Gold Coast Guineas

The Gold Coast Guineas is a Group 3 sprint held during May on AD Hollindale Stakes Day as a lead-up to the three-years-old races of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival and in 2023 took place at the Sunshine Coast.

2023 Gold Coast Guineas Results

  • 1st: #2 Yellow Brick
  • 2nd: #12 Lady Laguna
  • 3rd: #4 Sooth Sayer



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

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