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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. With total prize money of $150,000, 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 2022 Gold Coast Guineas ran on Saturday May 7, 2022 and was won by the Robert Heatchote-trained favourite Prince Of Boom ($2.70F). 

2022 Gold Coast Guineas Info:
Date:	Saturday May 7, 2022
Track:	Gold Coast Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	3YO SWP
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$150,000

2022 Gold Coast Guineas Results

• 1st: #2 Prince OF Boom ($2.70F)
• 2nd: #3 Sword Of State
• 3rd: #8 Grey Defence

The Rob Heathcote-trained Spirit Of Boom gelding Prince Of Boom ($2.70F) took his record up to five wins from eight starts holding off Sword Of State in a thrilling finish to the 2022 Gold Coast Guineas results on Hollindale Stakes Day.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	PRINCE OF BOOM	Robert Heathcote	James Orman		10	57kg		$2.70F
	2	3	SWORD OF STATE	Mark Walker	Opie Bosson	0.1L	3	57kg		$3.90
	3	8	GREY DEFENCE	Les Ross	Noel Callow	4.6L	6	57kg		$41
	4	7	MERITABLE	Andrew Forsman	William Pike	5.1L	9	57kg		$20
	5	13	MISS HIPSTAR	Kelly Schweida	Larry Cassidy	5.3L	5	55kg		$18
	6	9	ZARASTRO	Chris Waller	James McDonald	6.8L	7	57kg		$15
	7	20e	MYSTIC AROMA	Peter & Will Hulbert	Mark Du Plessis	7.2L	1	55kg		$91
	8	5	ZETHUS	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	7.7L	11	57kg		$13
	9	11	FOUR MOVES AHEAD	John Sargent	Kerrin McEvoy	7.9L	14	55kg		$7
	10	12	RHAPSODY ROSE	Chris Munce	Luke Tarrant	8.9L	12	55kg		$26
	11	15	MAYROSE	John Sargent	Robbie Dolan	9.7L	8	55kg		$31
	12	14	JOYOUS LEGEND	Tony Gollan	Ms Stephanie Thornton	10.7L	2	55kg		$26
	13	19e	EMMY REGINA	Daiki Chujo	Chris Taylor	13L	13	55kg		$201
	14	18e	PEREGRINATION	Daiki Chujo	James Innes Jnr	15.3L	4	57kg		$201
		17e	ORIENTAL PRINCESS	Gillian Heinrich	Ms Samantha Collett		0
		21e	NORD LYON	Chris Anderson			0
		6	BATTLETON	Bjorn Baker			0
		4	STARMAN	Chris Waller	James McDonald		0
		10	ME ME LAGARDE	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Robbie Fradd		0
		16	PUTONTHEREDLIGHT	Tony Gollan	Ben Thompson		0
		1	ALPINE EDGE	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Ryan Maloney		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2022 Gold Coast Guineas Betting Odds

The season’s top Gold Coast Guineas 2022 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) and Rob Heathcote’s Prince Of Boom ($2.70 in 2022) are the latest favourites in Gold Coast Guineas betting to salute for the punters.

2022 Gold Coast Guineas Field

The official Gold Coast Guineas 2022 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 2022 Gold Coast Guineas field features a capacity line-up of three-year-olds including the in-form Rob Heathcote-trained Prince Of Boom drawn out wide (16) chasing a third straight win and dual Group 2 winning filly Four Moves Ahead.

• Scratched: #4 Starman (21); #6 Battleton (15); #16 Putontheredlight (6)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	127x1240x6	ALPINE EDGE	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Ryan Maloney	10	57kg			83
2	110x44x11	PRINCE OF BOOM	Robert Heathcote	James Orman	16	57kg			87.5
3	11x750x11x	SWORD OF STATE	Mark Walker	Opie Bosson	4	57kg			100
4	154x1417x6	STARMAN	Chris Waller		21	57kg			76
5	219×255	ZETHUS	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	17	57kg			82
6	1125x	BATTLETON	Bjorn Baker		15	57kg			71
7	21422x	MERITABLE	Andrew Forsman	William Pike	14	57kg			85
8	22×9527111	GREY DEFENCE	Les Ross	Noel Callow	8	57kg			71
9	2x11x444	ZARASTRO	Chris Waller	James McDonald	12	57kg			73
10	14x112x9	ME ME LAGARDE	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Robbie Fradd	9	55kg			86
11	4x3516x07x	FOUR MOVES AHEAD	John Sargent	Kerrin McEvoy	20	55kg			94
12	16x441190x	RHAPSODY ROSE	Chris Munce	Luke Tarrant	18	55kg			83
13	01x83530x2	MISS HIPSTAR	Kelly Schweida	Larry Cassidy	7	55kg			80
14	193x074x33	JOYOUS LEGEND	Tony Gollan	Ms Stephanie Thornton	3	55kg			73
15	2219×1120	MAYROSE	John Sargent	Robbie Dolan	13	55kg			77
16	1232×29	PUTONTHEREDLIGHT	Tony Gollan	Ben Thompson	6	55kg			68
17e	19x1x7x	ORIENTAL PRINCESS	Gillian Heinrich	Ms Collett (late alt)	2	55kg			68
18e	2×44077273	PEREGRINATION	Daiki Chujo	James Innes Jnr (late alt)	5	57kg			62
19e	3652741411	EMMY REGINA	Daiki Chujo	Chris Taylor (late alt)	19	55kg			64
20e	457x1152x	MYSTIC AROMA	Peter & Will Hulbert	Mark Du Plessis	1	55kg			65
21e	225×12	NORD LYON	Chris Anderson		11	57kg			62

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2022 Gold Coast Guineas Nominations

The early Gold Coast Guineas Nominations 2022 close on the Monday of race week.

Rob Heathcote’s in-form Spirit Of Boom three-year-old Prince Of Boom chasing a third win on the trot headlines the 2022 Gold Coast Guineas nominations for this weekend in Queensland.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	127x1240x6	ALPINE EDGE	C	3	Toby & Trent Edmonds	83
2	1125x	BATTLETON	G	3	Bjorn Baker	71
3	3x17x10	BLOOD THUNDER	G	3	Billy Healey	64
4	543x266x13	DOOR INTO SUMMER	F	3	Daiki Chujo	58
5	3652741411	EMMY REGINA	F	3	Daiki Chujo	64
6	4x3516x07x	FOUR MOVES AHEAD	F	3	John Sargent	92
7	22×9527111	GREY DEFENCE	G	3	Les Ross	71
8	17×1	HARD REYVA	G	3	Stuart Kendrick	64
9	x12938x587	INGRATIATING	C	3	James Cummings	100
10	193x074x33	JOYOUS LEGEND	F	3	Tony Gollan	73
11	2219×1120	MAYROSE	F	3	John Sargent	77
12	14x112x9	ME ME LAGARDE	F	3	Toby & Trent Edmonds	86
13	21422x	MERITABLE	C	3	Andrew Forsman	85
14	01x83530x2	MISS HIPSTAR	F	3	Kelly Schweida	80
15	457x1152x	MYSTIC AROMA	F	3	Peter & Will Hulbert	65
16	225×12	NORD LYON	G	3	Chris Anderson	62
17	19x1x7x	ORIENTAL PRINCESS	F	3	Gillian Heinrich	68
18	3537×56253	PARK AVENUE	G	3	Richard & Will Freedman	66
19	2×44077273	PEREGRINATION	G	3	Daiki Chujo	62
20	110x44x11	PRINCE OF BOOM	G	3	Robert Heathcote	87.5
21	1232×29	PUTONTHEREDLIGHT	F	3	Tony Gollan	68
22	16x441190x	RHAPSODY ROSE	F	3	Chris Munce	83
23	154x1417x6	STARMAN	G	3	Chris Waller	76
24	13×63	SUNGBLUE	G	3	Brett Cavanough	62
25	11x750x11x	SWORD OF STATE	C	3	Mark Walker
26	2x11x444	ZARASTRO	C	3	Chris Waller	73
27	219×255	ZETHUS	C	3	James Cummings	82

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.

Gold Coast Guineas Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
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