Guineas Prelude News

Epaulette has won the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude at Caulfield Racecourse last Sunday September 30, 2012. The Commands gelding has won four of his seven race starts and has earned more than $980,000 in prize money during his career. Epaulette made a successful return to the track after also…

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Guineas Prelude

During the annual Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival there are two quality Guineas Prelude races conducted at Caulfield Racecourse.

Held in mid September the Thousand Guineas Prelude is run on Underwood Stakes Day and the Caulfield Guineas Prelude is run on Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Day. Both races provide premium betting opportunities for punters.

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Thousand Guineas Prelude

The Thousand Guineas Prelude is a Group 3 race run over a middle sprint distance of 1400m. Open to three-year-old fillies at set weights plus penalties, the Thousand Guineas Prelude is worth $175,000 and is used as a preparatory race for fillies heading towards the prestigious $500,000 Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) in October.

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Caulfield Guineas Prelude

The Caulfield Guineas Prelude is the colts and geldings equivalent of the Thousand Guineas Prelude. Conducted over a 1400m track, the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude is contested by a field of top three-year-old colts and geldings under set weight plus penalty conditions. Offering $175,000 in prize money, the Caulfield Guineas Prelude is the traditional lead-up race for gallopers eyeing a run in the $1 million Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) in October.

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Upcoming Races

Group 1

Queensland Derby

(2400m)

Eagle Farm

$500,000

3YO SW

Group 1

Stradbroke Handicap

(1400m)

Eagle Farm

$1,000,000

Hcp

Group 1

The TJ Smith

(1600m)

Eagle Farm

$500,000

2YO SW

Group 1

Winter Stakes

(1400m)

Eagle Farm

$500,000

WFA

Group 1

Queensland Oaks

(2400m)

Eagle Farm

$400,000

3YO SW

Betting on the Guineas Prelude Races Online

The Thousand Guineas Prelude and the Caulfield Guineas Prelude are thrilling lead-up races to two of the spring’s biggest Group 1 events, the Thousand Guineas and the Caulfield Guineas.

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