Hawkesbury Guineas 2025

Ladbrokes Tip: The Hawkesbury Guineas serves as a nice lead-up into the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival events for three-year-olds

The latest edition of the Hawkesbury Guineas ran on Saturday May 3, 2025 as part of Hawkesbury Gold Cup Day and saw the in-form Snowden trained colt Media World ($9) salute in a narrow upset.

2025 Hawkesbury Guineas Results

The complete Hawkesbury Guineas Results 2025 and Finishing Order will be available below once the race takes place at on Saturday May 3, 2025.

• 1st: #9 Media World
• 2nd: #4 Just Party
• 3rd: #5 Zeitung

Peter Snowden’s progressive Written Tycoon colt Media World ($9) just hung on in a driving finish to deny Just Party and salute in the 2025 Hawkesbury Guineas results to make it back-to-back wins off a lovely front-running ride by Tyler Schiller.

2025 Hawkesbury Guineas Odds

The season’s top Hawkesbury Guineas 2025 betting odds on the potential winter-bound three-year-olds will be available here on race week so stay tuned for access to the best Hawkesbury racing odds and offers.

The Hawkesbury Guineas is a Group 3 race run in late April at Hawkesbury Racecourse following the action of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

Contested over 1400m and offering $250,000 in prize money, the event is open only to three-year-old runners and has held Group 3 status since 2014.

First held in 2000, the race originally ran as a handicap over 1200m before increasing to its current 1400m distance and changing to set weights with penalties in 2006.

Twice the Hawkesbury Guineas has been held at Rosehill Gardens (2015, 2020).

It is held at the feature race meeting of the year for the Hawkesbury Race Club Clarendon and runs on the same day as the Group 3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1600m) and Group 3 Hawkesbury Crown (1300m).

The Hawkesbury Guineas has been won by a number of nice horses over the years, most famously Chautauqua (2014), a subsequent six-time Group 1 winner including his famous TJ Smith Stakes three-peat from 2015-17.

Hawkesbury Guineas Race Info

• Date: Saturday May 3, 2025
• Track: Hawkesbury Racecourse
• Distance: 1400m
• Conditions: Three-year-olds; Set Weights with Penalties
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $250,000
• First Run: 2000

Hawkesbury Guineas Betting

Hawkesbury Guineas betting markets are usually led by in-form Sydney-trained three-year-olds coming off a similar grade run during the autumn. 

Favourites have a poor recent record in the race and there have been plenty of upsets including the 2017 win by Shazee Lee at 50/1. 

Mr Mozart ($2.05 in 2022) and Schwarz ($2.40 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Hawkesbury Guineas betting to salute. 

Hawkesbury Guineas Field

The Hawkesbury Guineas race field attracts a quality line-up of three-year-olds, many of which may be eyeing a trip to Queensland for the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. 

Potential targets across the winter for the best out of the Hawkesbury Guineas field include the Group 3 Fred Best Classic (1400m) at Eagle Farm in late May and even the Group 1 $3 million Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at the same track/distance in June. 

Military Zone (2019), Dawn Passage (2020), and Hawaii Five Oh (2023) are the latest horses to complete the Hawkesbury Guineas – Fred Best Classic double.

Looking further ahead to the spring, the Hawkesbury Guineas graduates may have an eye on the lucrative $10 million The Golden Eagle (1500m) during their four-year-old seasons in Sydney. The 2020 Hawkesbury Guineas winner Dawn Passage would go on to run third in that year’s Golden Eagle trifecta. 

Hawkesbury Guineas nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday and the final field along with barriers are released on the Wednesday.

2025 Hawkesbury Guineas Field

The official Hawkesbury Guineas 2025 Final Field and barrier draw will be available below once announced the Wednesday of race week so stay tuned to see what three-year-olds are in the mix for the Hawkesbury Gold Cup Day support act. 

The Hawkesbury Guineas 2025 final field features a capacity line-up of savvy three-year-olds including the resuming Ciaron Maher trained Sandown Guineas winning filly Snitzanova, the Group 1 performed Gatsby’s, and last start Warwick Fram winning Pierro filly Candlewick.

Chautauqua (pictured at Randwick) is the most famous Hawkesbury Guineas winner throughout the race’s history. Photo: Steve Hart.

2025 Hawkesbury Guineas Nominations

The Hawkesbury Guineas nominations 2025 nominations close the Monday of race week.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Hawkesbury Guineas Tips

Top Hawkesbury Guineas tips include looking for proven performers at the track / distance and those three-year-olds coming out of tougher Sydney autumn lead-ups. 

Trainer Gai Waterhouse has prepared five previous Hawkesbury Guineas winners, most recently Dawn Passage in 2020 and Hawaii Five Oh (2023), so looking for the Waterhouse/Bott runners on the form guide can be a nice tip. 

2025 Hawkesbury Guineas Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Hawkesbury Guineas 2025 betting tips and Group 3 racing selections will be detailed below leading up to the Hawkesbury showdown so bookmark this page for the end-of-autumn three-year-olds to back and sack. 

Snapping up a good price on the resuming Snitzanova from the Ciaron Maher stables with this lovely Snitzel filly ticking plenty of boxes to beat home the boys fresh in the Hawkesbury Guineas. The up-and-comer was huge in the spring when claiming the Group 2 Sandown Guineas on Heavy going to make it three on the trot. Things didn’t go her way at the Gold Coast in January’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic when 12th on a Good rated track, albeit still only four lengths off the winner Bosustow. That form was franked with Bosustow running a nice Group 1 second in New Zealand at his latest. This filly will relish returning on rain affected ground and looked the goods in a winning trial at Newcastle recently. Ashley Morgan comes aboard from a mid-field draw (8) with options. Conditions to suit. Can salute.

Hawkesbury Guineas Form Guide

The Hawkesbury Guineas form guide features all the must know info like saddlecloth numbers, barriers, jockeys, trainers and lead-up form for all horses in the field.

2024 Hawkesbury Guineas winner Schwarz was strong saluting for the punters in the Group 3. Photo: Steve Hart.

Studying the Hawkesbury Guineas form for three-year-olds with good form over 1400m, previous Group 3 or even Group 2 performers from the Sydney Autumn Carnival and local hopes with a nice Hawkesbury strike-rate can help with tipping.

The Hawkesbury Guineas form has gone on to hold in tougher grade races many times over the years, most notably with the 2014 winner Chautauqua who went on to win a host of elite level races in Australian as well as a Group 1 race in Hong Kong. 

Mr Mozart franked the 2022 Hawkesbury Guineas form going on to run well in a number of events including that spring’s $1 million Silver Eagle. 

Hawaii Five Oh won the Hawkesbury Guineas in 2023 before a third in that year’s Stradbroke Handicap trifecta in Brisbane. 

The 2024 Hawkesbury Guineas form was franked with the winner, Schwarz, going on to win that year’s Group 2 Missile Stakes as well as the Group 2 Australia Stakes and Group 1 William Reid Stakes in 2025.

 2025 Hawkesbury Guineas Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Hawkesbury Guineas 2025 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Hawkesbury Guineas Results

Notable Hawkesbury Guineas winners include Royal Discretion (2008), Chautauqua (2014), Spill The Beans (2016), Dawn Passage (2020), and Hawaii Five Oh (2023). 

Shazee Lee (2017) was the last Hawkesbury Guineas winning filly. 

Past Hawkesbury Guineas Winners

Recent Hawkesbury Guineas winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table. 

FAQ

Who won the 2025 Hawkesbury Guineas?

The 2025 Hawkesbury Guineas was won by three-year-old Written Tycoon colt Media World at $9 for trainer Peter Snowden with jockey Tyler Schiller aboard on 56kg from barrier 11 to win by 0.05 lengths in a time of 1:23.38.

When is the Hawkesbury Guineas 2025?

What is the prize money for the Hawkesbury Guineas 2025?

$250,000

Where is the Hawkesbury Guineas 2025?

Hawkesbury Racecourse, 1 Racecourse Road Clarendon NSW 2756.