Emerging turf champion Rock Classic pulled off a gutsy win at Flemington yesterday in the $750, 000 Group 1 Australian Crown Guineas (1600m), giving legendary trainer Bart Cummings his first ever Crown Guineas victory and his 258th career Group 1…
The Peter Moody-trained three-year-old Hanks has officially been scratched from the Group 1 Australian Guineas at Flemington this Saturday and has been removed from the betting markets of the rescheduled event.
The Encosta De Lago gelding has instead been paid up…
The highly anticipated $750, 000 Group 1 Australian Crown Guineas (1600m) was one of three races that had to be cancelled last Saturday after Flemington racecourse suffered a lashing of rain, hail and turmoil when freak storms hit Melbourne over…
The Australian Guineas is one of Australia’s premier Group 1 status races. Run over the middle distance of 1600m, the Australian Guineas is open to three-year-olds and is conducted under set weight conditions.
The race is held every year in early March at the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne as part of the city’s prestigious autumn racing carnival.
Worth over $750 000 in stakes, the Australian Guineas always attracts a star-studded field of the nation’s best gallopers.
Taking place on the carnival’s richest and most anticipated race meetings, Flemington’s Super Saturday of Racing, the Australian Guineas is one of an incredible seven group status races held on the day. Also run on the Super Saturday are the $1million Group 1 Newmarket Handicap and the $1million Group 1 Australian Cup.
Lead Up Races
As the Australian Guineas is held towards the tail end of the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival, there are a plethora of excellent preparatory races for the hopefuls to first contend.
Good lead-up races punters are well advised to keep an eye on in anticipation of their Australian Guineas bets include the Group 2 Autumn Classic (1800m) the week before at Caulfield and the Group 2 Autumn Stakes (1400m) on Blue Diamond Stakes Day.
History
The Australian Guineas is a relatively young thoroughbred race, first run in 1986 when True Version became the inaugural winner.
Since then the Australian Guineas winner’s list has been graced with some true turf champions including Light Fantastic (2008), Apache Cat (2006) and Zabeel (1990).
From 1998 to 2000 the Australian Guineas was run over the increased distance of 2000m.
Originating as a Group 3 status race, the Australian Guineas was installed as a Group 1 event one year after its inception in 1987.
Online Betting
There is no better place to go for Australian Guineas odds than an online betting site. They offer a huge range of odds as well as plenty of tools to help you place the best possible bets. It doesn’t matter if you’re looking for an Australian Guineas tip or the Melbourne Cup form; it’s all available in one convenient place. All you need is an Internet connection and a computer and you can read up on the race and place your bets from anywhere in the world. Online betting is definitely the future of horse racing betting.
