Gunsynd Classic
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 1800 metres, at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Total prizemoney is A$115,000.History
The race is named in honour of Gunsynd, the champion miler of the early 1970s known as the Goondiwindi Grey.Name
- 1989-2009 - Doomben Classic
- 2010 onwards - Gunsynd Classic
Grade
- Before 1996 - Listed race
- 1997 onwards - Group 3
Distance
- 1989-1999 – 1615 metres
- 2000 – 1640 metres
- 2001-2009 – 1615 metres
- 2010-2014 – 1600 metres
- 2015 – 1800 metres
- 2016 – 1630 metres
- 2017 – 1600 metres
- 2018 – 1630 metres
- 2019 – 1600 metres
- 2020 – 1800 metres
Venue
- 1997-2013 - Doomben Racecourse
- 2014 - Eagle Farm Racecourse
- 2015 - Gold Coast Racecourse
- 2016 - Doomben Racecourse
- 2017 - Eagle Farm Racecourse
- 2018 - Doomben Racecourse
- 2019 onwards - Eagle Farm Racecourse
Winners
- 2020 - Supergiant
- 2019 - Gem Song
- 2018 - Villermont
- 2017 - Dreams Aplenty
- 2016 - Cylinder Beach
- 2015 - Worthy Cause
- 2014 - Hopfgarten
- 2013 - Proverb
- 2012 - Meeting abandoned
- 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