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The Gold Coast Guineas is a 1200m sprint held annually at the Gold Coast Racecourse* on AD Hollindale Stakes Day in early May.

*The 2023 Gold Coast Guineas and entire A.D. Hollindale Stakes Day card ran at the Sunshine Coast Racecourse. 

With total prize money of $200,000 as of 2023, the Gold Coast Guineas attracts a strong line-up of three-year-olds that could be Brisbane-bound over the Winter Racing Carnival. The Gold Coast Guineas shares its race card with the Group 2 Hollindale Stakes (1800m) as well as the Group 3 Ken Russell Memorial Classic (1200m) for two-year-olds.

There was no 2020 A.D. Hollindale Stakes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Gold Coast Guineas field attracts both local Queensland-trained gallopers as well as interstate visitors out of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival lead-up races. It is a good lead-up into the Group 3 Fred Best Classic (1400m) contested in Brisbane later in the month.

The 2023 Gold Coast Guineas ran on Saturday May 6, 2023 at the Sunshine Coast Racecourse and was won by returning Magic Millions 3YO Guineas runner-up Yellow Brick ($2.40F). 

2023 Gold Coast Guineas Info:
Date:	Saturday May 6, 2023
Track:	Gold Coast Racecourse (Sunshine Coast Racecourse in 2023)
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	3YO SWP
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$200,000

2023 Gold Coast Guineas Results

• 1st: #2 Yellow Brick ($2.40F)
• 2nd: #12 Lady Laguna
• 3rd: #4 Sooth Sayer

The Toowoomba-trained favourite Yellow Brick ($2.40F) was excellent first-up saluting for the punters in the 2023 Gold Coast Guineas results in the The Mission gelding’s first run since a second in January’s $2 million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	YELLOW BRICK	Tony & Maddysen Sears	Ben Thompson		9	57kg		$2.40F
	2	12	LADY LAGUNA	Annabel Neasham	Damien Thornton	1.3L	4	55kg		$6.50
	3	4	SOOTHSAYER	Lee Freedman	Boris Thornton	1.7L	12	57kg		$81
	4	13	MUMBAI JEWEL	Annabel Neasham	Chad Schofield	2.1L	5	55kg		$15
	5	5	SPACEWALK	James Cummings	Tim Clark	2.2L	8	57kg		$10
	6	11	RUSSIAN CONQUEST	Peter & Paul Snowden	Jim Byrne	2.3L	7	55kg		$15
	7	7	END ASSEMBLY	Mark Currie	James Orman	2.4L	14	57kg		$11
	8	9	BUNKER HUT (NZ)	Michael Freedman	James McDonald	3.2L	10	57kg		$14
	9	3	SWISS EXILE	Annabel Neasham	Brodie Loy	3.4L	13	57kg		$14
	10	15	KIKO	Jim Conlan	Ms Georgina Cartwright	3.9L	11	55kg		$101
	11	6	MILLANE	Tony Gollan	Ryan Maloney	4.3L	6	57kg		$21
	12	14	MIDNIGHT IN TOKYO	Kacy Fogden	Tom Sherry	4.4L	2	55kg		$26
	13	8	LUBRICATION	Matthew Dunn	Nash Rawiller	4.9L	3	57kg		$16
	14	10	INVINOVICH	Natalie McCall	Nikita Beriman	5L	1	57kg		$151
		1	FASHION LEGEND	Richard & Will Freedman	Joshua Parr		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Gold Coast Guineas Betting Odds

The season’s top Gold Coast Guineas 2023 betting odds will be provided below the week of the race courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au.

Hightail ($3.60 in 2020), the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Marboosha ($3.10 in 2021), Rob Heathcote’s Prince Of Boom ($2.70 in 2022), and Yellow Brick ($2.40 in 2023) from Toowoomba are the latest favourites in Gold Coast Guineas betting to salute for the punters.

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2023 Gold Coast Guineas Form

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2023 Gold Coast Guineas Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Gold Coast Guineas 2023 Tips on the A.D. Hollindale Stakes Day support act this May.

• To Win: #12 Lady Laguna ($5.50 at time of publish)

Wide-open edition of this year’s Gold Coast Guineas which will actually be run at the Sunshine Coast. A host of livewire chances, but going for the in-form Annabel Neasham-trained Overshare filly Lady Laguna who looks a nice price to make it two wins on the trot. Two back she was under a length off the smart Godolphin-raced Aft Cabin in Sydney’s Arrowfield 3YO Sprint. That looks a nice form race, and she in fact franked the form with a next-up Listed win in Brisbane. She has had nine goes at the distance without a win, but plenty of six-furlong placings and never runs a bad race. Good filly in a good gate.

2023 Gold Coast Guineas Field

The official Gold Coast Guineas 2023 Final Field & Barrier Draw are announced by Racing Queensland on the Wednesday before the race is run and won on AD Hollindale Stakes Day and will be provided below in full.

The 2023 Gold Coast Guineas final field features a smart line-up of promising three-year-olds led in betting including the returning Magic Millions 3YO Guineas winner Fashion Legend and runner-up in the same $2 million summer event back in January, Yellow Brick, also first-up.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	412x31111x	FASHION LEGEND	Richard & Will Freedman	Joshua Parr	11	57kg			93
2	1x3111x12x	YELLOW BRICK	Tony & Maddysen Sears	Ben Thompson	9	57kg			90
3	12x397x482	SWISS EXILE	Annabel Neasham	Brodie Loy	14	57kg			87.5
4	x51621110x	SOOTHSAYER	Lee Freedman	Boris Thornton	13	57kg			77
5	3x242x3143	SPACEWALK	James Cummings	Tim Clark	8	57kg			84
6	1x3380x078	MILLANE	Tony Gollan	Ryan Maloney	6	57kg			71
7	111×6	END ASSEMBLY	Mark Currie	James Orman	15	57kg			78
8	50231×43	LUBRICATION	Matthew Dunn	Nash Rawiller	3	57kg			75
9	322150×2	BUNKER HUT (NZ)	Michael Freedman	James McDonald	10	57kg			64
10	23x22x14x2	INVINOVICH	Natalie McCall	Nikita Beriman	1	57kg			63
11	40x747x20x	RUSSIAN CONQUEST	Peter & Paul Snowden	Larry Cassidy	7	55kg			81.5
12	2405×53331	LADY LAGUNA	Annabel Neasham	Damien Thornton	4	55kg			92
13	x97626x765	MUMBAI JEWEL	Annabel Neasham	Chad Schofield	5	55kg			76.5
14	x2610x7954	MIDNIGHT IN TOKYO	Kacy Fogden	Tom Sherry	2	55kg			73.5
15	6x345x322	KIKO	Jim Conlan	Ms Georgina Cartwright	12	55kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Gold Coast Guineas Nominations

The early Gold Coast Guineas Nominations 2023 close on the Monday of race week.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	412x31111x	FASHION LEGEND	G	3	Richard & Will Freedman	1	57kg			93
2	1x3111x12x	YELLOW BRICK	G	3	Tony & Maddysen Sears	2	57kg			90
3	40x747x20x	RUSSIAN CONQUEST	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	3	55kg			81.5
4	2405×53331	LADY LAGUNA	F	3	Annabel Neasham	4	55kg			92
5	12x397x482	SWISS EXILE	C	3	Annabel Neasham	5	57kg			87.5
6	211x3615x8	SPIRITUALISED	C	3	Tony Gollan	6	57kg			78
7	x51621110x	SOOTHSAYER	G	3	Lee Freedman	7	57kg			77
8	3x242x3143	SPACEWALK	G	3	James Cummings	8	57kg			84
9	x97626x765	MUMBAI JEWEL	F	3	Annabel Neasham	9	55kg			76
10	1x3380x078	MILLANE	C	3	Tony Gollan	10	57kg			71
11	x2610x7954	MIDNIGHT IN TOKYO	F	3	Kacy Fogden	11	55kg			73.5
12	111×6	END ASSEMBLY	G	3	Mark Currie	12	57kg			78
13	50231×43	LUBRICATION	C	3	Matthew Dunn	13	57kg			75
14	20x322222x	DARK HARMONY	G	3	Renita Beaton	14	57kg
15	322150×2	BUNKER HUT (NZ)	G	3	Michael Freedman	15	57kg			64
16	23x22x14x2	INVINOVICH	G	3	Natalie McCall	16	57kg			63
17	6x345x322	KIKO	F	3	Jim Conlan	17	55kg
18	1x314x8	LARRIKIN ROGUE	G	3	Chris Anderson	18	57kg			64
19	23x515x34	LA SOEUR	F	3	Les Kelly	19	55kg			64
20	24×1	ZOUMETEOR	G	3	Stuart Kendrick	20	57kg			60

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Gold Coast Guineas History

The Gold Coast Guineas was established in 2000, and as such lacks the long illustrious history of many more renowned races. However, it only took until 2008 for the race to be elevated to Group 3 status as a result of increasing prize money and prestige. Today, the Gold Coast Guineas is one of the more highly anticipated races on the Gold Coast racing calendar.

The inaugural running of the race, in 2000, was in March and held over 1400m, as opposed to the current 1200m (2006 onwards). One of the most notable winners of the Gold Coast Guineas is Make Mine Magic, who made the race his sixth straight win, impressive considering the horse had only 6 races under his belt.

Gold Coast Guineas results since the race’s inauguration in 2000 are listed below.

A new track record was set in the 2018 Gold Coast Guineas results by the filly Champagne Cuddles who won in a speedy 1:07.65.

In 2023 the Gold Coast Guineas was moved from the Gold Coast Racecourse to the Sunshine Coast Racecourse.

Gold Coast Guineas Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Yellow Brick	1:10.51
	2nd	Lady Laguna
	3rd	Sooth Sayer
2022 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Prince Of Boom	1:13.52
	2nd	Sword Of State
	3rd	Grey Defence
2021 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Marboosha	1:11.84
	2nd	Tramonto
	3rd	Kisukano
2020 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Hightail	1:08.71
	2nd	The Odyssey
	3rd	Exhilarates
2019 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Pennino	1:14.89
	2nd	Defence Missile
	3rd	Million
2018 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Champagne Cuddles	1:07.65
	2nd	Whypeeo
	3rd	Marble
2017 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Savanna Amour	1:08.42
	2nd	Heroic Valour
	3rd	Tessera
2016 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Takedown	1:09.49
	2nd	Sold For Song
	3rd	Always Sacred
2015 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Nostradamus	1:10.26
	2nd	Time For War
	3rd	Traveston Girl
2014 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Dothraki	1:13.36
	2nd	Safeguard
	3rd	Palmera Lad
2013 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Academus	1:8.72
	2nd	Al Aneed
	3rd	Dances On Stars
2012 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Florentina	1:14.46
	2nd	Punch On
	3rd	Double Impact
2011 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Military Rose	1:11.89
	2nd	Celtic Dancer
	3rd	Skating On Ice
2010 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Beethog	1:10.53
	2nd	Temple of Boom
	3rd	Fifteen Carat
2009 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Chakvetadze	1:8.81
	2nd	Leapfrog
	3rd	Desuetude
2008 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	El Cambio	1:7.95
	2nd	Xaardante
	3rd	Heart Of The Citi
2007 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Gold Edition	1:8.44
	2nd	Grand Reve
	3rd	J’Adane
2006 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Fashions Afield	1:8.79
	2nd	Rumbird
	3rd	Captain Kurt
2005 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Eremein	1:24.58
	2nd	Legendary Man
	3rd	Sydney Express
2004 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	King’s Chapel	1:20.89
	2nd	Drunken Joker
	3rd	Power And Gold
2003 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Tahitian Star	1:22.98
	2nd	Exquisitely
	3rd	Striking Victory
2002 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Miss Bussell	1:22.64
	2nd	Alibarber
	3rd	Jar Jar Binks
2001 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Ceffyl	1:22.09
	2nd	Skarloey
	3rd	Katenian
2000 Gold Coast Guineas	1st	Make Mine Magic	1:22.27
	2nd	Gold Dredge
	3rd	The Kildare Kid