The Hawkesbury Guineas is a Group 3 Sydney race run at the end of April or early May during the autumn on Hawkesbury Gold Cup Day.
2025 Hawkesbury Guineas Results
- 1st: #9 Media World
- 2nd: #4 Just Party
- 3rd: #5 Zeitung
Hawkesbury Guineas News
The Hawkesbury Guineas is a Group 3 race for three-year-olds run on Hawkesbury Gold Cup Day in Sydney during the end stages of the autumn racing carnival.
2025 Hawkesbury Guineas Results
- 1st: #9 Media World ($9)
- 2nd: #4 Just Party
- 3rd: #5 Zeitung
Peter Snowden’s progressive Written Tycoon colt Media World ($9) just hung on in a driving finish to deny Just Party and salute in the 2025 Hawkesbury Guineas results to make it back-to-back wins off a lovely front-running ride by Tyler Schiller.
Hawkesbury Guineas 2025 Odds & Results
Elite Sand & Soil Hawkesbury Guineas (G3)
| Runner Details | Win | Place |
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1st
9. Media World (11) J: Tyler Schiller 56kg
T: Peter Snowden |
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2nd
4. Just Party (4) J: Nash Rawiller 56kg
T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou |
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3rd
5. Zeitung (1) J: Rachel King 56kg
T: James Cummings |
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4th
1. Pisces (5) J: Kerrin McEvoy 58kg
T: James Cummings |
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5th
14. Modella (12) J: Andrew Adkins 54kg
T: Lee & Cherie Curtis |
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6th
13. Candlewick (3) J: Zac Lloyd 54kg
T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton |
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7th
8. Getafix (2) J: Josh Parr 56kg
T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton |
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8th
17. Oui Oui Oui (9) J: Tom Sherry 54kg
T: J Attard & L Keegan-Attard |
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9th
16. Alabama Fox (15) J: Jason Collett 54kg
T: Annabel & Rob Archibald |
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10th
11. Alabama State (7) J: Jay Ford 56kg
T: Jack Pilkington |
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11th
7. French Ruler (6) J: Adam Hyeronimus 56kg
T: John Sargent |
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12th
6. Fearless (16) J: Chad Schofield 56kg
T: Peter Snowden |
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13th
2. Snitzanova (8) J: Ashley Morgan 57kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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14th
3. Gatsby's (10) J: Reece Jones 57kg
T: Chris Waller |
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15th
12. Love Poem (13) J: Dylan Gibbons 54kg
T: Kris Lees |
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16th
10. The Three Hundred (14) J: Regan Bayliss 56kg
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
Data retrieved: 16/05/2025 02:21:30 PM (Australia/Brisbane)
The meeting’s headline race is the Group 3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1600m) for milers and the Hawkesbury Guineas is one of two other Group 3 status races on the card along with the Hawkesbury Crown (1300m) for fillies and mares.
The Hawkesbury Guineas is run over 1400m and the three-year-olds in the field face off at set weights plus penalties for a share in the $250,000 in prize money. The 2020 edition of the Hawkesbury Guineas took place at Rosehill Gardens and offered $160,000 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Horses in the Hawkesbury Guineas field may come via a number of different Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival lead-up races including the Group 2 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint (1200m) held at Randwick during ‘The Championships’.
Schwarz (6th in 2024) was the latest Arrowfield 3YO Sprint graduate to back-up and win the Hawkesbury Guineas.
In 2022 the Hawkesbury Guineas winner Mr Mozart came off back-to-back wins in the Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes and Group 3 Doncaster Prelude in Sydney.
Good follow-up races could include those during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival including the Group 2 QTC Cup (1300m) and the Hawkesbury Guineas – QTC Cup double was recently achieved by Spill The Beans (2016). The Group 2 Queensland Guineas (1600m) is another Brisbane race run during the winter for Hawkesbury Guineas graduates and in 2016 Denmagic ran second in both races, while Sambro (2018) did the double.
In 2020 the Hawkesbury Guineas winner Dawn age won the Inglis Guineas next start before a trip to Brisbane to salute in the Group 3 Fred Best Classic as the short-priced favourite that winter.
The 2022 Hawkesbury Guineas form was franked with the winner Mr Mozart returning in the spring for a host of good runs including a second in the $1 million Silver Eagle.
The Hawkesbury Guineas 2023 winner Hawaii Five Oh franked the form going on to win the Group 3 Fred Best Classic in Brisbane before his eye-catching third in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap results.
The 2024 Hawkesbury Guineas form was franked with the winner, Schwarz, going on to win that year’s Group 2 Missile Stakes as well as the Group 2 Australia Stakes and Group 1 William Reid Stakes in 2025.
The 2025 Hawkesbury Guineas ran on Saturday May 3, 2025 as a potential lead-up to the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival and was won narrowly by the Peter Snowden trained Media World ($9).
| Hawkesbury Guineas 2025 | |
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| Date: | Saturday May 3, 2025 |
| Track: | Hawkesbury Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1400m |
| Race Type: | 3YO / Set Weights + Penalties |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $250,000 |
2025 Hawkesbury Guineas Finishing Order
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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| 1 | 9 | MEDIA WORLD | Peter Snowden | Tyler Schiller | 11 | 56kg | $9 | |||
| 2 | 4 | JUST PARTY | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Nash Rawiller | 0.05L | 4 | 56kg (cd 57kg) | $5.50EF | ||
| 3 | 5 | ZEITUNG | James Cummings | Ms Rachel King | 1.48L | 1 | 56kg | $12 | ||
| 4 | 1 | PISCES | James Cummings | Kerrin McEvoy | 2.75L | 5 | 58kg | $18 | ||
| 5 | 14 | MODELLA | Lee & Cherie Curtis | Andrew Adkins | 3.1L | 12 | 54kg | $12 | ||
| 6 | 13 | CANDLEWICK | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Zac Lloyd | 3.21L | 3 | 54kg | $5.50EF | ||
| 7 | 8 | GETAFIX | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Joshua Parr | 4.06L | 2 | 56kg | $15 | ||
| 8 | 17e | OUI OUI OUI | Jason Attard & Lucy Keegan-Attard | Tom Sherry | 4.31L | 9 | 54kg | $51 | ||
| 9 | 16 | ALABAMA FOX | Annabel & Rob Archibald | Jason Collett | 4.96L | 15 | 54kg | $13 | ||
| 10 | 11 | ALABAMA STATE | Jack Pilkington | Jay Ford | 5.04L | 7 | 56kg | $41 | ||
| 11 | 7 | FRENCH RULER | John Sargent | Adam Hyeronimus | 5.38L | 6 | 56kg | $11 | ||
| 12 | 6 | FEARLESS | Peter Snowden | Chad Schofield | 5.6L | 16 | 56kg | $31 | ||
| 13 | 2 | SNITZANOVA | Ciaron Maher | Ashley Morgan | 7.02L | 8 | 57kg | $19 | ||
| 14 | 3 | GATSBY’S | Chris Waller | Reece Jones | 7.19L | 10 | 57kg | $31 | ||
| 15 | 12 | LOVE POEM | Kris Lees | Dylan Gibbons | 8.12L | 13 | 54kg | $21 | ||
| 16 | 10 | THE THREE HUNDRED | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Regan Bayliss | 8.62L | 14 | 56kg | $21 | ||
| 15 | DUCK EGG BLUE | Richard & Will Freedman | Jay Ford | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Hawkesbury Guineas Betting
The season’s best Hawkesbury Guineas 2025 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available at Races.com.au the week of the race.
Mr Mozart ($2.05 in 2022) and Schwarz ($2.40 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Hawkesbury Guineas betting to win.
2025 Hawkesbury Guineas Form
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2025 Hawkesbury Guineas Tips
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- To Win: #2 Snitzanova ($7.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Snitzanova, from the astute Ciaron Maher stable, presents excellent value on her return in the Hawkesbury Guineas. This talented Snitzel filly boasts impressive form, including a dominant Group 2 Sandown Guineas victory on heavy ground during the spring, marking her third consecutive win. While her Magic Millions run on a good track wasn’t ideal, she was still within striking distance of the winner, whose form has since been validated at Group 1 level in New Zealand. Expect Snitzanova to thrive on rain-affected ground, as evidenced by her recent winning trial at Newcastle. With Ashley Morgan aboard from a midfield draw (8), she has every chance to defeat the colts and geldings. Conditions look ideal for a bold showing.
2025 Hawkesbury Guineas Field
The Hawkesbury Guineas field attracts a class line-up of three-year-olds many of which have form over the distance or even up to a mile and is released the Wednesday before the race.
The official 2025 Hawkesbury Guineas field and barriers are set for release on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in fully below.
The Hawkesbury Guineas 2025 final field features a capacity line-up of savvy three-year-olds including the resuming Ciaron Maher trained Sandown Guineas winning filly Snitzanova, the Group 1 performed Gatsby’s, and last start Warwick Fram winning Pierro filly Candlewick.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | H Rating |
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| 1 | 224x217x95 | PISCES | James Cummings | Kerrin McEvoy | 5 | 58kg | 84 | ||
| 2 | 51110x | SNITZANOVA | Ciaron Maher | Ashley Morgan | 8 | 57kg | 93 | ||
| 3 | 14255×3086 | GATSBY’S | Chris Waller | 10 | 57kg | 82 | |||
| 4 | x64422x68x | JUST PARTY | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Nash Rawiller | 4 | 56kg | 86 | ||
| 5 | 544216×357 | ZEITUNG | James Cummings | Ms Rachel King | 1 | 56kg | 82 | ||
| 6 | 6163x79x67 | FEARLESS | Peter Snowden | Chad Schofield | 17 | 56kg | 81 | ||
| 7 | 1225×42619 | FRENCH RULER | John Sargent | 6 | 56kg | 79 | |||
| 8 | x44421x3x0 | GETAFIX | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Joshua Parr | 2 | 56kg | 73 | ||
| 9 | 321x5536x1 | MEDIA WORLD | Peter Snowden | Tyler Schiller | 11 | 56kg | 73 | ||
| 10 | 920x3110x2 | THE THREE HUNDRED | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Regan Bayliss | 15 | 56kg | 73 | ||
| 11 | x142144x86 | ALABAMA STATE | Jack Pilkington | 7 | 56kg | 72 | |||
| 12 | 32x1324x19 | LOVE POEM | Kris Lees | Dylan Gibbons | 14 | 54kg | 88 | ||
| 13 | 121×1 | CANDLEWICK | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Zac Lloyd | 3 | 54kg | 74 | ||
| 14 | 21×25 | MODELLA | Lee & Cherie Curtis | 13 | 54kg | 70 | |||
| 15 | 0x231x135 | DUCK EGG BLUE | Richard & Will Freedman | Jay Ford | 12 | 54kg | 68 | ||
| 16 | 3119 | ALABAMA FOX | Annabel & Rob Archibald | Jason Collett | 16 | 54kg | 65 | ||
| 17e | 4×1 | OUI OUI OUI | Jason Attard & Lucy Keegan-Attard | 9 | 54kg | 60 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Hawkesbury Guineas Nominations
Early nominations for the Hawkesbury Guineas in 2025 close the Monday of race week and will be updated below once announced.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | H Rating | |
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| 1 | 3119 | ALABAMA FOX | F | 3 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | 65 |
| 2 | x142144x86 | ALABAMA STATE | C | 3 | Jack Pilkington | 72 |
| 3 | 121×1 | CANDLEWICK | F | 3 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 74 |
| 4 | 3163×6 | DAME COMMANDER | F | 3 | Bjorn Baker | 70 |
| 5 | 0x231x135 | DUCK EGG BLUE | F | 3 | Richard & Will Freedman | 68 |
| 6 | 11x55x | EMIRATE | C | 3 | Chris Waller | 80 |
| 7 | 6163x79x67 | FEARLESS | C | 3 | Peter Snowden | 81 |
| 8 | 3187 | FLYING FROM ABOVE | C | 3 | Edward Cummings | 63 |
| 9 | 1225×42619 | FRENCH RULER | G | 3 | John Sargent | 79 |
| 10 | 14255×3086 | GATSBY’S | C | 3 | Chris Waller | 82 |
| 11 | x44421x3x0 | GETAFIX | G | 3 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 73 |
| 12 | 56x21x1 | JUST FEELIN’ LUCKY | F | 3 | Michael Freedman | 68 |
| 13 | x64422x68x | JUST PARTY | G | 3 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | 86 |
| 14 | 12×4232 | KALKALLO | G | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 69 |
| 15 | 32x1324x19 | LOVE POEM | F | 3 | Kris Lees | 88 |
| 16 | 321x5536x1 | MEDIA WORLD | C | 3 | Peter Snowden | 73 |
| 17 | 72111×3 | MISS KIM KAR | F | 3 | Bjorn Baker | 68 |
| 18 | 21×25 | MODELLA | F | 3 | Lee & Cherie Curtis | 70 |
| 19 | 4×1 | OUI OUI OUI | F | 3 | Jason Attard & Lucy Keegan-Attard | 60 |
| 20 | 224x217x95 | PISCES | G | 3 | James Cummings | 84 |
| 21 | 51110x | SNITZANOVA | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 93 |
| 22 | 920x3110x2 | THE THREE HUNDRED | G | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 73 |
| 23 | 544216×357 | ZEITUNG | F | 3 | James Cummings | 82 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Hawkesbury Guineas History
The Hawkesbury Guineas was run for the first time in 2000 and won by Hire. A number of quality gallopers have since taken out the race including Alverta (2007), Neeson (2010), and most famously Chautauqua.
It began as a Listed race before gaining its current Group 3 status in 2014. Originally the event was run as a handicap race, but from 2006 onwards the Hawkesbury Guineas has been held under set weights plus penalties. The distance was also increased from 1200m to 1400m in 2006 and in 2015 it ran at Rosehill Racecourse instead of Hawkesbury Racecourse.
The 2020 Hawkesbury Guineas took place at Rosehill Gardens due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recent Hawkesbury Guineas Winners
See below for a full list of Hawkesbury Guineas results and winners going back to the race’s inauguration in 2000.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2025 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Media World | 1 minute 23.38 seconds |
| 2nd | Just Party | ||
| 3rd | Zeitung | ||
| 2024 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Schwarz | 1 minute 22.38 seconds |
| 2nd | Bojangles | ||
| 3rd | Mchale | ||
| 2023 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Hawaii Five Oh | 1 minute 21.94 seconds |
| 2nd | Atmosphere | ||
| 3rd | Razeta | ||
| 2022 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Mr Mozart | 1 minute 25.03 seconds |
| 2nd | Dalchini | ||
| 3rd | Party For One | ||
| 2021 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Exoboom | 1 minute 21.92 seconds |
| 2nd | Rainbow Connection | ||
| 3rd | Black Duke | ||
| 2020 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Dawn age | 1 minute 21.50 seconds |
| 2nd | St Covet’s Spirit | ||
| 3rd | Icebath | ||
| 2019 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Military Zone | 1 minute 21.34 seconds |
| 2nd | Trope | ||
| 3rd | Quackerjack | ||
| 2018 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Sambro | 1 minute 23.21 seconds |
| 2nd | Victorem | ||
| 3rd | Beau Geste | ||
| 2017 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Shazee Lee | 1 minute 21.60 seconds |
| 2nd | Prompt Response | ||
| 3rd | Salsonic | ||
| 2016 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Spill The Beans | 1 minute 22.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Denmagic | ||
| 3rd | Serene Majesty | ||
| 2015 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Najoom | 1 minute 26. 3 seconds |
| 2nd | Federal | ||
| 3rd | Bachman | ||
| 2014 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Chautauqua | 1 minute 22.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Katie’s Cove | ||
| 3rd | Barbed | ||
| 2013 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Limes | 1 minute 22.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Boban | ||
| 3rd | Ashokan | ||
| 2012 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Free Wheeling | 1 minute 21.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Pied A Terre | ||
| 3rd | Bound To Blush | ||
| 2011 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Pimpala Secret | 1 minute 24.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Speediness | ||
| 3rd | Steps In Time | ||
| 2010 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Neeson | 1 minute 23.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Khas Kura | ||
| 3rd | All Legal | ||
| 2009 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Related | 1 minute 23.79 seconds |
| 2nd | Rollins | ||
| 3rd | The Astronomer | ||
| 2008 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Royal Discretion | 1 minute 22.11 seconds |
| 2nd | Turffontein | ||
| 3rd | Acey Ducey | ||
| 2007 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Alverta | 1 minute 22.03 seconds |
| 2nd | Five Ways | ||
| 3rd | Eight Moons | ||
| 2006 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | The Free Stater | 1 minute 22.05 seconds |
| 2nd | Spy Zaim | ||
| 3rd | Commemorating | ||
| 2005 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Race Not Held | – |
| 2nd | – | ||
| 3rd | – | ||
| 2004 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Roadagain | 1 minute 8.90 seconds |
| 2nd | Loftily | ||
| 3rd | Devil’s Diamond | ||
| 2003 (December) Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Sweet Marmalade | 1 minute 11.01 seconds |
| 2nd | Lundasong | ||
| 3rd | Happy Ways | ||
| 2003 (February) Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Pearly Kings | 1 minute 9.72 seconds |
| 2nd | Maskerado | ||
| 3rd | Miz Riocee | ||
| 2002 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Shags | 1 minute 8.40 seconds |
| 2nd | Shouq | ||
| 3rd | Gordo | ||
| 2001 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | De Valmont | 1 minute 11.28 seconds |
| 2nd | Zedivain | ||
| 3rd | Kingsgate | ||
| 2000 Hawkesbury Guineas |
1st | Hire | 1 minute 9.17 seconds |
| 2nd | Martree | ||
| 3rd | Condotti | ||
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