Gunsynd Classic
| Group 3 race | |
| Location |
Gold Coast Racecourse Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1989 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Sponsor | Surfers Paradise RSL (2015) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,800 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds |
| Weight | Set weights |
| Purse | A$125,000 (2015) |
The Gunsynd Classic is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old, at set weights, over a distance of 1800 metres, at Gold Coast Racecourse, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival.[1] Total prizemoney is A$125,000.
Race history
The race is named in honour of Gunsynd, the champion miler of the early 1970s known as the Goondiwindi Grey.
Race name
- 1989–2009 – Doomben Classic
- 2010 onwards - Gunsynd Classic
Race grade
- Before 1996 - Listed race
- 1997 onwards - Group 3
Race distance
- 1989–1999 - 1615 metres
- 2000 - 1640 metres
- 2001–2009 - 1615 metres
- 2010–2014 - 1600 metres
- 2015 - 1800 metres
Race venue
- 1997–2013 - Doomben Racecourse
- 2014 - Eagle Farm Racecourse
- 2015 - Gold Coast Racecourse
The winners
- 2015 - Worthy Cause [2]
- 2014 - Hopfgarten [3]
- 2013 - Proverb [4]
- 2012 - Meeting abandoned[5]
- 2011 - Chateau Fort [6]
- 2010 - Sanderson [7]
- 2009 - Za Magic [8]
- 2008 - Pepperwood [9]
- 2007 - Reigning To Win [10]
- 2006 - Belmonte [11]
- 2005 - Saxon [12]
- 2004 - Drunken Joker [13]
- 2003 - Bobs Boy [14]
- 2002 - Galroof [15]
- 2001 - Arrabeea [16]
- 2000 - Akhenaton [17]
- 1999 - Tobruk [18]
- 1998 - Enforced [19]
- 1997 - Marble Halls [20]
- 1996 - Kidmans Cove
- 1995 - Matsqui
- 1994 - What A Poet
- 1993 - Slanchyvah
- 1992 - Pagos King
- 1991 - Brunchtime
- 1990 - Stylish Century
- 1989 - Swain
See also
References
- ↑ "Winners and Past Results for the Gunsynd Classic". Progroup Racing (Australia). 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Result – Surfers Paradise Paradise Gunsynd(held 25 April 2015)". breednet.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ↑ "2014 Result – Aphs Gunsynd Classic (held 26 April 2014)". breednet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "2013 Result – Hogs Breath Gunsynd Classic (held 27 April 2013)". breednet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ Ling, Isaac (28 April 2012). "Eagle Farm Abandoned". horseracing.com.au. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
Eagle Farm meeting in Brisbane has been abandoned due to overnight inclement weather... the Group 2 Victory Stakes as well as the Group 3 Gunsynd Classic.
- ↑ "2011 Result – James Squire Gunsynd Classic (held 30 April 2011)". breednet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "2010 Result – Wellers Hotels Gunsynd Classic (held 1 May 2010)". breednet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "2009 Result – Mitty's Doomben Classic (held 9 May 2009)". breednet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "2008 Result – Doomben Classic (held 10 May 2008)". breednet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "2007 Result – Doomben Classic (held 12 May 2007)". breednet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "2006 Result – Doomben Classic (held 13 May 2006)". breednet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "2005 Result – Doomben Classic (held 21 May 2005)". breednet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "2004 Result – Doomben Classic (held 22 May 2004)". breednet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "2003 Result – Doomben Classic (held 17 May 2003)". breednet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "2002 Result – Doomben Classic (held 18 May 2002)". breednet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "2001 Result – Doomben Classic (held 12 May 2001)". breednet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "2000 Result – Doomben Classic (held 13 May 2000)". breednet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "1999 Result – Doomben Classic (held 15 May 1999)". breednet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "1998 Result – Doomben Classic (held 9 May 1998)". breednet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "1997 Result – Doomben Classic (held 10 May 1997)". breednet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
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