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The Hawkesbury Guineas is a Group 3 race for three-year-olds run on Hawkesbury Gold Cup Day in Sydney during the autumn racing carnival.

The meeting’s headline race is the Group 3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1600m) for milers and the Hawkesbury Guineas is one of two other Group 3 status races on the card along with the Hawkesbury Crown (1300m) for fillies and mares.

The Hawkesbury Guineas is run over 1400m and the three-year-olds in the field face off at set weights plus penalties for a share in the $200,000 in prize money. The 2020 edition of the Hawkesbury Guineas took place at Rosehill Gardens and offered $160,000 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Horses in the Hawkesbury Guineas field may come via a number of different Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival lead-up races including the Group 2 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint (1200m) held at Randwick during ‘The Championships’.

Good follow-up races could include those during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival including the Group 2 QTC Cup (1300m) and the Hawkesbury Guineas – QTC Cup double was recently achieved by Spill The Beans (2016). The Group 2 Queensland Guineas (1600m) is another Brisbane race run during the winter for Hawkesbury Guineas graduates and in 2016 Denmagic ran second in both races, while Sambro (2018) did the double.

The 2020 Hawkesbury Guineas ran on Saturday April 25, 2020 and was won by the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Dawn Passage at Rosehill Gardens. 

Hawkesbury Guineas 2020
Date:	Saturday April 25, 2020
Track:	Hawkesbury Racecourse (Rosehill in 2020 due to COVID-19)
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	3YO / Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000 ($160,000 in 2020 due to COVID-19)

2020 Hawkesbury Guineas Results

• 1st: #1 Dawn Passage 
• 2nd: #13 St Covet’s Spirit
• 3rd: #14 Icebath

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	1	DAWN PASSAGE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	–	10	57kg	$8
2	13	ST COVET’S SPIRIT	Jason Coyle	Jason Collett	2.8L	9	54kg	$11
3	14	ICEBATH (NZ)	Brad Widdup	Glen Boss	3L	5	54kg	$8.50
4	12	MIRRA VISION	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	3.4L	7	54kg	$26
5	9	MO’S CROWN	Jason Coyle	Glyn Schofield	3.6L	8	56kg	$31
6	6	SPEND	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	James McDonald	4.8L	4	56kg	$6.50F
7	3	ELEVEN ELEVEN	Gregory Hickman	Nash Rawiller	5.2L	11	56kg	$7
8	8	CHAT	John Thompson	Ms Rachel King	5.4L	2	56kg	$19
9	5	GROUNDSWELL	Anthony Freedman	Joshua Parr	6.6L	1	56kg (cd 57kg)	$7.50
10	7	RULE THE WORLD	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	11.5L	3	56kg	$8
11	10	BATTLEGROUND	Peter & Paul Snowden	Hugh Bowman	16L	6	56kg	$9
SB	4	BANDERSNATCH	Gerald Ryan	Brenton Avdulla	–	0	56kg	–
–	11	DREAM CIRCLE	David Payne	–	–	0	–	–
–	2	INDY CAR	Anthony Cummings	Tommy Berry	–	0	–	–

2020 Hawkesbury Guineas Betting

The season’s best Hawkesbury Guineas 2020 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race.

2020 Hawkesbury Guineas Field

The Hawkesbury Guineas field attracts a class line-up of three-year-olds many of which have form over the distance or even up to a mile and is released the Wednesday before the race.

The official 2020 Hawkesbury Guineas field and barriers are set for release on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in fully below.

Hawkesbury Guineas History

The Hawkesbury Guineas was run for the first time in 2000 and won by Hire. A number of quality gallopers have since taken out the race including Alverta (2007), Neeson (2010) and most famously Chautauqua.

It began as a Listed race before gaining its current Group 3 status in 2014. Originally the event was run as a handicap race, but from 2006 onwards the Hawkesbury Guineas has been held under set weights plus penalties. The distance was also increased from 1200m to 1400m in 2006 and in 2015 it ran at Rosehill Racecourse instead of Hawkesbury Racecourse.

The 2020 Hawkesbury Guineas took place at Rosehill Gardens due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recent Hawkesbury Guineas Winners

See below for a full list of Hawkesbury Guineas results and winners going back to the race’s inauguration in 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Dawn Passage	1 minute 21.50 seconds
	2nd	St Covet’s Spirit
	3rd	Icebath
2019 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Military Zone	1 minute 21.34 seconds
	2nd	Trope
	3rd	Quackerjack
2018 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Sambro	1 minute 23.21 seconds
	2nd	Victorem
	3rd	Beau Geste
2017 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Shazee Lee	1 minute 21.60 seconds
	2nd	Prompt Response
	3rd	Salsonic
2016 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Spill The Beans	1 minute 22.1 seconds
	2nd	Denmagic
	3rd	Serene Majesty
2015 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Najoom	1 minute 26. 3 seconds
	2nd	Federal
	3rd	Bachman
2014 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Chautauqua	1 minute 22.4 seconds
	2nd	Katie’s Cove
	3rd	Barbed
2013 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Limes	1 minute 22.1 seconds
	2nd	Boban
	3rd	Ashokan
2012 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Free Wheeling	1 minute 21.0 seconds
	2nd	Pied A Terre
	3rd	Bound To Blush
2011 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Pimpala Secret	1 minute 24.6 seconds
	2nd	Speediness
	3rd	Steps In Time
2010 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Neeson	1 minute 23.3 seconds
	2nd	Khas Kura
	3rd	All Legal
2009 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Related	1 minute 23.79 seconds
	2nd	Rollins
	3rd	The Astronomer
2008 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Royal Discretion	1 minute 22.11 seconds
	2nd	Turffontein
	3rd	Acey Ducey
2007 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Alverta	1 minute 22.03 seconds
	2nd	Five Ways
	3rd	Eight Moons
2006 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	The Free Stater	1 minute 22.05 seconds
	2nd	Spy Zaim
	3rd	Commemorating
2005 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Race Not Held	–
	2nd	–
	3rd	–
2004 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Roadagain	1 minute 8.90 seconds
	2nd	Loftily
	3rd	Devil’s Diamond
2003 (December) Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Sweet Marmalade	1 minute 11.01 seconds
	2nd	Lundasong
	3rd	Happy Ways
2003 (February) Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Pearly Kings	1 minute 9.72 seconds
	2nd	Maskerado
	3rd	Miz Riocee
2002 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Shags	1 minute 8.40 seconds
	2nd	Shouq
	3rd	Gordo
2001 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	De Valmont	1 minute 11.28 seconds
	2nd	Zedivain
	3rd	Kingsgate
2000 Hawkesbury Guineas	1st	Hire	1 minute 9.17 seconds
	2nd	Martree
	3rd	Condotti