Queensland Guineas
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History
The Queensland Guineas is a Group 2 race for three-year-olds conducted by the Brisbane Racing Club as a feature of the Queensland winter racing carnival.
The Queensland Guineas was first run in 1896 over a mile (1600m) under set weight conditions and has remained at that distance through its long history apart from 2012-2014 when the distance was shortened to 1400m.
The Queensland Guineas is traditionally run at Eagle Farm and until 2005 was held in early May before going to a June date in 2006.
The Queensland Guineas was a Group 3 race from 1979 until 1988 when it promoted to Group 2.
The Queensland Guineas/Queensland Derby double was won 21 times before this race was moved from early May to June.
In 2015 the Queensland Guineas was transferred from Eagle Farm to Doomben due to track reconstruction. It has again been transferred to Doomben in 2017/2018. The race was suspended during the war years from 1942-1945.
The Queensland Guineas has been won by 20 fillies, the latest being Tsaritsa in 2016. Fillies have won the Queensland Guineas five times since 2006.
The 2024 Queensland Guineas is worth $350,000 but moved to April/May away from Stradbroke day.
It was cancelled due to coronavirus in 2020.
Kolding beat a good field in 2019 and would win the Bill Ritchie then the Epsom in the subsequent Sydney Spring carnival. But the big one was taking the inaugural running of the $7.5m Golden Eagle a month after that. Private Eye followed the Guineas path to win the Epsom too.
Kovalica won the Guineas and the Derby with a placing in the Doomben Cup in between in 2023.
Notable winners of the Queensland Guineas in its first 60 years included Fitz Grafton, High Syce, Lough Neagh, Spear Chief, Aboukir, Booklink and Earlwood.
Winners since 1960 have included Confidence, Dual Control, Charlton Boy, Dalrello, Zephyr Zip, Vite Cheval, Magic Flute, Planet Ruler, Cole Diesel, Solar Circle, Triscay, Paris Lane, Yippyio, Turridu, Camarena, Winning Belle, Rothesay, Sizzling, Kolding, Private Eye, Kovalica and Kintyre.
The 2024 Queensland Guineas was won by Kintyre from Razors and Press Link.
Previous Queensland Guineas Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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KINTYRE
(AUS)
3G HALLOWED CROWN (AUS) - MULL OVER (AUS) SO YOU THINK (NZ) |
CEJAY GRAHAM | 57.0 | GARY PORTELLI | 2 |
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KOVALICA
(NZ)
3G OCEAN PARK (NZ) - VITESSE (NZ) MAKFI (GB) |
N RAWILLER | 57.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 10 |
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CHARACTER
(AUS)
3G TEOFILO (IRE) - MONOGRAM (AUS) MEDAGLIA D'ORO (USA) |
JAMES ORMAN | 57.0 | JAMES CUMMINGS | 1 |
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PRIVATE EYE
(AUS)
3G AL MAHER (AUS) - CONFIDENTIAL QUEEN (AUS) SHAMARDAL (USA) |
B AVDULLA | 57.0 | JOSEPH PRIDE | 5 |
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KOLDING
(NZ)
3G OCEAN PARK (NZ) - MAGIC STAR (AUS) DANZERO (AUS) |
JAMES MCDONALD | 57.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 11 |
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SAMBRO
(AUS)
3G FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - EAU DE JOIE (AUS) ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) |
M J WALKER | 57.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 4 |
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SALSONIC
(AUS)
3G HINCHINBROOK (AUS) - SALSIFY (AUS) GRAND LODGE (USA) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 57.0 | JASON COYLE | 9 |
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TSARITSA
(AUS)
3F DANE SHADOW (AUS) - XAAR'S JEWEL (AUS) XAAR (GB) |
JOAO MOREIRA | 55.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 11 |
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JABALI
(AUS)
3C EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - BALALAIKA (AUS) KING OF KINGS (IRE) |
J BYRNE | 57.0 | MICK PRICE | 4 |
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SIR MOMENTS
(AUS)
3G CHOISIR (AUS) - COLOURFUL MOMENTS (NZ) ZABEEL (NZ) |
TIMOTHY BELL | 57.0 | STEVEN O'DEA | 4 |
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SIZZLING
(AUS)
3C SNITZEL (AUS) - ADMIRELLE (AUS) GENERAL NEDIYM (AUS) |
C MUNCE | 57.0 | KELSO WOOD | 11 |
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PEAR TART
(AUS)
3F DEHERE (USA) - TANGERINE DREAM (FR) SADLER'S WELLS (USA) |
J LLOYD | 55.0 | JOHN P THOMPSON | 13 |
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TORIO'S QUEST
(AUS)
3G ORATORIO (IRE) - QUEST FOR PLEASURE (AUS) QUEST FOR FAME (GB) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 56.0 | BRETT PARTELLE | 3 |
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ROTHESAY
(AUS)
3C FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - SCHIAPARELLI (AUS) WOODMAN (USA) |
B SHINN | 56.0 | GERALD RYAN | 16 |
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EXPRESS AIR
(AUS)
3F PICCOLO (GB) - AIR'S PRECIOUS (AUS) AIR EXPRESS (IRE) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 54.0 | R G LIPP | 10 |
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TURFFONTEIN
(AUS)
3C JOHANNESBURG (USA) - SPIRIT OF GRACE (AUS) DR. GRACE (NZ) |
D NIKOLIC | 56.5 | ANTHONY CUMMINGS | 9 |
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SEQUENTIAL CHARM
(AUS)
3F SEQUALO (AUS) - LAUDHAM CHARM (AUS) LAUDHAM STAR (AUS) |
S KATSIDIS | 54.0 | R G LIPP | 1 |
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NOVA STAR
(AUS)
3F IGLESIA (AUS) - FILNOVA (AUS) LUSKIN STAR (AUS) |
M RODD | 53.0 | KELLY SCHWEIDA | 16 |
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SAXON
(AUS)
3C DANEHILL (USA) - JEANETTA COCHRANE (IRE) SADLER'S WELLS (USA) |
S SEAMER | 55.5 | GERALD RYAN | 5 |
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WINNING BELLE
(NZ)
3F ZABEEL (NZ) - KIRIN BELLE (NZ) MCGINTY (NZ) |
G BOSS | 53.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 12 |
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TRUE GLO
(AUS)
3G BRIEF TRUCE (USA) - TORELGO (AUS) ZEDITAVE (AUS) |
C NEWITT | 55.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 19 |
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REGENT STREET
(NZ)
3G CARNEGIE (IRE) - REGAL ODYSSEY (NZ) VICE REGAL (NZ) |
STEVEN KING | 55.5 | GERALD RYAN | 12 |
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HEROISM
(AUS)
3G BRAVE WARRIOR (AUS) - JESSIE BELINDA (NZ) SIR TRISTRAM (IRE) |
S KATSIDIS | 55.5 | KAYE TINSLEY | 7 |
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MAGNIFIER
(AUS)
3G DOLPHIN STREET (FR) - HIDDEN LAKE (AUS) MUSTIN LAKE (USA) |
S GALLOWAY | 55.5 | GERALD RYAN | 10 |
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