Gold Coast Guineas 2022

The Gold Coast Guineas is a Group 3 race held at the Gold Coast Racecourse during the early stages of the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival on a Saturday at the start of May. The feature event at the meeting, the A.D. Hollindale Stakes is run over 1400m under weight-for-age conditions and now offers a generous $500,000 in prize money as of 2021. The Group 3 Ken Russell Memorial Classic (1200m) for JJ Atkins-bound two-year-olds is the other major event on the card.

The Gold Coast Guineas is the key support act on AD Hollindale Stakes Day and is contested over 1200m. The event is run at set weights and is open only to three-year-olds. Offering $150,000 in prize money, the Gold Coast Guineas serves as a key lead-up into tougher feature races over the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

The latest edition of the Gold Coast Guineas ran on Saturday May 7, 2022 and was won by the Rob Heathcote-trained favourite Prince Of Boom ($2.70F).

Gold Coast Guineas Race Info

• Date: Saturday May 7, 2022
• Track: Gold Coast Racecourse
• Distance: 1200m
• Conditions: Set Weights – Three-Year-Olds only
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $150,000
• First Run: 2000

Gold Coast Guineas 2022 Results

The official 2022 Gold Coast Guineas Results & Finishing Order will be announced below once the race is run and won on Saturday May 7, 2022.

• 1st: #2 Prince Of Boom ($2.70F)
• 2nd: #3 Sword Of State
• 3rd: #8 Grey Defence

The Rob Heatchote-trained son of Spirit Of Boom, Prince Of Boom ($2.70F), became the third favourite in as many years to win the Gold Coast Guineas holding off Sword Of State in a thrilling finish.

Gold Coast Guineas Betting

Gold Coast Guineas betting markets are usually dominated by interstate-trained horses coming off good lead-up runs in class races in Sydney or Queensland over the autumn. Three-year-olds with proven form at the 1200m distance and further sit high up the Gold Coast Guineas odds.

The favourites have a strong recent record in the event including three straight wins between 2020 and 2022 with the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained stablemates Hightail (2020) and Marboosha (2021), followed by Spirit Of Boom ($2.70 in 2022) for Robert Heathcote.

2022 Gold Coast Guineas Odds

The top Gold Coast Guineas 2022 odds on the potential Group 1 -bound winter gallopers contesting the Group 3 will be available below as soon as released so stay tuned for the best racing markets on the three-years-old features.

Gold Coast Guineas Field

The Gold Coast Guineas field attracts a collection of the season’s best young three-year-old sprint types, many coming off lead-up runs in Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

Horses that contested the Gold Coast Magic Millions races during the summer often do well in the Gold Coast Guineas later in the year. For example, in 2020 the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Hightail won the Gold Coast Guineas having run a nice third in that January’s $2 million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas.

Gold Coast Guineas nominations close the Monday before the race with the final field and barriers out two days later on the Wednesday.

2022 Gold Coast Guineas Field

The official Gold Coast Guineas 2022 field & barrier draw will be released by Racing Queensland on the Wednesday of race week and announced in full below so stay tuned to see what gallopers are in the mix.

The 2022 Gold Coast Guineas final field features a quality line-up of three-year-olds including Robert Heathcote’s flying son of Spirit Of Boom Prince Of Boom out wide in barrier 16 and Group 1 performed filly Four Moves Ahead.

• Scratched: #4 Starman (21); #6 Battleton (15); #16 Putontheredlight (6)

2022 Gold Coast Guineas Nominations

The early 2022 Gold Coast Guineas nominations are taken on the Monday of race week.

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Gold Coast Guineas Form Guide

The Gold Coast Guineas form guide details essential information for punters like the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of all the horses in the field. Checking the form for runners that come off a Sydney lead-up, those with winning form over the distance and interstate raiders – who have a good strike-rate in the event – is also important.

2022 Gold Coast Guineas Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Gold Coast Guineas 2022 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Gold Coast Guineas Tips

Gold Coast Guineas tips include looking for horses proven at around 1200m and those with good lead-up form in Sydney. Previous experience at the Gold Coast track isn’t crucial, so instead of tipping a local runner look at interstate raiders heading towards the Brisbane Winter Carnival features.

2022 Gold Coast Guineas Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Gold Coast Guineas 2022 betting tips and Group 3 racing selections will be detailed below leading up to the race so bookmark this page for the horses to back and sack heading into the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

• To Win: #3 Sword Of State ($4.60 at time of publish)

Still a nice price offered on this now Mark Waller-trained three-year-old back from a successful stint in New Zealand with Jamie Richard. Barrier four is ideal with the favourite drawn out wide. The Snitzel colt has a great record at the distance (8:5-0-1) and has form around some good horses including Paulele from the spring. Back-to-back wins across the ditch after his unplaced Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes run in Group 3 grade with Bosson aboard to build his confidence. Can kick off down under with a win.

Gold Coast Guineas Results

Gold Coast Guineas results in recent years have been dominated by Sydney raiders and in-form fillies with three of the six winners from 2017-2022 being fillies, most recently Marboosha (2021).

Notable Gold Coast Guineas winners from the past decade include Champagne Cuddles (2018), Takedown (2016) and Dothraki (2014).

Gold Coast Guineas Winners