Group 1 race | |
Location | Flemington Racecourse |
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Inaugurated | 1986 |
Race type | Thoroughbred |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,600 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Qualification | Three year old |
Weight | Set weights colts and geldings – 56+1⁄2 kg fillies – 54+1⁄2 kg |
Purse | $1,000,000 (2022) |
The Australian Guineas is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, run at set weights, over a distance of 1600 metres at Flemington Racecourse, in Melbourne, Australia in March during the VRC Autumn Racing Carnival.[1] Total prize money is A$1,000,000.[2]