Queensland Guineas

Kovalica shows his class in Queensland Guineas win

Posted on April 29, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Kovalica has taken out the Group 2 Queensland Guineas at Eagle Farm, giving Chris Waller the current number one seed in the Group 1 Queensland Derby in four weeks' time. Nash Rawiller finished Queensland Guineas Day with a race-to-race double after winning the Victory Stakes on Rothfire the race before, while recording both wins with[...]

Posted on February 21, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

After four consecutive wins, three-year-old gelding The Vowels looks set for a tilt at the Group 2 Queensland Guineas (1600m).

Posted on June 2, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Sam Weatherley is enjoying a rewarding season in the saddle highlighted by stakes successes at home and across the Tasman, while a notable milestone has also been ticked off. The Matamata jockey rode his 300th New Zealand winner when he successfully combined on the synthetic track at Cambridge on Wednesday with La Velocita, a mare[...]

Posted on May 25, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Lance O'Sullivan won the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) as a jockey 30 years ago and he is hoping to repeat the feat as a trainer at Eagle Farm on Saturday. “I won the Derby on a filly called Royal Magic. She won the Oaks and then a week later she won the Derby. She[...]

Posted on May 3, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A gallant run for second in Saturday's Group 2 Queensland Guineas (1600m) by Dark Destroyer brought some welcome relief for New Zealand trainer Lance O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan prepares the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) aspirant with training partner Andrew Scott and was delighted to see the son of Proisir bounce back to his best in the[...]

Posted on April 30, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

After a failed Australian Derby run, Character bounced back in fine style to win the Group 2 Queensland Guineas at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The James Cummings-trained three-year-old was too good for his rivals in the 1600m event, pulling away from the field to defeat New Zealand galloper Dark Destroyer by three-quarters of a length. The son[...]

Posted on March 29, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The ever-reliable Vernanme has gone close to a Group One prize on multiple occasions this preparation and will chase a degree of compensation this weekend in a race that ideally fits his profile. There's been honour in defeat at the highest level for the dependable six-year-old, who drops back a peg on Saturday when he[...]

Posted on January 17, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Despite a dogged effort when second behind the unbeaten Shamus in Saturday's Group 2 Wellington Guineas (1600m) at Trentham, the immediate future for promising three-year-old Pareanui Bay is in the spelling paddock for the next month. Unbeaten in his first three starts, including the Group 2 James & Annie Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m) at Te[...]

Posted on May 2, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Queensland Guineas by name, New South Wales' Guineas for the taking as Joseph Pride's gelding saluted in the Eagle Farm feature. Private Eye, a three-year-old son of Al Maher was a noted drifter in the betting market prior to the jump of the Group 2 Queensland Guineas, and at the bend Brenton Avdulla thought the[...]

Posted on April 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Desleigh Forster is plotting a path to the Stradbroke Handicap as she puts her faith in Apache Chase being the horse that can provide her with a breakthrough Group 1 success. Apache Chase won his fourth race at Eagle Farm when he led throughout in the Listed Daybreak Lover (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.[...]

Posted on February 15, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gotta Kiss is about to embark on a slow build up to the winter carnival where the Queensland Guineas will be her mission.

Posted on January 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Racing Queensland has announced the final changes to its winter carnival with some new races and a boost to two and three-year-old programs. The carnival will now be held over 10 weeks from April to June with the opening draw card the $350,000 EVA Air Queensland Guineas for three-year-olds. The Guineas will carry ballot-free exemption[...]

Posted on June 9, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Ocean Park gelding Kolding has emerged as the latest New Zealand-bred star for Queensland owner Neville Morgan, extending his winning sequence to four with a brilliant win in Saturday's Group 2 Queensland Guineas (1600m) at Eagle Farm. Carrying the same colours as multiple Group 1-winning New Zealand-breds Kermadec and Rangirangdoo, Kolding produced an irresistible surge[...]

Posted on June 8, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Epsom Handicap will be the spring carnival goal for Queensland Guineas winner Kolding. Trainer Chris Waller wasted no time naming the Epsom as Kolding's spring carnival target after he extended his winning sequence to four straight wins in the Guineas. Kolding, the $2.80 favourite, provided jockey James McDonald with the third leg of a[...]

Posted on June 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Queensland Guineas helped put Chris Munce in the national limelight as a jockey and he is hoping the race can do the same for him as a trainer. Munce was only 21 when champion trainer Bart Cummings entrusted him with the ride on Solar Circle in the 1990 Guineas. The race is notable because[...]

Posted on June 7, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Exciting three-year-old Vigor Winner will attempt to add a second stakes win to his tally when he lines-up in the Group 2 Queensland Guineas (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Declaration of War gelding finished unplaced in his first-up Australian run in the Group 3 Fred Best Classic (1400m) last month and while trainer[...]

Posted on June 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A suspension at Doomben has not dampened jockey Michael Hellyer's enthusiasm for his ride on his favourite horse Baccarat Baby in the Queensland Guineas. Hellyer and Baccarat Baby are set to tackle Saturday's Group Two race over 1600 metres at Eagle Farm. Baccarat Baby was originally considered a Queensland Oaks filly but trainer David Vandyke[...]

Kovalica shows his class in Queensland Guineas win

Guineas chance The Vowels delivering the goods for connections

Weatherley riding crest of a wave

O’Sullivan looking to repeat Derby success

Dark Destroyer the bright spot in week of drama for O’Sullivan

Character takes out the Queensland Guineas

Genuine Vernanme deserves winning trick

Holiday for Pareanui Bay

Private Eye Makes Impressive Run Home To Win Queensland Guineas

Apache Chasing Winter Riches

Queensland Guineas Focus For Gotta Kiss

Further Boost For 3YOs At Winter Carnival

Kiwi-bred Kolding shines in Queensland Guineas

Epsom Looms For Qld Guineas Winner Kolding

Chris Munce Set For More Guineas Joy

Vigor Winner vying for Classic glory at Eagle Farm

Hellyer Excited About Guineas Ride

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