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The Winx Guineas is a Group 3 mile feature for three-year-olds run on Caloundra Cup Day at the tail end of the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival.
Winx Guineas (Sunshine Coast Guineas) News
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 tail end 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 $300,000 in prize money as of 2023, 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 Stakes (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 2023 Winx Guineas form was franked the following winter with the winner, Knight’s Choice, running a nice second in the 2024 Group 2 $1.2 million The Q22 in Brisbane.
The 2026 Winx Guineas runs on Saturday July 4, 2026 at the Sunshine Coast in Queensland on Caloundra Cup Day.Â
| Winx Guineas | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday July 4, 2026 |
| Track: | Sunshine Coast Racecourse, Caloundra |
| Distance: | 1600m |
| Race Type: | 3YO Set Weights |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prizemoney: | $300,000 |
2026 Winx Guineas Results
Stay tuned for the official Winx Guineas 2026 results and finishing order at Caloundra on Saturday July 4, 2026.
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
Winning Margin: TBD
Winning Time: TBD
2026 Winx Guineas Betting
The winter’s latest Winx Guineas 2026 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au this Caloundra Cup Day will be available here at Races.com.au once the field is released.
Wapiti ($2.45 in 2020) was the last favourite in Winx Guineas betting to salute for the punters.
There was a notable upset in 2023 with Knight’s Choice scoring victory at Winx Guineas odds of $15, and again in 2025 with The Three Hundred jumping at double-figures ($11).
2026 Winx Guineas Form
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2026 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 2026 Field & Barriers are released by Racing Queensland on the Wednesday of race week and will be listed below.
2026 Winx Guineas Nominations
The Sunshine Coast Winx Guineas 2026 nominations are taken the Monday leading-up to the race and will be available below as soon as released.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Winx Guineas | 1st | TBD | TBD |
| 2nd | TBD | ||
| 3rd | TBD | ||
| 2025 Winx Guineas | 1st | The Three Hundred | 1 minute 36.92 seconds |
| 2nd | Ramp It Up | ||
| 3rd | Apuntar | ||
| 2024 Winx Guineas | 1st | Xidaki | 1 minute 38.81 seconds |
| 2nd | Miss Aria | ||
| 3rd | Know Thyself | ||
| 2023 Winx Guineas | 1st | Knight’s Choice | 1 minute 36.48 seconds |
| 2nd | Fashion Legend | ||
| 3rd | Grebeni | ||
| 2022 Winx Guineas | 1st | Majestic Colour | 1 minute 41.44 seconds |
| 2nd | Tarex | ||
| 3rd | Rayjen | ||
| 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 | ||
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