Ladbrokes Tip: Sandown Guineas winners often come off a Carbine Club Stakes run on Derby Day

The Sandown Guineas is a Group 2 feature race held at Sandown’s Ladbrokes Park in mid-November at the tail end of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

The meeting runs on the second Saturday of the month after the Melbourne Cup Carnival finishes up the week before with Mackinnon Stakes Day at Flemington.

Sandown Guineas Day is headlined by two Group 2 races including the Zipping Classic (2400m) for stayers. Also on the card are the Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1300m), Group 3 Sandown Stakes (1500m), Group 3 Eclipse Stakes (1800m), Group 3 Summoned Stakes (1500m) and for the two milers the Listed Sandown Cup (3200m) is another feature.

Run over a mile (1600m), the race offers $250,000 in total prize money to the three-year-olds in the field that face off under set weights and is usually the final spring run of the campaign for its contestants.

The latest edition of the Sandown Guineas ran on Saturday November 14, 2020 and was won by Allibor. 

Sandown Guineas Race Info

• Date: Saturday November 14, 2020
• Track: Sandown Ladbrokes Park
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: 3YOs – Set Weights
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $250,000
• First Run: 1957

2020 Sandown Guineas Results

The full Sandown Guineas 2020 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday November 14, 2020 .

• 1st: #4 Allibor
• 2nd: #8 Sweet Reply
• 3rd: #9 Valanetti 

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Sandown Guineas Odds & Betting

Sandown Guineas betting markets open the week of the race and are led by well-bred three-year-olds with previous mile experience.

Graduates from key lead-up races like the Carbine Club Stakes dominate the Sandown Guineas odds each year.

Upsets are not uncommon in the race however and the last Sandown Guineas winner to jump at double-figures in the markets was Petrology ($18 in 2014). The most recent favourite in Sandown Guineas betting to salute for the punters was Pretty Brazen ($3.50 in 2019).

In the 2020 Sandown Guineas results, the favourite Sweet Reply ran a very close second to Allibor in a narrow finish. 

2020 Sandown Guineas Betting

The spring’s best Sandown Guineas 2020 odds and Sandown Guineas betting market links will be provided below the week of the race so stay tuned for the best Ladbrokes Park prices.

Top Sandown Guineas tips for the race to consider before placing your bets on the Group 2 spring showdown include looking for last-start Melbourne winners and those with form over 1600m and further.

The Carbine Club Stakes has produced multiple Sandown Guineas winners and placegetters over the past decade so locking in graduates from that race is also a good betting tip.

2020 Sandown Guineas Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Sandown Guineas 2020 betting tips and Group 2 race selections for Sandown will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the three-year-olds to back in the Group 2 this spring.

Sandown Guineas Field

The Sandown Guineas field attracts a line-up of strong middle-distance performing three-year-olds looking to secure a final Group race win for the spring.
Most gallopers come into the Sandown Guineas field off a run two weeks before on Victoria Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in the Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m).

Mahuta (2015) completed the Carbine Club Stakes – Sandown Guineas double as a 3YO. Photo Credit: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Recent winners of the Carbine Club Stakes – Sandown Guineas double include Mahuta (2015), Paximadia (2013) and Kidnapped (2009). In 2016 the Carbine Club Stakes again proved the form to follow into the Sandown Guineas with Morton’s Fork improving on a lead-up second to win.

Another possible lead-up run is the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) on Derby Day, a race the 2015 runner-up Dal Cielo (6th) came off. The most recent Sandown Guineas winner to come off a Coolmore Stud Stakes run was Pressday (11th) in 2013.

The 2014 winner Petrology also won his lead-up run at Flemington, while that year’s runner-up Stratum Star came off a Carbine Club Stakes second. Two years earlier in 2012 the Carbine Club Stakes winner Lunar Rise ran second to Tatra in the Sandown Guineas, Tatra turning the tables after a Carbine Club Stakes second.

The nominations are taken the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday with the final field and barrier draw released on the Wednesday.

2020 Sandown Guineas Field

The official Sandown Guineas 2020 Field & Barriers are set for release on the Wednesday of race week so stay tuned to see what three-year-old milers make the starting line-up.

The 2020 Sandown Guineas final field features just nine runners with the Caulfield Guineas runner-up Aysar odds-on to win after drawing barrier one. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	31×1622	AYSAR	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Damian Lane	1	57kg		105
2	0x6231	CAPTAIN CANUCK	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	5	57kg		61
3	75×223	HORRIFYING (NZ)	Mark Kavanagh	Jamie Kah	6	57kg		65
4	224	ALLIBOR	Symon Wilde	Dean Yendall	9	57kg		61
5	01	FURIOSO (NZ)	Matt Cumani	Fred W Kersley	2	57kg		62
6	8×84253	RAPHAEL	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	4	57kg		57
7	6×150	TALAMO (NZ)	Michael Hickmott	Craig Williams	8	57kg		60
8	13×22224	SWEET REPLY	Richard & Michael Freedman	Damien Oliver	7	55kg		65
9	5×31	VALANETTI	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Michael Dee	3	55kg		62

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Sandown Guineas Nominations

The early Sandown Guineas 2020 Nominations close the Monday leading-up to the Saturday race card with the full list of nominees to be announced below.

Thirteen hopefuls make-up the 2020 Sandown Guineas nominations led by Lindsay Park’s Caulfield Guineas runner-up Aysar.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	31×1622	AYSAR	C	3	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	1	57kg		105
2	13×22224	SWEET REPLY	F	3	Richard & Michael Freedman	2	55kg		65
3	201×4258	FENDER BENDER	G	3	John Salanitri	3	57kg		64
4	0x6231	CAPTAIN CANUCK	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	4	57kg		61
5	75×223	HORRIFYING (NZ)	C	3	Mark Kavanagh	5	57kg		65
6	17×5576	JUST A TRIBUTE	G	3	John Salanitri	6	57kg		61
7	224	ALLIBOR	G	3	Symon Wilde	7	57kg		61
8	01	FURIOSO (NZ)	G	3	Matt Cumani	8	57kg		62
9	5×31	VALANETTI	F	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	9	55kg		62
10	8×84253	RAPHAEL	C	3	John McArdle	10	57kg		57
11	6×150	TALAMO (NZ)	G	3	Michael Hickmott	11	57kg		60
12	23	SLY CORNER (NZ)	G	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	12	57kg		60
13	46	WANALIRRI	F	3	Patrick F Ryan Jnr	13	55kg		56

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Sandown Guineas Form Guide

The Sandown Guineas form guide gives punters all the information and statistics needed to place a successful bet on the Group 2 showdown including the jockeys, trainers, barriers, track / distance records and lead-up form of the three-year-olds in the field.

In recent seasons the Sandown Guineas form has stacked up in the following year’s summer – autumn races for three-year-olds including Mahuta (2015) who won the 2016 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas next start. That season’s Sandown Guineas third-placegetter Don’t Doubt Mamma also won her next run in the autumn in Flemington’s Group 3 The Vanity (1400m).

2020 Sandown Guineas Form Guide

A link to the full Sandown Guineas 2020 Form Guide will be provided below the week of the race.

Sandown Guineas Results

The Sandown Guineas results have been dominated by smart three-year-olds coming off a top three run in Melbourne last time out and jumping at single-figures in betting for the Group 2 in mid-November.

Notable recent Sandown Guineas winners include Mahuta (2015), Petrology (2014), Pressday (2010) and Kidnapped (2009).

Sandown Guineas Winners