Magic Millions Cup 2022 Results: Eleven Eleven Wins Again

Gregory Hickman’s Magic Millions marvel Eleven Eleven celebrated back-to-back wins in the $1M Magic Millions Cup (1400m) and his third straight Magic Millions Day victory at the Gold Coast in a thrilling photo-finish at the $10 million meeting.

Eleven Eleven (Photo: Steve Hart) | Races.com.au

Eleven Eleven made history as the first dual champion when narrowly winning the 2022 Magic Millions Cup at the Gold Coast. Photo: Steve Hart.

As a three-year-old in 2020 the brilliant son of Fastnet Rock took out the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas before returning last Queensland Summer Racing Carnival to claim the $1M Magic Millions Cup race.

His only victory since was in the $300,000 The Warra (1000m) at Kembla Grange last November, but he went to another level on the glitter strip again today to become the first dual Magic Millions Cup champion in history.

It was a close result last year under Nash Rawiller and 12 months on Eleven Eleven celebrated another devastatingly close victory.

This time it was jockey Hugh Bowman who urged him over to get the job done late as four horses hit the line together.

After making up ground from a midfield position throughout, Eleven Eleven finally got the split and burst through inside the final furlong to eventually run down and get the better of the on-speed horses.

Eleven Eleven won on the outside by the bob of the head over the brave Holyfield who had got the perfect run third the fence throughout, getting an inside run to snatch the lead at the 150m before eventually crossing second.

In third rounding out the Magic Millions Cup 2022 trifecta and losing few admirers in doing so having overcome a wide alley was the Desleigh Forster-trained Apache Chase.

“He went super. He got a super ride, he got shuffled back a bit further back then we probably would have liked, but he got out, I couldn’t believe it,” Hickman told the media after the race.

“He has been (a special horse), especially to be able to win here three years in a row, unbelievable.”

As for future plans, Hickman said they would likely be back at next year’s Magic Millions Carnival looking to further add to the fairy tale.

“He’ll be trying (to make it four wins in a row), he’s a gelding!” he said.

As for Hugh Bowman, the Magic Millions Cup result saw him equal James McDonald with a record nine Magic Millions Day wins at the Gold Coast.

2022 Magic Millions Cup Results & Finishing Order

Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Starting Price
1	4	ELEVEN ELEVEN	Gregory Hickman	Hugh Bowman		4	58kg	$8.50
2	17	HOLYFIELD	Annabel Neasham	Tim Clark	0.1L	2	54kg	$19
3	2	APACHE CHASE	Desleigh Forster	Jim Byrne	0.2L	16	59kg	$9
4	9	FROSTY ROCKS	Bjorn Baker	Ms Rachel King	0.3L	13	54.5kg	$31
5	13	ANIMATE	Kris Lees	Andrew Mallyon	1.55L	5	54kg (cd 54.5kg)	$51
6	19e	SIR ROCKET	Michael Costa	Jason Collett	2.05L	1	54kg	$9.50
7	3	BEAU ROSSA	Will Clarken	Todd Pannell	2.25L	14	58.5kg	$10
8	14	AXE	Michael Costa	Boris Thornton	2.55L	6	54kg	$51
9	11	OSCAR ZULU	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	2.85L	15	54kg	$19
10	5	BALLISTIC BOY	Chris Anderson	Brad Stewart	3.05L	7	57kg	$31
11	12	SAMBRO	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	3.25L	11	54kg	$19
12	8	AIM	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tommy Berry	3.45L	17	54.5kg	$21
13	7	NUDGE	Chris Waller	James McDonald	3.75L	10	56kg	$6.50EF
14	6	HARD EMPIRE	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Ryan Maloney	3.95L	8	56.5kg	$15
15	16	POETIC CHARMER	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ben Thompson	4.15L	9	54kg	$51
16	1	KEMENTARI	James Cummings	Nash Rawiller	4.65L	3	61kg	$6.50EF
17	15	PROFIT	Chris Anderson	Brett Prebble	4.85L	18	54kg (cd 54.5kg)	$61
18	10	EDISON	Bjorn Baker	Craig Newitt	10.35L	12	54kg	$71
	22e	THUNDER MANIA	John Symons & Sheila Laxon			0
	23e	BOYLES	Scott Henley			0
	21e	THE RITZ	Michael Costa	Robbie Fradd		0
	18	BLONDEAU	Chris Waller	Jason Collett		0
	20e	MR MONEY BAGS	Damien Batters	Ms Stephanie Thornton		0