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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 $140,000, 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.

For the 2020 edition of the Gold Coast Guineas, the prize money was down to $125,000 and there is 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 2020 Gold Coast Guineas ran on Saturday May 16, 2020 as the feature race on an A.D. Hollindale-free card due to COVID-19 and was won by the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained favourite Hightail. 

2020 Gold Coast Guineas Info:
Date:	Saturday May 16, 2020
Track:	Gold Coast Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	3YO SWP
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$140,000 ($125,000 in 2020 due to COVID-19)

2020 Gold Coast Guineas Results

• 1st: #2 Hightail
• 2nd: #1 The Odyssey
• 3rd: #10 Exhilarates

The Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Magic Millions Guineas fourth placegetter from the summer, Hightail ($3.60F) saluted for the punters in a high-pressure edition of the Gold Coast Guineas in 2020 with a late lunge to defeat The Odyssey ($7.50) right on the line ahead of a potential Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap bid.

Click here to read more on the 2020 Gold Coast Guineas results dominated by Hightail.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	2	HIGHTAIL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ryan Maloney	–	8	57kg	$3.60F
2	1	THE ODYSSEY	Kelly Schweida	Ms Stephanie Thornton (a)	0.1L	12	57kg	$7.50
3	10	EXHILARATES	James Cummings	Robbie Fradd	1.1L	13	55kg	$4
4	7	SCATHING	Chris Munce	Justin Huxtable (a)	1.9L	6	57kg	$41
5	15	READY BABE	Mark Currie	Matthew McGillivray	2.4L	14	55kg	$51
6	6	RUUCA	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Brad Stewart	2.7L	7	57kg	$31
7	5	GARIBALDI	Tony Gollan	Jim Byrne	2.8L	4	57kg	$19
8	8	COMMAND’N’CONQUER	Steve Tregea	James Orman	3.3L	9	57kg	$6
9	4	BELLEVUE HILL	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Michael Cahill	4L	2	57kg	$13
10	3	STAMPE	Chris Munce	Sean Cormack	5L	1	57kg	$26
11	13	ZAC ATTACK	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Baylee Nothdurft (a)	6.5L	5	55kg	$51
12	12	BARODA	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Andrew Mallyon	7.3L	11	55kg	$21
13	16	ELEGANT GRACE	Kris Lees	Larry Cassidy	10.5L	10	55kg	$151
14	17e	FINAL DECLARATION	Kacy Fogden	Jag Guthmann-Chester	11.5L	3	57kg	$151
–	9	FISTICUFFS	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Matthew McGillivray	–	0	–	–
–	14	SWAN ISLAND	Beau Gorman	–	–	0	–	–
–	11	NIEDORP	Tony Gollan	–	–	0	–	–

2020 Gold Coast Guineas Odds

The season’s top Gold Coast Guineas 2020 betting odds will be provided below the week of the race courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au.

Hightail ($3.60 in 2020) was the last favourite in Gold Coast Guineas betting to salute for the punters.

2020 Gold Coast Guineas Field

The official Gold Coast Guineas 2020 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.

A capacity line-up of three-year-olds will face off in the 2020 Gold Coast Guineas field this season including the consistent Toowoomba-trained favourite Command’N’Conquer and Team Snowden’s Gosford Guineas winner Hightail.

Click here to read more on the best fancied three-year-olds in the 2020 Gold Coast Guineas field and betting markets.

#	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	–	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

2020 Gold Coast Guineas Nominations

The early Gold Coast Guineas Nominations 2020 close on the Monday of race week and will be published below.

The 2020 Gold Coast nominations attracted 26 smart three-year-olds including local Epaulette filly Baroda who won at the track and distance earlier in the month, the Godolphin-raced Magic Millions 3YO Guineas third placed Exhilarates and Peter & Paul Snowden’s Gosford Guineas winner Hightail.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer
1	22×1	ALL TO DO	G	3	Stuart Kendrick
2	426×2261	ASTRALIS	F	3	Matthew Dunn
3	6x3111x31	BARODA	F	3	Toby & Trent Edmonds
4	1x20x0x	BELLA ROSA	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
5	1217x8x	BELLEVUE HILL	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
6	1112	COMMAND’N’CONQUER	G	3	Steve Tregea
7	34×241	ELEGANT GRACE	F	3	Kris Lees
8	0x1127x53x	EXHILARATES	F	3	James Cummings
9	1	FINAL DECLARATION	G	3	Kacy Fogden
10	03x113x124	FISTICUFFS	G	3	Toby & Trent Edmonds
11	6430x50x22	GARIBALDI	C	3	Tony Gollan
12	2x28x214x1	HIGHTAIL	G	3	Peter & Paul Snowden
13	8x110x3	LADY APPLETON	F	3	Barry Baldwin
14	3x26024x11	NIEDORP	F	3	Tony Gollan
15	1×12	READY BABE	F	3	Mark Currie
16	1x4432456x	ROTHENBURG	G	3	Matthew Dunn
17	1x310x42	RUUCA	C	3	Toby & Trent Edmonds
18	12223×11	SCATHING	G	3	Chris Munce
19	x111626x45	SCOUT	G	3	Toby & Trent Edmonds
20	12×0132314	STAMPE	G	3	Chris Munce
21	x12x1110x5	SUGAR BOOM	F	3	Tony Gollan
22	6x1x219x43	SUKWHINDER	F	3	Michael Costa
23	337×592161	SWAN ISLAND	F	3	Beau Gorman
24	4631348111	THE ODYSSEY	C	3	Kelly Schweida
25	4x1132521x	VIOLET	F	3	Michael Nolan
26	1x91170x15	ZAC ATTACK	F	3	Toby & Trent Edmonds

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
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