Looking for this year’s Gold Coast Guineas betting odds, field and race day tips? The experts at Neds have put together everything you need to know before this year’s race.

Gold Coast Guineas Winners: Hightail (Photo: Steve Hart) | Neds.com.au

Run over 1,200 metres, the Gold Coast Guineas is a Group 3 race taking place at the Gold Coast* in May as a lead-up into the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival features.

*In 2024 the A.D. Hollindale Stakes Day card again ran at the Sunshine Coast Racecourse

Carrying a $200,000 prize purse, the Gold Coast Guineas is usually contested by a line-up of both local interstate three-year-olds heading towards the tougher Group 1 events in Queensland over the coming months. 

A set weights event, the Gold Coast Guineas is one of the more recent additions to the Australian racing calendar having first been run and won in 2000. 

Gold Coast Guineas 2024 – Quick Information

  • Race Day: Saturday, May 11th, 2024
  • Track Location: Gold Coast Racecourse (Sunshine Coast Racecourse in 2023 & 2024)
  • Track Surface: Turf
  • Track Direction: Right-handed
  • Race Distance: 1,200 metres
  • Weight Conditions: Set Weights
  • Qualification: Three-year-olds
  • Type: Thoroughbred
  • Grade: Group 3
  • Operator: Gold Coast Turf Club
  • Prize Purse: $200,000 
  • Inaugural Race: 2000
  • 2024 Gold Coast Guineas Winner: Corniche

Gold Coast Guineas 2024 RESULTS

The official 2024 Gold Coast Guineas results will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday May 11, 2024.

  1. #3 Corniche
  2. #1 Cifrado
  3. #4 Celui

Gold Coast Guineas Betting 2024

New Ways to Bet at neds

There are many different ways to bet on the Gold Coast Guineas, and we have included some of the most popular options below:

Bet Type How To Place This Type Of Bet In This Year’s Gold Coast Guineas
Win Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will take first place in this year’s Gold Coast Guineas.
Place Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will place in the top three finishers at this year’s Gold Coast Guineas. Pays less than a win bet, but offers safer odds.
Each-Way Bet If your runner finishes 1st in the Gold Coast Guineas, you will collect both the Win and the Place dividend. If your horse finishes 2nd or 3rd you will collect the Place dividend.
Quinella Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in any order, within the Gold Coast Guineas, in order to win the Quinella.
Exacta Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in the correct order, within the Gold Coast Guineas to win the Exacta.
Trifecta Bet You must select runners to finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the correct order, within the Gold Coast Guineas to win the Trifecta.
First Four You must select runners that finish 1st, 2nd ,3rd and 4th in the correct order, within the Gold Coast Guineas to win the First 4.
Quadrella Bet (Quaddie) You must select the winners of four nominated races to win the Quaddie. This means you would have to select three other races apart from the Gold Coast Guineas, in order to be eligible to place a Quaddie.

How To Bet On The Gold Coast Guineas

  1. Join up at neds.com.au
  2. Make a deposit, using your credit card, PayPal or other safe electronic method
  3. Make sure to check out form guide, once it’s released
  4. Decide what kind of bet you’re going to place (Win, Place, Each-Way, Trifecta + more betting options, please read our section on Gold Coast Guineas Betting above).
  5. Select the horse(s) for the race.

gold coast guineas 2025 Odds

Early market betting odds on the 2025 gold coast guineas will be displayed below once available. Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live markets, please visit neds.com.au.

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Which Horse Will Win The Gold Coast Guineas in 2024

The best way to pick which horse will win the Gold Coast Guineas in 2024 is to take into account their lead-up autumn / winter racing form, assess the barriers, consider the weight scale and look for the proven Group performers.

Additional factors to consider when picking the Gold Coast Guineas winner include: 

  • Interstate Raiders: The interstate-trained horses in the Gold Coast Guineas field have a gun record over the local Queenslanders.
  • Filly Factor: The three-year-old fillies have a solid recent strike rate over the boys in the event including four wins in the five years from 2017-2021 most recently with Marboosha (2021).

Gold Coast Guineas Favourites 2024

Early favourites in 2024 Gold Coast Guineas betting include Godolphin’s Group 2 winner Corniche coming off a good Arrowfield Sprint run in Sydney, the resuming Michael Freedman-trained Group 1 performer Moravia, and the Robert Heatcote-trained Magic Millions 3YO Guineas winning filly Abounding.

Hightail ($3.60 in 2020), the fellow Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Marboosha ($3.10 in 2021), the Rob Heathcote-trained Prince Of Boom ($2.70 in 2022), Yellow Brick ($2.40 in 2023), and James Cummings’ Corniche ($3.20 in 2024) are the latest Gold Coast Guineas favourites to win.

Gold Coast Guineas 2024 Field

The 2024 Gold Coast Guineas field of final acceptances is set for release on Wednesday the 8th of May, 2024 and will be published in full below once announced.

gold coast guineas 2024 Tips

Favourite: #7 Moravia ($4 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Bet: #3 Corniche ($4.80 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Roughie: #15 Empress Of Wonder ($61 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Our exclusive 2024 Gold Coast Guineas tips will be detailed above the week of the race and a full betting preview published on the Neds Blog.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE 2024 AD HOLLINDALE STAKES DAY PREVIEW & TIPS

Gold Coast Guineas Race Day 2024

The 2024 Gold Coast Guineas takes place on Saturday, the 11th of May, 2024 as part of the 2024 AD Hollindale Stakes Day card at the Sunshine Coast.

The Group 2 A.D. Hollindale Stakes is the marquee race on the card and is accompanied by the Group 3 Gold Coast Guineas and the Group 3 Ken Russell Memorial Classic for the JJ Atkins-bound two-year-olds. 

gold coast guineas Barrier Draw 2024

The 2024 Gold Coast Guineas barrier draw will be released to the public a few days before the race and published in our above Gold Coast Guineas Field section. 

gold coast guineas Nominations 2024

The Gold Coast Guineas 2024 nominations close at 11:00 AM on Monday the 6th of May, 2024.

gold coast guineas Weights 2024

Set weights conditions apply to this race. Colts and geldings must carry 57kg and fillies 55kg. Final weights are announced at 4:00 PM on Tuesday, the 7th of May, 2024 with the official 2024 Gold Coast Guineas weights on the final acceptors to be published in our above Gold Coast Guineas Field section. .

Gold Coast Guineas Acceptances 2024

2024 Gold Coast Guineas final acceptances must be declared before 9:00 AM on Wednesday the 8th of May, 2024 and will be published in our above Gold Coast Guineas Field section.

Gold Coast Guineas Jockeys 2024

The final riders announcement is at 12:00 PM on Wednesday, the 8th of May, 2024 with the official 2024 Gold Coast Guineas jockeys to be published in our above Gold Coast Guineas Field section.

Gold Coast Guineas Scratchings 2024

2024 Gold Coast Guineas scratchings close at 7:30 AM on Saturday, the 11th of May, 2024.

  • #12 Stefi Magnetica (9)

Gold Coast Guineas Prize Money 2024

The 2024 Gold Coast Guineas prize purse is worth $200,000 in total, distributed from places first through to tenth.

Place Prize Money
1st $116,000
2nd $37,000
3rd $18,000
4th $9,750
5th $5,500
6th $2,750
7th $2,750
8th $2,750
9th $2,750
10th $2,750

gold coast guineas Race Number 2024

The 2024 Gold Coast Guineas race number is scheduled as Sunshine Coast Race 6 at 3:32pm (AEST) on Saturday the 11th of May, 2024. There are nine races in total that day at the Sunshine Coast Racecourse.

gold coast guineas Form Guide 2024

The final form guide will be available the week of the race. You can check below for a link to our full 2024 Gold Coast Guineas Form Guide following final acceptances. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2024 GOLD COAST GUINEAS FORM GUIDE

gold coast guineas Live 2024

You can watch or listen to the 2024 Gold Coast Guineas live, across the following mediums.

Pay television: Sky Racing 1 (channel 526 on Foxtel)

Radio: Radio Sport National

gold coast Guineas Winners

Winners of the Gold Coast Guineas going back to the year 2000 are displayed in the table below.

Year Winner Second Third
2024 Corniche Cifrado Celui
2023 Yellow Brick Lady Laguna Sooth Sayer
2022 Prince Of Boom Sword Of State Grey Defence
2021 Marboosha Tramonto Kisukano
2020 Hightail The Odyssey Exhilarates
2019 Pennino Defence Missile Million
2018 Champagne Cuddles Whypeeo Marble
2017 Savanna Amour Heroic Valour Tessera
2016 Takedown Sold For Song Always Sacred
2015 Nostradamus Time For War Traveston Girl
2014 Dothraki Safeguard Palmera Lad
2013 Academus Al Aneed Dances On Stars
2012 Florentina Punch On Double Impact
2011 Military Rose Celtic Dancer Skating On Ice
2010 Beethog Temple Of Doom Fifteen Carat
2009 Chakvetadze Leapfrog Desuetude
2008 El Cambio Xaardante Heart Of The Citi
2007 Gold Edition Grand Reve Danleigh
2006 Fashions Afield Rumbird Captain Kurt
2005 Eremein Legendary Man Sydney Express
2004 Kings Chapel Drunken Joker Power And Gold
2003 Tahitian Star Exquisitely Striking Victory
2002 Miss Bussell Alibarber Jar Jar Binks
2001 Ceffyl Skarloey Katenian
2000 Make Mine Magic Gold Dredge The Kildare Kid