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The Sunshine Coast Guineas – now known as the Winx Guineas in honour of the event’s 2015 champion Winx – is a Group 3 race held annually at Sunshine Coast Racecourse. The Sunshine Coast Guineas brings up the tailend of the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival and represents some of the last black-type racing in Queensland before the break for the winter.

The Winx Guineas is traditionally held on Caloundra Cup Day, alongside the Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) and the Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m).

Offering $175,000 in prize money as of 2021, the Winx Guineas is a mile event raced over 1600m. Entrants tend to be the three-year-old horses at the end of their winter campaign looking to collect one last black-type trophy before resting for the winter.

The Group 2 Queensland Guineas held at Eagle Farm is considered a solid lead up race, along with the Listed Daybreak Lover (1400m).

In 2020 the Sunshine Coast Guineas was renamed the Winx Guineas in honour of the 2015 champion Winx who went on to become the sole four-time Cox Plate champion in history.

The 2020 Winx Guineas also ran as the feature race at Caloundra without a 2020 edition of the Caloundra Cup taking place due to COVID-19 and a number of restrictions and reductions to the entire Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. It was also worth a reduced $125,000 in prize money before enjoying a prize money boost the following season.

The 2021 Winx Guineas – originally set to run on Saturday July 3rd, 2021 – was been abandoned due to heavy rainfall and the unsafe racing surface at the Sunshine Coast track and postponed until Sunday July 11th, 2021 before being won in runaway fashion by Our Playboy. 

Winx Guineas
Date:	Saturday July 3rd, 2021 – (Postponed until Sunday July 11th, 2021)
Track:	Sunshine Coast Racecourse, Caloundra
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO Set Weights
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$175,000

2021 Winx Guineas Results

• 1st: #2 Our Playboy 
• 2nd: #11 Dzsenifer
• 3rd: #4 Not An Option

Sebring gelding Our Playboy ($9) went around at a nice price from the outside gate (14 of 14) to absolutely blow them away with a nearly six length win in the 2021 Winx Guineas results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	OUR PLAYBOY	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Robbie Fradd		14	57kg		$9
	2	11	DZSENIFER	Gary Duncan	Jim Byrne	5.8L	7	55kg		$5EF
	3	4	NOT AN OPTION	Tony Pike	Michael Cahill	6.2L	8	57kg		$14
	4	12	GLITTER STRIP	Tony Gollan	Ben Thompson	6.3L	6	55kg		$9.50
	5	3	MAGIC CONQUEROR	Kelly Schweida	Larry Cassidy	7.3L	2	57kg		$101
	6	8	ROGUE ROCKER	John Smerdon	Brad Stewart	7.6L	4	57kg		$5EF
	7	6	BATANGAS ENTRY	Kelly Schweida	Mark Du Plessis	7.8L	11	57kg		$101
	8	10	BETTER LAD	Trevor Miller	Luke Dittman	8L	5	57kg		$201
	9	5	CRACKER ESSGEE	Michael Mclellan	Ryan Wiggins	8.5L	9	57kg		$101
	10	13	THE ACTUARY	Tony Gollan	Ms Stephanie Thornton	8.8L	10	55kg		$41
	11	14	PALAISIPAN	Chris Munce	Justin Huxtable (a)	9.2L	13	55kg		$9.50
	12	1	TUMBLER RIDGE	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Ryan Maloney	11.2L	1	57kg		$5.50
	13	16	GUNMETAL GIRL (NZ)	Christopher Zintilis	Ron Stewart	11.3L	3	55kg		$41
	14	15	MEG	Matthew Dale	Ms Samantha Collett	22.6L	12	55kg		$26
	SB	9	WITHOUT THINKING	John Symons & Sheila Laxon	Micheal Hellyer		0	57kg
		17	MAESTOSO	Natalie McCall			0
		7	MOB BUSTER	Melissa Taylor	James Orman		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Winx Guineas Odds

The winter’s latest Winx Guineas 2021 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au this Caloundra Cup Day will be available below once the field is released.

Wapiti ($2.45 in 2020) was the last favourite in Winx Guineas betting to salute for the punters.

2021 Winx Guineas Field

The Sunshine Coast Guineas field features 18 runners and attracts a host of end-of-winter three-year-olds coming off lead-up races held during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

Gallopers may have had a lead-up run in a race like the Queensland Guineas, or the fillies in the Sunshine Coast Guineas field may be graduates out of the Group 2 Dane Ripper Stakes (1400m) from Stradbroke Handicap Day.

The official Sunshine Coast Winx Guineas 2021 Field & Barriers are released by Racing Queensland  the Wednesday (Thursday in 2021 for the rescheduled event) of race week and will be listed below.

The updated 2021 Winx Guineas field features 17 three-year-olds with the John Smerdon-trained Dissident gelding Rouge Rocker chasing a third win on the trot the new favourite.

Click here to read more on the key horses in the updated Winx Guineas 2021 field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	43×6041414	TUMBLER RIDGE	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Ryan Maloney	1	57kg			88
2	0x6008x675	OUR PLAYBOY	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Robbie Fradd	17	57kg			80
3	216809×048	MAGIC CONQUEROR	Kelly Schweida	Larry Cassidy	2	57kg			70
4	x360x10x40	NOT AN OPTION	Tony Pike	Michael Cahill	9	57kg			79.5
5	11×4211118	CRACKER ESSGEE	Michael Mclellan	Ryan Wiggins	11	57kg			73.5
6	1x0016x949	BATANGAS ENTRY	Kelly Schweida	Mark Du Plessis	13	57kg			72
7	85275×1123	MOB BUSTER	Melissa Taylor	James Orman	10	57kg			68
8	1450×111	ROGUE ROCKER	John Smerdon	Brad Stewart	5	57kg			78
9	22x1x116	WITHOUT THINKING	John Symons & Sheila Laxon	Micheal Hellyer	15	57kg			69
10	x173727x80	BETTER LAD	Trevor Miller	Luke Dittman	6	57kg			61
11	21x7122x3	DZSENIFER	Gary Duncan	Jim Byrne	8	55kg			74
12	x442x23164	GLITTER STRIP	Tony Gollan	Ben Thompson	7	55kg			78
13	411x52x974	THE ACTUARY	Tony Gollan	Ms Stephanie Thornton	12	55kg			68
14	1111	PALAISIPAN	Chris Munce	Justin Huxtable (a)	16	55kg			78
15	232P130211	MEG	Matthew Dale	Ms Samantha Collett	14	55kg			68
16	431×142669	GUNMETAL GIRL (NZ)	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ron Stewart	3	55kg			65
17	1340×71	MAESTOSO	Natalie McCall		4	55kg			63

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Winx Guineas Nominations

The Sunshine Coast Winx Guineas 2021 nominations are taken the Monday leading-up to the race and will be available below as soon as released.

The updated 2021 Winx Guineas nominations attracted 19 three-year-olds led in all-in betting by the Tony Gollan-trained Street Boss filly Glitter Strip coming off a Group 3 Gunsynd Classic fourth in Brisbane and Chris Munce’s undefeated So You Think filly Palaisipan.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	1x0016x949	BATANGAS ENTRY	G	3	Kelly Schweida	72
2	x173727x80	BETTER LAD	G	3	Trevor Miller	61
3	11×4211118	CRACKER ESSGEE	G	3	Michael Mclellan	73.5
4	21x7122x3	DZSENIFER	F	3	Gary Duncan
5	1x097x7336	EELLOH	F	3	Desleigh Forster	69
6	x442x23164	GLITTER STRIP	F	3	Tony Gollan	78
7	431×142669	GUNMETAL GIRL (NZ)	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	65
8	1340×71	MAESTOSO	F	3	Natalie McCall	63
9	216809×048	MAGIC CONQUEROR	C	3	Kelly Schweida	70
10	232P130211	MEG	F	3	Matthew Dale
11	85275×1123	MOB BUSTER	G	3	Melissa Taylor	68
12	x360x10x40	NOT AN OPTION	C	3	Tony Pike	79.5
13	0x6008x675	OUR PLAYBOY	G	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	80
14	1111	PALAISIPAN	F	3	Chris Munce	78
15	1450×111	ROGUE ROCKER	G	3	John Smerdon	78
16	12×132	TAMILAIDE	G	3	Les Kelly	66
17	411x52x974	THE ACTUARY	F	3	Tony Gollan	68
18	43×6041414	TUMBLER RIDGE	C	3	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	88
19	22x1x116	WITHOUT THINKING	G	3	John Symons & Sheila Laxon	69

 

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Sunshine Coast Guineas History

The Sunshine Coast Guineas ran as a listed race for the last time in 2012, as it was upgraded to Group 3 shortly after and ran as such for the 2013 edition. Prior to 2006, the race was unlisted; improving fields and its standing as a decent mile event led to the decision to upgrade its standing.

Notable winners of the Sunshine Coast Guineas include Shenzhou Steeds (2011), Diamondsondinside (2006) and Sunset (2000).

Of course the standout Sunshine Coast winner in history is Winx (2015) who would go on to become Australian racing’s greatest horse.

The 2018 Sunshine Coast Guineas winner The Bostonian also franked the form of the race the following winter in Brisbane winning the Group 1 Doomben 10,0000 / Kingsford-Smith Cup double. Sunshine Guineas results since 2000 are listed below.

In 2020 the Sunshine Coast Guineas was renamed the Winx Guineas to honour the 2015 winning filly Winx who went on to make history over her brilliant career that included a record four Cox Plate victories.

Sunshine Coast / Winx Guineas Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Winx Guineas	1st	Our Playboy	1 minute 37.85 seconds
	2nd	Dzsenifer
	3rd	Not An Option
2020 Winx Guineas	1st	Wapiti	1 minute 40.32 seconds
	2nd	Knight Mariner
	3rd	Love Express
2019 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Baccarat Baby	1 minute 41.81 seconds
	2nd	Junipal
	3rd	Zavance
2018 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	The Bostonian	1 minute 41.1 seconds
	2nd	Bold Assassin
	3rd	Go Dixie
2017 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Crack Me Up	1 minute 37.2 seconds
	2nd	My True Love
	3rd	Flow
2016 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Tivaci	1 minute 36.5 seconds
	2nd	High Spirit
	3rd	Sold For Song
2015 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Winx	1 minute 36.1 seconds
	2nd	Ulmann
	3rd	Worthy Cause
2014 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Hopfgarten	1 minute 35.93 seconds
	2nd	Miss Husson
	3rd	Fast Arrow
2013 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Eximius	1 minute 43.7 seconds
	2nd	Casino Card
	3rd	Luke’s Luck
2012 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Tuskegee Hawk	1 minute 42.43 seconds
	2nd	Double Impact
	3rd	Goldslick
2011 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Shenzhou Steeds	1 minute 38.71 seconds
	2nd	Under The Eiffel
	3rd	Benny’s Buttons
2010 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Fifteen Carat	1 minute 37.59 seconds
	2nd	Startling Pleasure
	3rd	Carrara
2009 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Za Magic	1 minute 45.82 seconds
	2nd	Walk In The Park
	3rd	Syndrome
2008 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Sam’s Express	1 minute 36.83 seconds
	2nd	Save A Buck
	3rd	Prima Nova
2007 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Maslins Beach	1 minute 41.74 seconds
	2nd	Sequential Charm
	3rd	Danehill Princess
2006 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Diamondsondinside	1 minute 39.51 seconds
	2nd	Fulmonti
	3rd	Newgrange
2005 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Atapi	1 minute 42.33 seconds
	2nd	Thee Auld Hussie
	3rd	Argyle Lass
2004 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Au Chocolat	1 minute 36.56 seconds
	2nd	Sahara Jay
	3rd	Beat That
2003 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Paper Kings	1 minute 38.95 seconds
	2nd	Amex
	3rd	Lamond
2002 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Smart Chariot	1 minute 35.08 seconds
	2nd	Astana
	3rd	Lady With The Lamp
2001 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Amaizcay	1 minute 37.25 seconds
	2nd	Major Force
	3rd	Awesome Edge
2000 Sunshine Coast Guineas	1st	Sunset	1 minute 38.97 seconds
	2nd	Sun Screen
	3rd	Midshipmen All