshine Coast Guineas
Date:	July 1, 2017
Track:	Sunshine Coast Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO Set Weights
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$125,000

2017 Sunshine Coast Guineas Results

1st: #4 Crack Me Up
2nd: #13 My True Love
3rd: #6 Flow

The Sunshine Coast Guineas 2017 Results & Finishing Order can be found below, the race won by all-the-way leader Crack Me Up who was ridden to victory by Damian Browne. Browne won his third Sunshine Coast Guineas in four years after previous success aboard Hopfgarten (2014) and Tivaci (2016). My True Love finished a luckless second for Tulloch Lodge, while the Godolphin-raced Flow crossed under two lengths back in a surprise third to round out the trifecta.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	4	CRACK ME UP (NZ)	Liam Birchley	Damian Browne	–	11	57kg	$6.50
2	13	MY TRUE LOVE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	1.8L	15	55kg	$4.80
3	6	FLOW	Darren Beadman	Brad Pengelly	1.9L	7	57kg	$15
4	3	CAERLESS CHOICE	Paul Messara	Robbie Fradd	2.1L	8	57kg	$12
5	17	MIA ROSA	Michael Moroney	Paul Hammersley	2.6L	6	55kg	$31
6	14	SAVVAN (NZ)	James Cummings	Luke Dittman	2.9L	12	55kg	$31
7	1	ACATOUR	Peter & Paul Snowden	Jeff Lloyd	3.4L	10	57kg	$3.80F
8	19e	PARK CHINOIS	Kelly Schweida	Glen Colless	4.4L	5	57kg	$101
9	10	CONSTANTINE	Chris Munce	Larry Cassidy	4.9L	4	57kg	$18
10	21e	SAVE THE DATE (NZ)	Lance Noble	Michael Cahill	5L	3	55kg	$41
11	16	MISS CHATTERING	David Vandyke	Ms Tegan Harrison	5.1L	9	55kg	$21
12	5	ZAMEX	Matthew Dunn	Jim Byrne	5.6L	1	57kg	$12
13	7	ATOUCHMORE	Matt Kropp	Micheal Hellyer	7.4L	2	57kg	$151
14	2	RINGO’S A ROCKSTAR	Norm Stephens	Brad Stewart	7.7L	14	57kg	$9
15	8	ENDLESS DAYS	Peter & Will Hulbert	Matthew McGillivray (a)	8.2L	13	57kg	$151
16	11	ROTHABYE	Trevor Miller	Adam Sewell (a)	8.4L	16	57kg	$151
–	20e	CHIEF JOSEPH	Kevin Kemp	–	–	0	–	–
–	9	TOP OF THE RANGE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Michael Cahill	–	0	–	–
–	22e	WAKE UP VICTA	Lindsay Gough	–	–	0	–	–
–	12	FARAWAY TOWN	Matthew Smith	James Orman	–	0	–	–
–	18	LIPSTICK LOVER	Tony Gollan	James Orman	–	0	–	–
–	15	DONTPOKETHETIGER	Peter Rudkin	Leah Hemi	–	0	–	–

2017 Sunshine Coast Guineas Odds

The winter’s latest Sunshine Coast Guineas 2017 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au this Caloundra Cup Day will be available below once open.

2017 Sunshine Coast Guineas Field

The Sunshine Coast Guineas field features a capacity of 18 runners plus five emergencies 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 2017 Field & Barriers are released by Racing Queensland on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

The 2017 Sunshine Coast Guineas Final Field has drawn a capacity line-up of three-year-olds including the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Group 3 winning colt from Sydney Acatour and the Gai Waterhouse-trained filly My True Love who has work to do from a wide barrier draw.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	135x7818x5	ACATOUR	Peter & Paul Snowden	Jeff Lloyd	13	57kg	87
2	1225×30603	RINGO’S A ROCKSTAR	Norm Stephens	Brad Stewart	17	57kg	77
3	111×14440	CAERLESS CHOICE	Paul Messara	Robbie Fradd	11	57kg	77
4	x42602x402	CRACK ME UP (NZ)	Liam Birchley	Damian Browne	14	57kg	77
5	116×7211	ZAMEX	Matthew Dunn	Jim Byrne	2	57kg	75
6	224x51x41	FLOW	Darren Beadman	Brad Pengelly	10	57kg	73
7	212×157411	ATOUCHMORE	Matt Kropp	Micheal Hellyer	4	57kg	72
8	013x90x641	ENDLESS DAYS	Peter & Will Hulbert	Matthew McGillivray (a)	16	57kg	70
9	0x11574	TOP OF THE RANGE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Michael Cahill	19	57kg	70
10	311×11	CONSTANTINE	Chris Munce	Larry Cassidy	7	57kg	75
11	x152231331	ROTHABYE	Trevor Miller	Adam Sewell (a)	21	57kg	67
12	3948523×44	FARAWAY TOWN	Matthew Smith	James Orman	18	55kg	78
13	31186×212	MY TRUE LOVE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	20	55kg	80
14	2513×31800	SAVVAN (NZ)	James Cummings	Luke Dittman	15	55kg	73
15	3158333×45	DONTPOKETHETIGER	Peter Rudkin	Leah Hemi	6	55kg	72
16	12×131	MISS CHATTERING	David Vandyke	–	12	55kg	71
17	42×150	MIA ROSA	Michael Moroney	Paul Hammersley	9	55kg	67
18	2310×63178	LIPSTICK LOVER	Tony Gollan	–	1	55kg	68
19e	64533×1131	PARK CHINOIS	Kelly Schweida	Glen Colless	8	57kg	67
20e	50×14412	CHIEF JOSEPH	Kevin Kemp	–	22	57kg	66
21e	3417×221	SAVE THE DATE (NZ)	Lance Noble	–	5	55kg	69
22e	960×458183	WAKE UP VICTA	Lindsay Gough	–	3	57kg	59

2017 Sunshine Coast Guineas Nominations

The Sunshine Coast Guineas 2017 nominations are taken the Monday leading-up to Caloundra Cup Day and will be available below as soon as released.

The 2017 Sunshine Coast Guineas Nominations attracted 32 hopefuls this winter including Dane Ripper runner-up My True Love, Group 1 placed filly Faraway Town and Top Of The Range who ran fourth in the Queensland Guineas last start.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer
1	135x7818x5	ACATOUR	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden
2	212×157411	ATOUCHMORE	G	3	Matt Kropp
3	27×4331	BRED FOR LUCK	F	3	Troy Pascoe
4	111×14440	CAERLESS CHOICE	G	3	Paul Messara
5	8517	CHALK	G	3	Wendy Roche
6	50×14412	CHIEF JOSEPH	G	3	Kevin Kemp
7	22×0317322	CLIFF	G	3	Joe Cleary
8	311×11	CONSTANTINE	G	3	Chris Munce
9	x42602x402	CRACK ME UP (NZ)	G	3	Liam Birchley
10	3158333×45	DONTPOKETHETIGER	F	3	Peter Rudkin
11	013x90x641	ENDLESS DAYS	G	3	Peter & Will Hulbert
12	3948523×44	FARAWAY TOWN	F	3	Matthew Smith
13	224x51x41	FLOW	G	3	Darren Beadman
14	414928	GREY STEYNE	G	3	Doug Duryea
15	12330×1824	GYPSY MISS	F	3	Stuart Kendrick
16	67716×1585	HUNDRED	G	3	Brett Lunney & Thomas Lunney
17	3x6111x372	INSENSATA	F	3	Jason Coyle
18	2310×63178	LIPSTICK LOVER	F	3	Tony Gollan
19	42×150	MIA ROSA	F	3	Michael Moroney
20	12×131	MISS CHATTERING	F	3	David Vandyke
21	968650×218	MOUNT PANORAMA	G	3	Gary Moore
22	31186×212	MY TRUE LOVE	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
23	631	NETTOYER	F	3	Wendy Roche
24	64533×1131	PARK CHINOIS	G	3	Kelly Schweida
25	1225×30603	RINGO’S A ROCKSTAR	G	3	Norm Stephens
26	x152231331	ROTHABYE	G	3	Trevor Miller
27	3417×221	SAVE THE DATE (NZ)	F	3	Lance Noble
28	2513×31800	SAVVAN (NZ)	F	3	James Cummings
29	0x11574	TOP OF THE RANGE (NZ)	G	3	Michael Moroney
30	132715×072	VOLPINO	G	3	Les Kelly
31	960×458183	WAKE UP VICTA	G	3	Lindsay Gough
32	116×7211	ZAMEX	G	3	Matthew Dunn