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The Group 3 Fred Best Classic is a 1400m event held annually in late May at Eagle Farm Racecourse. Held during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival on Kingsford-Smith Cup Day the event is a key lead-up for three-year-olds into Group 2 Queensland Guineas (1600m) run back at the track a fortnight later on Stradbroke Handicap Day.

Run under set weight conditions, the Fred Best Classic is open only to three-year-olds and now offers $150,000 in total prize money having been moved from Doomben for the 2017 season onwards.

The 2017 Fred Best Classic ran on Saturday May 27, 2017.

Fred Best Classic Info:
Date:	Saturday May 27, 2017
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	3YO – SW
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$150,000

2017 Fred Best Classic Results

• 1st: #21 Niccanova
• 2nd: #16 Sylpheed
• 3rd: #13 I Thought So

Check out the full Fred Best Classic 2017 Results & Finishing Order, the Queensland Guineas lead-up won by Niccanova who fought it out in a gutsy late battle with the filly Sylpheed.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	21e	NICCANOVA	Steve Tregea	James Orman	–	16	57kg	$12
2	16	SYLPHEED	Toby Edmonds	Jeff Lloyd	0.2L	15	55kg	$9.50
3	13	I THOUGHT SO	David Pfieffer	Corey Brown	1L	3	57kg	$19
4	14	RIVER RACER	Les Ross	Robbie Fradd	1.5L	10	55kg	$13
5	9	OINK	Kelly Schweida	Paul Hammersley	3.3L	14	57kg	$26
6	2	MORTON’S FORK	Darren Beadman	Brenton Avdulla	4.6L	12	57kg	$16
7	20e	VOLPINO	Les Kelly	Blake Shinn	5.1L	5	57kg	$91
8	12	BILLY THE KID	John Meagher	Luke Dittman	5.1L	1	57kg	$13
9	7	CALANDA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	5.6L	2	57kg	$12
10	18	ASTARA (NZ)	Peter & Paul Snowden	Dwayne Dunn	6.9L	7	55kg	$31
11	5	DREAMS APLENTY	John Zielke	Ms Tiffani Brooker (a)	7.3L	6	57kg	$6
12	10	CRACK ME UP (NZ)	Liam Birchley	Jim Byrne	11.2L	8	57kg	$26
13	19e	BELLA GIOIA (NZ)	Shaune Ritchie	Leith Innes	12.5L	9	55kg	$41
14	23e	CRITICAL THINKING	Brent Stanley	Noel Callow	17L	11	57kg	$81
15	8	TESSERA	Darren Beadman	James Doyle	20.3L	4	57kg	$5.50F
16	4	FRANCE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Hugh Bowman	20.7L	17	57kg	$9.50
17	22e	SOCIAL CONQUEST	Chris Munce	Ronnie Stewart	95.7L	13	57kg	$101
–	1	GOOD STANDING	James Cummings	Damian Browne	–	0	–	–
–	3	HEROIC VALOUR	Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards	Opie Bosson	–	0	–	–
–	17	SIREN’S FURY	Jason Coyle	–	–	0	–	–
–	11	SALSONIC	Jason Coyle	Mark Zahra	–	0	–	–
–	6	HALL OF FAME (NZ)	Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards	Damian Lane	–	0	–	–
–	15	MISS DEBUTANTE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tommy Berry	–	0	–	–

2017 Fred Best Classic Odds

The winter’s latest Fred Best Classic 2017 betting odds and links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below once released.

2017 Fred Best Classic Field

The Fred Best Classic field attracts a strong line-up of both local Queensland-trained three-year-olds as well as interstate raiders chasing the Brisbane winter racing riches. The race is a good lead-up to the Queensland Guineas and may be a next-up option for gallopers coming off a run in the Group 3 Gold Coast Guineas (1200m) earlier in the month.

The official Fred Best Classic 2017 final field & barriers are set for release by Racing Queensland on Wednesday May 24, 2017 and will be published in full below.

The 2017 Fred Best Classic Field drew a capacity line-up of sprinters led by Good Standing with work to do from a wide draw, while the Godolphin-raced Tessera came up trumps with barrier four out to go two better than his close third in the Group 3 Gold Coast Guineas (1200m) last time out.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x953717x71	GOOD STANDING	James Cummings	Damian Browne	18	57kg	96
2	1521x540x0	MORTON’S FORK	Darren Beadman	Brenton Avdulla	14	57kg	85
3	1323x224x2	HEROIC VALOUR	Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards	Opie Bosson	8	57kg	92
4	8x122x71	FRANCE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Hugh Bowman	22	57kg	84
5	25x0x21111	DREAMS APLENTY	John Zielke	Ms Tiffani Brooker (a)	6	57kg	88
6	4110115×55	HALL OF FAME (NZ)	Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards	Damian Lane	11	57kg	92
7	2x131x106	CALANDA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	2	57kg	78
8	14x7270x23	TESSERA	Darren Beadman	James Doyle	4	57kg	85
9	x340x17x18	OINK	Kelly Schweida	Paul Hammersley	16	57kg	80
10	70x42602x4	CRACK ME UP (NZ)	Liam Birchley	Jim Byrne	9	57kg	72
11	x314436x39	SALSONIC	Jason Coyle	Mark Zahra	20	57kg	73
12	23x113x27	BILLY THE KID	John Meagher	Luke Dittman	1	57kg	72.5
13	6×11265	I THOUGHT SO	David Pfieffer	Corey Brown	3	57kg	76
14	21x2526x27	RIVER RACER	Les Ross	Robbie Fradd	12	55kg	77
15	3x116x11	MISS DEBUTANTE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tommy Berry	19	55kg	81
16	2x147x4662	SYLPHEED	Toby Edmonds	Jeff Lloyd	17	55kg	76.5
17	24×161336	SIREN’S FURY	Jason Coyle	TBA	23	55kg	73
18	11x74150x8	ASTARA (NZ)	Peter & Paul Snowden	Dwayne Dunn	7	55kg	81
19e	5x11472x8	BELLA GIOIA (NZ)	Shaune Ritchie	Leith Innes	10	55kg	80
20e	5x132715x0	VOLPINO	Les Kelly	Opie Bosson	5	57kg	68
21e	131×1	NICCANOVA	Steve Tregea	TBA	21	57kg	71.5
22e	17×021	SOCIAL CONQUEST	Chris Munce	TBA	15	57kg	65
23e	7×217	CRITICAL THINKING	Brent Stanley	Noel Callow	13	57kg	62

2017 Fred Best Classic Nominations

The complete 2017 Fred Best Classic nominations will be published here once announced on Monday May 22, 2017.

The 2017 Fred Best Classic Nominations attracted a bumper 30 three-year-old middle-distance types including Queensland Day Stakes winner Good Standing and the flying Dreams Aplenty from Toowoomba who has won his past four on the trot.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight
1	x953717x71	GOOD STANDING	C	3	James Cummings	1	57kg
2	45221×2422	PROMPT RESPONSE	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	2	55kg
3	1521x540x0	MORTON’S FORK	C	3	Darren Beadman	3	57kg
4	1323x224x2	HEROIC VALOUR	C	3	Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards	4	57kg
5	8x122x71	FRANCE	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	5	57kg
6	25x0x21111	DREAMS APLENTY	G	3	John Zielke	6	57kg
7	4110115×55	HALL OF FAME (NZ)	C	3	Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards	7	57kg
8	x1135x7818	ACATOUR	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	8	57kg
9	2x131x106	CALANDA	G	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	9	57kg
10	14x7270x23	TESSERA	G	3	Darren Beadman	10	57kg
11	21x2526x27	RIVER RACER	F	3	Les Ross	11	55kg
12	x41225x306	RINGO’S A ROCKSTAR	G	3	Norm Stephens	12	57kg
13	x340x17x18	OINK	G	3	Kelly Schweida	13	57kg
14	3x116x11	MISS DEBUTANTE	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	14	55kg
15	70x42602x4	CRACK ME UP (NZ)	G	3	Liam Birchley	15	57kg
16	2x147x4662	SYLPHEED	F	3	Toby Edmonds	16	55kg
17	24×161336	SIREN’S FURY	F	3	Jason Coyle	17	55kg
18	x314436x39	SALSONIC	G	3	Jason Coyle	18	57kg
19	23x113x27	BILLY THE KID	G	3	John Meagher	19	57kg
20	11x74150x8	ASTARA (NZ)	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	20	55kg
21	6×11265	I THOUGHT SO	C	3	David Pfieffer	21	57kg
22	5x11472x8	BELLA GIOIA (NZ)	F	3	Shaune Ritchie	22	55kg
23	5x132715x0	VOLPINO	G	3	Les Kelly	23	57kg
24	131×1	NICCANOVA	G	3	Steve Tregea	24	57kg
25	1x11443x20	RUTHLESS AGENT (NZ)	G	3	Kurt Goldman	25	57kg
26	13757×2511	DIVINE DICE	G	3	John Meagher	26	57kg
27	17×021	SOCIAL CONQUEST	G	3	Chris Munce	27	57kg
28	7×217	CRITICAL THINKING	G	3	Brent Stanley	28	57kg
29	353334×1	LIMESTONE COWBOY	G	3	Stuart Kendrick	29	57kg
30	65×0641	CHAMPAGNE CHARLEE	F	3	Garnett Taylor	30	55kg

Fred Best Classic History

The Fred Best Classic was first run in 1984, when Bonnie Princess seized victory. Initially, the race was run for two-year-olds, and was known as the Courier Mail 2YO Classic. The Fred Best Classic has experienced many name changes over the years. Since 2000, the race has been known variously as the Powerhouse Classic, the Wyndham Estate Classic, the Richmond Grove Classic, the BTC Classic (2006-2009) and finally the Fred Best Classic from 2010 onwards.

The Fred Best Classic is run on Doomben Cup Day alongside the Group 2 Doomben Roses, Group 3 BRC Sprint, Listed Lancaster Stakes and Dalrello Stakes and of course the Group 1 Doomben Cup.

Named after renowned Brisbane trainer Fred Best, the Fred Best Classic always attracts a stellar field. Peter Snowden has had three winners in the race (2008, 2010, 2012), making him the most successful trainer.

The fastest time is held by Gold Edition, who won the race in 2007 with a blistering 1:17.52. From 2017 onwards the Fred Best Classic will be run at Eagle Farm, moved from Doomben, and raced over 1400m (up from 1350m).

Fred Best Classic results since 2000 are listed below.

Fred Best Classic Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 Fred Best Classic	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2017 Fred Best Classic	1st	Niccanova	1:26.59
	2nd	Sylpheed
	3rd	I Thought So
2016 Fred Best Classic	1st	Counterattack	1:18.86
	2nd	Takedown
	3rd	Perfect Dare
2015 Fred Best Classic	1st	Najoom	1:19.00
	2nd	Miss Cover Girl
	3rd	Awesome Rock
2014 Fred Best Classic	1st	Havana	1:19.2
	2nd	Into The Red
	3rd	Dothraki
2013 Fred Best Classic	1st	Platinum Kingdom	1:19.8
	2nd	Boban
	3rd	Academus
2012 Fred Best Classic	1st	Mental	1:19.3
	2nd	Amah Rock
	3rd	Boys On Tour
2011 Fred Best Classic	1st	Falino	1:18.8
	2nd	Spirit Of Boom
	3rd	Skilled
2010 Fred Best Classic	1st	Stryker	1:19.1
	2nd	Happy Hippy
	3rd	Graceful Anna
2009 Fred Best Classic	1st	Court	1:19.4
	2nd	Leapfrog
	3rd	Geeza
2008 Fred Best Classic	1st	El Cambio	1:19.2
	2nd	Mr Unforgettable
	3rd	Diplomatic Force
2007 Fred Best Classic	1st	Gold Edition	1:8.44
	2nd	Grand Reve
	3rd	J’Adane
2006 Fred Best Classic	1st	La Montagna	1:18.0
	2nd	Century Serb
	3rd	Pasikatera
2005 Fred Best Classic	1st	Gumnuts	1:18.8
	2nd	Rich Megadale
	3rd	Aqua D Amore
2004 Fred Best Classic	1st	Gallieni	1:18.1
	2nd	Drunken Joker
	3rd	Sky Cuddle
2003 Fred Best Classic	1st	Proudly Agro	1:18.9
	2nd	Brief Embrace
	3rd	Charlie Bub
2002 Fred Best Classic	1st	Tellson	1:17.8
	2nd	Gabfest
	3rd	Acadame
2001 Fred Best Classic	1st	Marlina	1:19.2
	2nd	Zariz
	3rd	Johann Lover
2000 Fred Best Classic	1st	Cryptavia	1:20.7
	2nd	Make Mine Magic
	3rd	The Kildare Kid