Group 3 race | |
Location | Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia |
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Inaugurated | 1989 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Sponsor | James Squire (2021) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,600 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Three year old |
Weight | Set weights |
Purse | A$200,000 (2021) |
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 1,600 metres, at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. [1] Total prizemoney is A$200,000.
The race is named in honour of Gunsynd, the champion miler of the early 1970s known as the Goondiwindi Grey.
Eagle Farm meeting in Brisbane has been abandoned due to overnight inclement weather... the Group 2 Victory Stakes as well as the Group 3 Gunsynd Classic.