Sandown Guineas 2024

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 formerly held at Sandown Racecourse in late November or early December at the tail end of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

2021 Sandown Guineas winner Blue Army scored an upset victory at $18 odds. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

In 2021 the Sandown Guineas and entire Zipping Classic Day card was moved to late November and took place at Caulfield Racecourse where it remained for the 2022 edition.

The 2023 Sandown Guineas ran on the first Saturday of December, while in 2024 the event ran on the last Saturday in November.

The meeting usually runs on the second Saturday of the month after the Melbourne Cup Carnival finishes up the week before with Champions 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 Eclipse Stakes (1800m), and the Group 3 Summoned Stakes (1500m).

Run over a mile (1600m), the race offers $300,000 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 30, 2024 at Caulfield Racecourse and saw Ciaron Maher’s Snitzel filly Snitzanova ($6) make it a hat-trick with a gutsy win over the colts and geldings. 

2024 Sandown Guineas Results

The full Sandown Guineas 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday November 30, 2024.

• 1st: #10 Snitzanova
• 2nd: #1 Bittercreek
• 3rd: #7 Somewhere

The 2024 Sandown Guineas results went the way of Ciaron Maher’s in-form filly Snitzanova ($6) who dug deep on the straight hitting the front 200m out and holding on to beat home the boys for her third win on the trot.

2024 Sandown Guineas Odds

The spring’s best Sandown Guineas 2024 odds and Sandown Guineas betting market links will be provided below the week of the race so stay tuned for the best prices.

Sandown Guineas Race Info

• Date: Saturday November 30, 2024
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: 3YOs – Set Weights
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1957

Sandown Guineas 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 with plenty of Sandown Guineas winners jumping at double-figures in the markets. 

The most recent favourites in Sandown Guineas betting to salute for the punters were Pretty Brazen ($3.50 in 2019) and See You In Heaven ($4.20 in 2022).

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

There was a notable upset in 2021 with Blue Army winning at Sandown Guineas odds of $18 and again in 2023 with Serasana ($13). 

Sandown Guineas Tips

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.

2024 Sandown Guineas Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Sandown Guineas 2024 betting tips and Group 2 race selections 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.

Hard to go past the deserving favourite here with Pisces in terrific form and proven on wet tracks. The James Cummings-trained Frosted gelding presents fit third-up coming off too eye-catching runs. Fresh he was runner-up in the Red Anchor under a length off Bittercreek in the Group 3 at The Valley. Won his next start with a huge run here to claim the Group 3 Blue Sapphire by 2.5 lengths. Stylish and only improves. Small field and should eat up the mile. Wins.

Sandown Guineas Field

The Sandown Guineas race 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 Victoria Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in the Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m).

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.

2024 Sandown Guineas Field

The official Sandown Guineas 2024 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 2024 Sandown Guineas final field features a small but class field of young mile hopes led in betting by Godolphin’s last start Group 3 Blue Sapphire Stakes winner Pisces.

2024 Sandown Guineas Nominations

The early Sandown Guineas 2024 Nominations close the Monday leading-up to the Saturday race card with the full list of nominees to be announced below.

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).

2024 Sandown Guineas Form Guide

A link to the full Sandown Guineas 2024 Form Guide will be provided below the week of the race.

Sandown Guineas Results

The Sandown Guineas race 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).

See You In Heaven (2022), Serasana (2023), and Snitzanova (2024) are the latest fillies to win the Sandown Guineas.

Past Sandown Guineas Winners

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

FAQ

Who won the 2024 Sandown Guineas?

The 2024 Sandown Guineas was won by the Ciaron Maher trained Snitzanova at $6 with Daniel Stackhouse riding.

When is the Sandown Guineas 2024?

What is the prize money for the Sandown Guineas 2024?

$300,000

Where is the Sandown Guineas 2024?

Caulfield Racecourse, Gate 22, Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145.