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Gunsynd Classic

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Inaugurated
  
1989

Distance
  
1,630 metres

Sponsor
  
Antec (2016)

Surface
  
Turf

Location
  
Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

The Gunsynd Classic is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old, at set weights, over a distance of 1630 metres, at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Total prizemoney is A$125,000.

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Race history

The race is named in honour of Gunsynd, the champion miler of the early 1970s known as the Goondiwindi Grey.

Race name

  • 1989–2009 – Doomben Classic
  • 2010 onwards - Gunsynd Classic
  • Race grade

  • Before 1996 - Listed race
  • 1997 onwards - Group 3
  • Race distance

  • 1989–1999 - 1615 metres
  • 2000 - 1640 metres
  • 2001–2009 - 1615 metres
  • 2010–2014 - 1600 metres
  • 2015 - 1800 metres
  • 2016 - 1630 metres
  • Race venue

  • 1997–2013 - Doomben Racecourse
  • 2014 - Eagle Farm Racecourse
  • 2015 - Gold Coast Racecourse
  • 2016 - Doomben Racecourse
  • References

    Gunsynd Classic Wikipedia