The Caulfield Guineas is a Melbourne Racing Club

Melbourne Racing Club

The Melbourne Racing Club is one of three metropolitan horse racing clubs in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It began life as the Victoria Amateur Turf Club in 1875 with Mr. E.C. Moore as the Club's first Secretary. The Dowling Forest Racecourse in Ballarat was the location for the first VATC race...

 Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Group One

Group One or Group 1 is the term used for the highest level of Thoroughbred and Standardbred stakes races in many countries. Group One races may be run under handicap conditions in Australia but in Europe weight-for-age conditions always apply. Races may be also restricted to age groups or a...

 Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

 horse race held over 1600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at set weights for three-year-old horses, held annually on the second Saturday in October and forms part of the Spring Carnival at Caulfield Racecourse

Caulfield Racecourse

Caulfield Racecourse is one of Melbourne, Australia's best-known horse-racing tracks. Commonly known as "The Heath" by local racegoers, it is located eight kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs...

. Total prize money is A$1 million. The Guineas, as the race is affectionately known, starts the three-day Caulfield carnival; the G1 Toorak Handicap

Toorak Handicap

The Toorak Handicap is a 1600 metre Australian open handicap race for Thoroughbred horses aged three-years-old and upwards run at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne. The race takes place in early October as part of the Spring Racing Carnival in conjunction with the Caulfield Cup...

 and G1 Yalumba Stakes are also held on Guineas day; the fillies equivalent, the G1 The Thousand Guineas

The Thousand Guineas

The Thousand Guineas is a Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for three year old fillies at set weights run over a distance of 1600 metres at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne on a Wednesday in October.-Distance:...

, is run on the Wednesday following the Guineas and the G1 Caulfield Cup

Caulfield Cup

The Caulfield Cup, one of Australia's richest Thoroughbred horse races and the richest of its type in the world is held annually by the Melbourne Racing Club. The race is a handicap like the Melbourne Cup, which means that horses that compete in the Caulfield Cup are capable of running on the...

 finishes the carnival the following Saturday.

Race history

• From 1940 to 1943 the race was run at Flemington Racecourse
  Flemington Racecourse
  Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River...
  
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Regarded as one of the blue riband

Blue ribbon

The blue ribbon is a term used to describe or symbolize something of high quality. The usage came from The Blue Riband, a prize awarded for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by passenger liners—and prior to that from Cordon Bleu which referred to the blue ribbon worn by a particular order...

 events for three year olds, the Guineas is regarded as a stallion making race for the winner, and has been won by a host of star gallopers who gave gone on to multiple G1 success; the past three years, for example, have included Starspangledbanner

Starspangledbanner

Starspangledbanner is an Australian-bred and internationally raced Thoroughbred racehorse who won six of his sixteen group or listed race starts including the group one Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, G1 July Cup at Newmarket, G1 Oakleigh Plate and the G1 Caulfield Guineas for A$2,198,503 in...

 (2010 G1 Oakleigh Plate

Oakleigh Plate

The Oakleigh Plate is a Group 1 Australian thoroughbred open handicap horse race, run over a distance of 1100 metres at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne in February. Its prizemoney in 2010 was A$351,000...

, 2010 G1 Golden Jubilee Stakes

Golden Jubilee Stakes

The Golden Jubilee Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 6 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.-History:...

), Whobegotyou (2009 G1 Yalumba Stakes), Weekend Hussler

Weekend Hussler

Weekend Hussler is a retired Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. He is a bay gelding by Hussonet out of Weekend Beauty . He is currently a six-year-old. Hussonet had been a very successful sire in Chile for Haras de Pirque where he stood for the largest fee of any stallion in the history of...

 (six other G1 races including 2007 G1 Ascot Vale Stakes

Ascot Vale Stakes

The Coolmore Stud Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for three year olds, at set weights, run over 1200 metres at Flemington Racecourse on VRC Derby Day...

, 2008 G1 Randwick Guineas

Randwick Guineas

The Randwick Guineas is a Group One Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, run at set weights over a distance of 1600 metres at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia. This race replaces the former Canterbury Guineas which was discontinued after the 2005 running...

 and 2008 G1 George Ryder Stakes

George Ryder Stakes

The George Ryder Stakes is a Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horse race at Weight for age run over a distance of 1,500 metres at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, Sydney in April...

). Earlier winners include celebrated champion sires Lonhro

Lonhro

Lonhro was a champion Australian racehorse who is now standing at stud. Nicknamed "The Black Flash", Lonhro was from the first crop of the champion Octagonal out of the Group One-placed Shadea , who also produced the Group One winner Niello...

 (2001, 11 G1 wins) and Redoute's Choice

Redoute's Choice

Redoute's Choice was a multiple Group One-winning Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and is now a champion sire. He is by the phenomenal international sire Danehill out of the lightly raced mare Shantha's Choice...

 (1999, 4 G1 wins). Looking further back, other outstanding winners include Mahogany

Mahogany

The name mahogany is used when referring to numerous varieties of dark-colored hardwood. It is a native American word originally used for the wood of the species Swietenia mahagoni, known as West Indian or Cuban mahogany....

 (1993, 8 G1 wins), Red Anchor

Red Anchor

Red Anchor was a notable Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in Australia with wins in eight Principal Races.A chestnut son of Sea Anchor from the mare Decoy Girl by Decoy Boy, he was foaled in 1981 in New Zealand and was trained by trainer Tommy Smith after originally being trained by Paul...

 (1984, 4 G1 wins), champion sprinter Manikato

Manikato

Manikato was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He established new track records in three races and was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame...

 (12 official G1 wins, 18 wins in races that are classified as G1 today), 2YO Triple Crown winner Luskin Star (1977, 4 G1 wins), Surround (1976, first and only filly to win the weight-for-age championship of Australasia, the Cox Plate

Cox Plate

The W.S. Cox Plate is an Australian Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne every October by the Moonee Valley Racing Club to honour W.S. Cox, the club's founder. For three-year-olds and over, the race is considered to be the Weight for Age championship of Australasia...

), Vain

Vain (horse)

Vain was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse that dominated Australian sprint racing in the period 1968–70, when he won 12 of the 14 races he contested and ran second in the other two...

 (1969, 6 G1 wins and champion sire), Storm Queen

Storm Queen

Storm Queen was a notable Australian thoroughbred racehorse.A bay daughter of Coronation Boy from the mare Storm Gleam, she was foaled in 1963 and was trained throughout her career by Bart Cummings....

 (1966, 5 G1 wins), the inaugural Australian Racing Hall of Fame

Australian Racing Hall of Fame

The Australian Racing Hall of Fame is part of the Australian Racing Museum which documents and honours the horseracing legends of Australia. The museum officially opened in 1981 and created the Hall of Fame in 2000....

 inductee Tulloch

Tulloch (horse)

Tulloch was a Thoroughbred racehorse, who is regarded as one of the three finest racehorses in Australian racing history...

 (1957, 14 G1 wins), and Ajax II (14 G1 wins and fellow Australian Racing Hall of Fame

Australian Racing Hall of Fame

The Australian Racing Hall of Fame is part of the Australian Racing Museum which documents and honours the horseracing legends of Australia. The museum officially opened in 1981 and created the Hall of Fame in 2000....

 inductee, and still revered in Australia as the shortest priced favourite to lose in Australian racing history, at 40/1 on ($1.02) in the 1939 Rawson Stakes).

The winners

• 2011 - Helmet
• 2010 - Anacheeva
• 2009 - Starspangledbanner
  Starspangledbanner
  Starspangledbanner is an Australian-bred and internationally raced Thoroughbred racehorse who won six of his sixteen group or listed race starts including the group one Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, G1 July Cup at Newmarket, G1 Oakleigh Plate and the G1 Caulfield Guineas for A$2,198,503 in...
  
  
• 2008 - Whobegotyou
  Whobegotyou
  Whobegotyou is a good Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse that has now won nine races, including the Group One Caulfield Guineas and Yalumba Stakes for $3,115,450 in prize money....
  
  
• 2007 - Weekend Hussler
  Weekend Hussler
  Weekend Hussler is a retired Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. He is a bay gelding by Hussonet out of Weekend Beauty . He is currently a six-year-old. Hussonet had been a very successful sire in Chile for Haras de Pirque where he stood for the largest fee of any stallion in the history of...
  
  
• 2006 - Wonderful World
• 2005 - God's Own
• 2004 - Econsul
• 2003 - In Top Swing
• 2002 - Helenus
• 2001 - Lonhro
  Lonhro
  Lonhro was a champion Australian racehorse who is now standing at stud. Nicknamed "The Black Flash", Lonhro was from the first crop of the champion Octagonal out of the Group One-placed Shadea , who also produced the Group One winner Niello...
  
  
• 2000 - Show A Heart
• 1999 - Redoute's Choice
  Redoute's Choice
  Redoute's Choice was a multiple Group One-winning Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and is now a champion sire. He is by the phenomenal international sire Danehill out of the lightly raced mare Shantha's Choice...
  
  
• 1998 - Kenwood Melody
• 1997 - Encounter
• 1996 - Alfa
• 1995 - Our Maizcay
• 1994 - St. Covet
• 1993 - Mahogany
  Mahogany (horse)
  Mahogany was an Australian thoroughbred who raced in the mid-1990s. He was aimed at the three-year-old staying events, where he won the Victoria Derby and the Australian Derby. But as an older horse he usually was restricted to sprint races.The notable exception was the 1995 W.S. Cox Plate where...
  
  
• 1992 - Palace Reign
• 1991 - Chortle
• 1990 - Centro
• 1989 - Procol Harum
• 1988 - Vitalic
• 1987 - Marwong
• 1986 - Abaridy
• 1985 - Drawn
• 1984 - Red Anchor
  Red Anchor
  Red Anchor was a notable Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in Australia with wins in eight Principal Races.A chestnut son of Sea Anchor from the mare Decoy Girl by Decoy Boy, he was foaled in 1981 in New Zealand and was trained by trainer Tommy Smith after originally being trained by Paul...
  
  
• 1983 - Beechcraft
• 1982 - Grosvenor
• 1981 - Binbinga
• 1980 - Sovereign Red
• 1979 - Runaway Kid
• 1978 - Manikato
  Manikato
  Manikato was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He established new track records in three races and was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame...
  
  
• 1977 - Luskin Star
• 1976 - Surround
• 1975 - Sou'wester
• 1974 - Kenmark
• 1973 - Grand Cidium
• 1972 - Sobar
• 1971 - Beau Sovereign
• 1970 - Dual Choice
• 1969 - Vain
  Vain (horse)
  Vain was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse that dominated Australian sprint racing in the period 1968–70, when he won 12 of the 14 races he contested and ran second in the other two...
  
  
• 1968 - Rajah Sahib
• 1967 - Dark Purple

• 1966 - Storm Queen
  Storm Queen
  Storm Queen was a notable Australian thoroughbred racehorse.A bay daughter of Coronation Boy from the mare Storm Gleam, she was foaled in 1963 and was trained throughout her career by Bart Cummings....
  
  
• 1965 - Star Affair
• 1964 - Yangtze
• 1963 - Time And Tide
• 1962 - Coppelius
• 1961 - King Brian
• 1960 - Lady Sybil
• 1959 - Prince Lea
• 1958 - Wiggle
• 1957 - Tulloch
  Tulloch (horse)
  Tulloch was a Thoroughbred racehorse, who is regarded as one of the three finest racehorses in Australian racing history...
  
  
• 1956 - Hot Spell
• 1955 - Caranna
• 1954 - King Boru
• 1953 - Barfleur
• 1952 - Bayside
• 1951 - Hydrogen
• 1950 - Merry Scout
• 1949 - Iron Duke
• 1948 - Phoibos
• 1947 - Hororata
• 1946 - Praetor
• 1945 - Attley / Royal Gem
  Royal Gem
  Royal Gem was a versatile Thoroughbred racehorse that won 23 races ranging from 5 furlongs to 12 furlongs...
  
   (DH
  Tie (draw)
  To tie or draw is to finish a competition with identical or inconclusive results. The word "tie" is usually used in North America for sports such as American football. "Draw" is usually used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations and it is usually used for sports such as...
  
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• 1944 - Kintore
• 1943 - Lawrence
• 1942 - Great Britain
• 1941 - Tea Cake
• 1940 - Lucrative
• 1939 - High Caste
  High Caste
  High Caste was a Thoroughbred racehorse and stallion that was bred in New Zealand and was considered the best two-year-old in New Zealand after winning three of his four race starts. He was a good racehorse under handicap and weight for age conditions and combined this with wins in good races from...
  
  
• 1938 - Nuffield
• 1937 - Ajax
• 1936 - Beechwood
• 1935 - Young Idea
• 1934 - Theo
• 1933 - Palphar
• 1932 - Liberal
• 1931 - Ammon Ra
• 1930 - Green Wave
• 1929 - Pentheus
• 1928 - Balmerino
• 1927 - Avant Courier
• 1926 - Rampion
• 1925 - Manacre
• 1924 - Heroic
  Heroic (horse)
  Heroic was a great Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won 21 races from 5 furlongs to 2 miles and was a Leading sire in Australia.-Breeding:...
  
  

• 1923 - King Carnival
• 1922 - Soorak
• 1921 - Demetrius
• 1920 - Midilli
• 1919 - Artilleryman
• 1918 - Eusebius
• 1917 - Thrice
• 1916 - Ettefred
• 1915 - Patrobas
• 1914 - Blague
• 1913 - Andelosia
• 1912 - Burrawang
• 1911 - Woolerina
• 1910 - Danaus
• 1909 - Malt King
• 1908 - Parsee
• 1907 - Master Foote
• 1906 - Booran
• 1905 - Lady Wallace
• 1904 - Demas
• 1903 - Sweet Nell
• 1902 - Strata Florida
• 1901 - Ibex
• 1900 - Kinglike
• 1899 - Tremarden
• 1898 - Bobadil
• 1897 - Aurum
• 1896 - The Officer
• 1895 - Wallace
• 1894 - Cobbity
• 1893 - Patron
• 1892 - Autonomy
• 1891 - Strathmore
• 1890 - Annesley
• 1889 - Rudolph
• 1888 - Volley
• 1887 - Carlyon
• 1886 - Maddelina
• 1885 - Ringmaster
• 1884 - Sandal
• 1883 - Sardius
• 1882 - Fryingpan
• 1881 - Wheatear