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Fillies have been a big factor in the Race History of the 2018 Gold Coast Guineas run at Gold Coast on Saturday.
Fashions Afield won this first up and more fillies could be the major players in the 2018 Gold Coast Guineas (1200m) at Gold Coast on Saturday.
2018 Gold Coast Guineas: Nominations
2018 GOLD COAST GUINEAS - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The Gold Coast Guineas is a Group 3 race for three-year-olds conducted by the Gold Coast Turf Club as a feature of its premier May race meeting.
The Gold Coast Guineas was run for the first time in 2000 over 1400m under set weight conditions.
The Gold Coast Guineas remained a 1400m event until 2005 and has been run over 1200m since 2006.
The Gold Coast Guineas became a Listed Race in 2006 and was elevated to Group 3 in 2008.
The 2018 Gold Coast Guineas is worth $125,000.
Notable winners of the Gold Coast Guineas include Make Mine Magic, Miss Bussell, Eremein, Fashions Afield, Gold Edition, El Cambio, Military Rose, Academus, Dothraki, Nostradamus and Takedown.
The 2017 Gold Coast Guineas was won by Savanna Amour from Heroic Valour and Tessera.
