Gunsynd Mile
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The Gunsynd Mile is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 3
Australia
n Thoroughbred
horse race for horses aged three years old, at set weights, over a distance of 1615 metres. Prizemoney is A$125,000. It is held annually at Doomben Racecourse
in Brisbane
, Queensland
in May.
The race is named in honour of Gunsynd
, the champion miler of the early 1970s known as the Goondiwindi Grey.
Group races
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Australia
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n Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
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horse race for horses aged three years old, at set weights, over a distance of 1615 metres. Prizemoney is A$125,000. It is held annually at Doomben Racecourse
Doomben Racecourse
Doomben Racecourse is a horse racing venue in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located in the suburb of Ascot, 7 kilometres north of the Brisbane central business district....
in Brisbane
Brisbane
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, Queensland
Queensland
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in May.
The race is named in honour of Gunsynd
Gunsynd
Gunsynd was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won 29 races and A$280,455 in prizemoney. In his seven starts over one mile he was only once defeated, by half-a-head in the Epsom Handicap....
, the champion miler of the early 1970s known as the Goondiwindi Grey.
Race history
- Before 1998 was a Listed race.
- The race was previously known as the Doomben Classic.
Past winners
- 2011 Chateau Fort
- 2010 Sanderson
- 2009 Za Magic
- 2008 Pepperwood
- 2007 Reigning To Win
- 2006 Belmonte
- 2005 Saxon
- 2004 Drunken Joker
- 2003 Bobs Boy
- 2002 Galroof
- 2001 Arrabeea
- 2000 Akhenaton
- 1999 Tobruk
- 1998 Enforced
- 1997 Marble Halls
- 1996 Kidmans Cove
- 1995 Matsqui
- 1994 What A Poet
- 1993 Slanchyvah
- 1992 Pagos King
- 1991 Brunchtime
- 1990 Stylish Century
- 1989 Swain