Queensland Guineas

Ladbrokes Tip: The Queensland Guineas serves as a good Queensland Derby lead-up each season

The next edition of the Queensland Guineas takes place on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at Eagle Farm Racecourse. 

2026 Queensland Guineas Odds

The season’s updated Queensland Guineas 2026 odds on the hopeful three-year-olds targeting the Group 2 event will be available right here leading-up to the race so stay tuned for the best Brisbane betting markets.

Queensland Guineas Tips

Looking for three-year-olds with form over the track and distance or that come off a top three Brisbane lead-up run are good Queensland Guineas betting tips.

Other tips for picking the season’s Queensland Guineas winner are keeping an eye on the results of the Sydney autumn races, as well as gallopers that may have run over a mile in Group 1 company earlier in the season.

2026 Queensland Guineas Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Queensland Guineas 2026 betting tips will be detailed below the week of the race with the three-year-olds to back and sack in the Group 2 Brisbane event.

The Queensland Guineas is a Group 2 race for three-year-olds previously held at Eagle Farm Racecourse on Stradbroke Handicap Day during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival each June.

After the event was cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19, the new-look Winter Carnival for 2021 had the Queensland Guineas taking place on its own feature race day in late April or early May.

Run at set weights over 1600m, the mile showdown is now one of two Group 2 races held at the Eagle Farm meeting along with the Group 2 Victory Stakes for Stradbroke Handicap types.

In 2017 and 2018 the Queensland Guineas and other Stradbroke Handicap Day races, many of which also changed distances to accommodate the change of location, ran at Doomben.

Offering $350,000 in total prize money, the Queensland Guineas is a lucrative race for middle-distance three-year-olds that now serves as a lead-up into the mile-and-a-half of the Group 1 Queensland Derby.

The Group 3 Fred Best Classic (1400m) at Doomben was considered a key lead-up to the Queensland Guineas before its rescheduling.

The Queensland Guineas winner also now earns a ballot free ride into the $1.2 million Group 2 The Q22 (2200m) – a rebranded weight-for-age race held at Eagle Farm Racecourse on Stradbroke Day in mid-June.

The event serves as a key lead-up to the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) later at the carnival and Kovalica (2023) was the last horse to complete the double.

Queensland Guineas Race Info

• Date: Saturday, May 2, 2026
• Track: Eagle Farm Racecourse
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: 3YOs – Set Weights
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $350,000
• First Run: 1896

2026 Queensland Guineas Results

The official Queensland Guineas 2026 Results & Finishing Order will be published in full below once the race is run and won on Saturday, May 2, 2026.

Queensland Guineas Betting

Queensland Guineas odds are usually dominated by smart three-year-olds with proven ability over the mile (1600m).

Previous winning form in Brisbane and Group 1 race experience in tougher company also help determine the runners sitting at the top of the Queensland Guineas betting markets each winter.

Kovalica ($2.40 in 2023) was the last Queensland Guineas favourite to win.

Queensland Guineas Field

The Queensland Guineas race field attracts a collection of promising three-year-old milers from both local Brisbane stables and interstate.

Three-year-olds could also have previous Guineas experience in the previous spring’s Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) in Melbourne before progressing onto the Group 3 Sunshine Coast Guineas (1600m).

Queensland Guineas nominations close the Monday before the race runs that Saturday followed by the final field of acceptances on the Wednesday.

2026 Queensland Guineas Field

The official Queensland Guineas 2026 Final Field & Barriers will be published in full below on the Wednesday of race week so stay tuned to see what three-year-olds make the cut for the $350,000 event.

The 2026 Queensland Guineas final field features 16 classy three-year-olds including the rails-drawn Snitzel filly Snitzel Dancer chasing a hat-trick, Chris & Corey Munce’s emphatic Listed Daybreak Lover Stakes winner Brave Monarch and the Ciaron Maher-trained Group 1 performer State Visit.

Eagle Farm R7 - Ticketmaster Queensland Guineas (G2)

Final Race time: 

	Entrant	Last 6	Sex	Barrier	Weight
	1. State Visit J: Taylor Marshall T: Ciaron Maher	x59x04	C	5	57kg
	2. Brave Monarch J: Martin Harley T: Chris & Corey Munce	111x41	G	3	57kg
	3. Call Da Vinci J: Kyle Wilson-Taylor T: Bevan Laming	556x22	G	13	57kg
	4. Spanish Treasure J: Tim Clark T: Tony Gollan	413x33	G	10	57kg
	5. Options J: Jason Collett T: Tony & Calvin Mcevoy	3150x8	C	14	57kg
	6. Kilman J: Ryan Maloney T: Chris Waller	98x442	G	9	57kg
	7. Bingi J: Cejay Graham T: Kelly Schweida	7x9560	C	6	57kg
	8. Special Artist J: Michael Rodd T: Kelly Schweida	101x30	G	12	57kg
	9. Autumn King J: Angela Jones T: Paul Messara & Leah Gavranich	22x115	C	7	57kg
	10. Duomo (7)  Scratched:
	11. Mr Worthington J: Damien Boche T: Joe Gleeson	1062x0	C	11	57kg
	12. Another Cashie J: Jake Bayliss T: Matthew Dunn	132x60	G	4	57kg
	13. Summation (15)  Scratched:
	14. Vandevelde J: Mark Du Plessis T: Paul Jenkins	4158x3	G	2	57kg
	15. Snitzel Dancer J: Ben Thompson T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	9x7511	F	1	55kg
	16. Tupakara J: Ashley Morgan T: Annabel & Rob Archibald	00x216	F	8	55kg

View Results

2026 Queensland Guineas Nominations

The Queensland Guineas 2026 nominations are taken by Racing Queensland on the Monday of race week.

2026 Queensland Guineas nominations extended until 10:00am (AEST) – 28/04/2026

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Hcp Rating
1	2132×60	ANOTHER CASHIE	G	3	Matthew Dunn		61
2	22×115	AUTUMN KING	C	3	Paul Messara & Leah Gavranich
3	13177×9560	BINGI	C	3	Kelly Schweida
4	5111×41	BRAVE MONARCH	G	3	Chris & Corey Munce		86
5	33x2556x22	CALL DA VINCI	G	3	Bevan Laming		82
6	23×104221	DUOMO	G	3	Jay Bellamy		66
7	x56530x553	KARINSKA	F	3	Chris Waller
8	0x5698x442	KILMAN (NZ)	G	3	Chris Waller
9	31461062×0	MR WORTHINGTON	C	3	Joe Gleeson		65
10	113150×8	OPTIONS	C	3	Tony & Calvin McEvoy
11	129×7511	SNITZEL DANCER	F	3	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou
12	223x413x33	SPANISH TREASURE	G	3	Tony Gollan		77
13	5x87101x30	SPECIAL ARTIST	G	3	Kelly Schweida		69
14	1324x59x04	STATE VISIT	C	3	Ciaron Maher		88
15	913×03	SUMMATION	C	3	Chris Anderson		61
16	3x2300x216	TUPAKARA	F	3	Annabel & Rob Archibald		74.5

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Queensland Guineas Form Guide

The Queensland Guineas form guide details all the essential information for punters including the trainers, jockeys, barriers and lead-up runs of the three-year-olds in the field. When doing the Queensland Guineas form it is good to look for horses with a good record over the mile and previous winning form in Queensland.

The Queensland Guineas form has also stacked up in tougher races in recent years including in 2012 when the filly Pear Tart backed up from her win over the boys to take out the Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m). In 2016 Tsaritsa also saluted in the Queensland Guineas as a filly, so looking for the in-form female gallopers on the Queensland Guineas form guide could prove crucial.

The 2021 Queensland Guineas form was franked with the winner Private Eye later winning Sydney’s Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) that spring.

The 2022 Queensland Guineas runner-up Dark Destroyer franked the form winning the Group 3 Rough Habit Plate next start. He then ran fourth in the Queensland Derby results before a Group 1 win in New Zealand later that year.

The Queensland Guineas 2023 form was franked with the winner Kovalica running a next-up third in the Doomben Cup results before success in that year’s Queensland Derby and a subsequent Epsom Handicap second in Sydney during the spring.

2026 Queensland Guineas Form Guide

Punters can access a full Queensland Guineas 2026 Form Guide complete with race commentary the week of the event by following the provided link.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL QUEENSLAND GUINEAS FORM GUIDE

Past Queensland Guineas Results

Queensland Guineas race results have been mixed for punters in recent years with the longest priced champ from the past decade being Jabali ($31) in 2015. Sir Moments ($14 in 2014) also scored an upset Queensland Guineas result as did Salsonic ($14 in 2017).

Notable Queensland Guineas winners include Private Eye (2021), Sizzling (2013), Pear Tart (2012), Rothesay (2010), and Turffontein (2008).

Tsaritsa (2016) was the last Queensland Guineas winning filly.

Recent Queensland Guineas Winners

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

Year	Winner	Runner-Up	Third	Time
2026	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
2025	Depth Of Character	Churchill’s Choice	Beau Dazzler	1:34.93
2024	Kintyre	Razors	Press Link	1:35.50
2023	Kovalica	Perfect Thought	The Vowels	1:36.4
2022	Character	Dark Destroyer	Ashgrove	1:35.8
2021	Private Eye	Apache Chase	Kukeracha	1:37.6
2020Race not held	–	–	–	–
2019	Kolding	Baccarat Baby	Pohutukawa	1:35.3
2018	Sambro	Seaway	Magnufighter	1:38.0
2017	Salsonic	Volpino	Niccanova	1:34.8
2016	Tsaritsa	Denmagic	Sold For Song	1:36.9
2015	Jabali	Bachman	Merion	1:34.6
2014	Sir Moments	Liberty’s Choice	Ryker	1:22.9
2013	Sizzling	Dances On Stars	Lucky Hussler	1:24.2
2012	Pear Tart	Free Wheeling	Stradon	1:26.1
2011	Torio’s Quest	Benny’s Buttons	Spot The Rock	1:35.4
2010	Rothesay	Launay	Fifteen Carat	1:33.7
2009	Express Air	Marveen	La Etoile	1:39.8
2008	Turffontein	Royal Discretion	Pepperwood	1:40.4
2007	Sequential Charm	J Adane	Danleigh	1:35.5
2006	Nova Star	Fashions Afield	Funlove	1:36.5
2005	Saxon	Hit The Road	Special Times	1:35.9
2004	Winning Belle	Toulouse Lautrec	Little Punc	1:40.3
2003	True Glo	Sportsman	King Of Them All	1:33.3
2002	Regent Street	Galroof	Deuxienne	1:35.6
2001	Heroism	Yoruba	Pimpala Player	1:34.3
2000	Magnifier	Fairway	Make Mine Magic	1:34.8

FAQ

Who won the 2025 Queensland Guineas?

The 2025 Queensland Guineas was won by three-year-old Deep Field gelding Depth Of Character at $7 for trainers Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald with jockey Noel Callow aboard on 57kg from barrier 4 to win by 2.35 lengths in a time of 1:34.93.

When is the Queensland Guineas 2026?

Saturday, May 2, 2026

What is the prize money for the Queensland Guineas 2026?

$350,000

Where is the Queensland Guineas 2026?

Eagle Farm Racecourse, 230 Lancaster Road, Ascot, QLD 4007.

How do I bet on the 2026 Queensland Guineas?

Bet online or via the latest iOS/Android apps with Ladbrokes.
The first step is to create an account at ladbrokes.com.au. The process is quick and easy!
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Next up, head to the racing page and find the race and runner that's right for you.

Which horse will win the 2026 Queensland Guineas?

The best way to pick which horse will win the 2025 Queensland Guineas is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, and consider the weight the horse will carry (among other factors). Check out ladbrokes.com.au in the lead up to the race for full form information.