Steve Tregea’s Toowoomba-trained youngster Command’N’Conquer is narrow favourite to continue his nice career record with a Group 3 win in the 2020 Gold Coast Guineas this weekend.

A quality race card takes place on the Queensland’s Glitter Strip on Saturday headlined by the three-year-old sprinters doing battle in the Group 3 $125,000 Brandons Gold Coast Guineas (1200m).

The set weights feature has attracted a capacity field this season with the sole emergency Final Declaration (3) already gaining a start after the early withdrawal of the Tony Gollan-trained Niedorp (9).

Current Gold Coast Guineas betting at Ladbrokes.com.au is led by Tregea’s consistent son of Warhead Command’N’Conquer at $4 and firming.

Drawn barrier 10 with regular rider James Orman retaining the mount, the up-and-comer has won three of his four starts to date including back-to-back 1350m victories at Doomben in March.

He suffered his first loss on May 8 at the Gold Coast track over 900m when a length back second in a Benchmark 78 as the beaten odds-on favourite.

Keen to atone this weekend, Command’N’Conquer will relish the step-up to 1200m and looks the deserving favourite in a fairly open market.

Occupying the second line of betting at Gold Coast Guineas odds of $5.50 is the class Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Black-Type winner Hightail.

Drawn gate eight with Ryan Maloney coming aboard, the son of Written Tycoon has been in outstanding form since last summer including his Listed Gosford Guineas (1200m) win back in December.

He also ran a solid fourth behind superstar Alligator Blood in the Gold Coast’s $2 million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas (1400m) in January before returning off a freshen-up on May 2 for a 1250m win at Randwick’s Kensington track.

Following closely at $6 is the Gold Coast Guineas third elect and early market mover Exhilarates donning the famous Godolphin blue silks.

Widely drawn out in gate 15 (into 14), the James Cummings-trained Snitzel filly is one of the best performed of the field having already won close to $1.8 million in prize money.

As a two-year-old she won the Gold Coast’s Magic Millions Classic in 2019 and has won two subsequent Black-Type races in Melbourne.

Fifth in the Gosford Guineas and third in the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas over the summer, she races for the first time since January but has been brought on fitness-wise with two nice Hawkesbury trials in April.

Boasting a great Gold Coast track record (3:2-1-0), Exhilarates presents as a danger even with the notable break between runs and wide barrier to overcome.

A further two three-year-olds are under double-figures for the win with Bellevue Hill ($7) for Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott and the Kelly Schweida-trained The Odyssey ($7.50) drawn at opposite ends of the field in barriers two and 14 respectively.

Bellevue Hill has Michael Cahill aboard from the favourable gate in the Gold Coast Guineas, the well-bred Pierro colt looking to return to his Group 3 TL Baillieu Handicap (1400m) winning form from 2019.

Unplaced in two subsequent runs that campaign, the untapped youngster returns off a lengthy break racing for the first time since September and has looked the goods with two excellent Randwick trials during April.

The Odyssey meanwhile presents as the fit and in-form horse in the race, the Brisbane-trained Better Than Ready colt chasing a fourth win on the trot.

His latest victory on May 2 was over the 1200m at Doomben as the odds-on favourite in a three-years-old set weights race, the Gold Coast Guineas a notable class rise for the eight-time winner.

Click here for the latest Gold Coast Guineas 2020 odds courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au.

2020 Gold Coast Guineas Field & Barriers

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	4631348111	THE ODYSSEY	Kelly Schweida	Ms Stephanie Thornton (a)	14	57kg	93
2	2x28x214x1	HIGHTAIL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ryan Maloney	8	57kg	89.5
3	12×0132314	STAMPE	Chris Munce	Sean Cormack	1	57kg	83
4	1217x8x	BELLEVUE HILL	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Michael Cahill	2	57kg	84
5	6430x50x22	GARIBALDI	Tony Gollan	Jim Byrne	4	57kg	75
6	1x310x42	RUUCA	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Brad Stewart	7	57kg	70
7	12223×11	SCATHING	Chris Munce	Justin Huxtable (a)	6	57kg	74
8	1112	COMMAND’N’CONQUER	Steve Tregea	James Orman	10	57kg	74.5
9	03x113x124	FISTICUFFS	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Matthew McGillivray	11	57kg	73
10	0x1127x53x	EXHILARATES	James Cummings	Robbie Fradd	15	55kg	96
11	3x26024x11	NIEDORP	Tony Gollan	TBA	9	55kg	82
12	6x3111x31	BARODA	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Andrew Mallyon	13	55kg	77.5
13	1x91170x15	ZAC ATTACK	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Baylee Nothdurft (a)	5	55kg	76.5
14	337×592161	SWAN ISLAND	Beau Gorman	TBA	16	55kg	61
15	1×12	READY BABE	Mark Currie	TBA	17	55kg	66
16	34×241	ELEGANT GRACE	Kris Lees	Larry Cassidy	12	55kg	61
17e	1	FINAL DECLARATION	Kacy Fogden	Jag Guthmann-Chester	3	57kg	63