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The Magic Millions Country Cup is one of the feature races run at the Gold Coast Racecourse in Queensland each January taking place as part of the bumper $13.5 million Magic Millions Gold Coast Race Day.

Traditionally held on the same day as the Magic Millions 2YO Classic and the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas – both worth $3 million in prize money – from 2020 to 2022 the Magic Millions Country Cup ran the week prior and offered $250,000 in prize money.

The 2023 edition of the Magic Millions Country Cup moved back to the Magic Millions Race Day at the Gold Coast and prize money was boosted to $500,000.

Run under quality handicap conditions the race is a 1200m sprint for Magic Millions graduates only.

There are other special conditions around this race with horses that have won a race at a Metropolitan status meeting in Australia within the preceding two years ineligible to compete in the Magic Millions Country Cup field.

Horses must also have started in a minimum of five Provincial or Country level races in the 12 months leading up to the nomination deadline.

The Gold Coast Magic Millions Country Cup 2024 ran on Saturday January 13, 2024 and was won in an upset by the Stuart Kendrick-trained Zoumeteor ($10). 

2024 Magic Millions Country Cup
Date:	Saturday January 13, 2024
Track:	Gold Coast Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap (Low: 54kg – High: 61kg)
Status:	Restricted – Special Conditions
Prize Money:	$500,000

2024 Magic Millions Country Cup Results

• 1st: 316 Zoumeteor ($10)
• 2nd: #9 Velvet Haze
• 3rd: #15 Party Spirit

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	16	ZOUMETEOR	Stuart Kendrick	Ms Angela Jones		16	52.5kg		$10
	2	9	VELVET HAZE	Kris Lees	Andrew Mallyon	0.5L	10	54kg		$9
	3	15	PARTY SPIRIT	Robert Heathcote	Damien Thornton	1.3L	5	52.5kg		$4.80F
	4	13	ZHUANG SHI	Stuart Kendrick	Tyler Schiller	1.5L	15	53kg		$6.50
	5	1	CONSTANT FLIGHT	Lindsay Gough	Dylan Gibbons (a)	2L	13	60kg		$41
	6	11	BROCKY	Liam Birchley	Robbie Dolan	3.3L	7	53kg		$7.50
	7	6	HODGSON	Felicia Bergstrand	Ben Thompson	3.4L	2	54kg		$7.50
	8	12	UNDER THE LIMIT	Tom Button	Adrian Layt	3.6L	12	53kg		$18
	9	3	CIRCULARITY	Lindsay Hatch	James Orman	4.4L	8	57kg		$21
	10	5	HARD LANDING	Pat Duff	Taylor Marshall	4.5L	14	54kg		$201
	11	7	MEDIA EMPIRE	Jason Morgan	Jason Taylor	5L	1	54kg		$31
	12	17e	MOST DAZZLING	Indiana Turner	Jake Bayliss	5.2L	6	54kg		$51
	13	2	BRAD	Tim Cook	Ryan Maloney	5.7L	3	57.5kg		$26
	14	10	LETMELETGO	Jared Wehlow	Craig Williams	6.2L	9	53.5kg		$11
	15	8	SKIDDAW	Mark Sues	Mark Du Plessis	9.7L	11	54kg		$151
	16	4	ROLLINWITHTHEFLOW	Ryan Tyrell	Michael Cahill	10.2L	4	55.5kg		$21
		20e	KING GUTHO	Joe Cleary			0
		21e	CLOVER’S PRINCE	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Ms Cejay Graham (a)		0
		19e	TIMELY BEL	Ridge Wilson			0
		14	JAMAICAN RUMBA	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Ms Jamie Kah		0
		18e	DARE TO SHARE	Pat Duff			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Magic Millions Country Cup Betting Odds

The latest Magic Millions Country Cup 2024 betting odds provided by Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as markets on the January feature are out.

Sir Rocket ($1.45 in 2022) and Ezekeil ($3.40 in 2023) are the last favourites in Magic Millions Country Cup betting to win.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2024 MAGIC MILLIONS COUNTRY CUP ODDS (Final Field)

2024 Magic Millions Country Cup Form Guide

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2024 MAGIC MILLIONS COUNTRY CUP FORM GUIDE

2024 Magic Millions Country Cup Field

The Gold Coast Magic Millions Country Cup 2024 field has a capacity of 16 starters plus five emergencies and is set for release the Wednesday ahead of the race.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	42023319×8	CONSTANT FLIGHT	Lindsay Gough	Dylan Gibbons (a)	18	60kg			86
2	002262311x	BRAD	Tim Cook	Ryan Maloney	5	57.5kg			81
3	x4711451x5	CIRCULARITY	Lindsay Hatch	James Orman	13	57kg			80
4	81510×4514	ROLLINWITHTHEFLOW	Ryan Tyrell	Michael Cahill	6	55.5kg			77
5	307065×989	HARD LANDING	Pat Duff	Taylor Marshall	19	54kg			72
6	x6558913x3	HODGSON	Felicia Bergstrand	Ben Thompson	4	54kg			74
7	2296321622	MEDIA EMPIRE	Jason Morgan	Jason Taylor	1	54kg			70
8	x5009x7x76	SKIDDAW	Mark Sues	Mark Du Plessis	16	54kg			70
9	178×731311	VELVET HAZE	Kris Lees	Andrew Mallyon	15	54kg			73
10	4310411221	LETMELETGO	Jared Wehlow	Craig Williams	14	53.5kg			73
11	347123323x	BROCKY	Liam Birchley	Robbie Dolan	11	53kg			72
12	1x441223x1	UNDER THE LIMIT	Tom Button	Adrian Layt	17	53kg			68
13	298x371x12	ZHUANG SHI	Stuart Kendrick	Tyler Schiller	20	53kg			71
14	3x61110x72	JAMAICAN RUMBA	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Ms Jamie Kah	7	52.5kg			71.5
15	2343x2x111	PARTY SPIRIT	Robert Heathcote	Damien Thornton	9	52.5kg			75
16	35417×1731	ZOUMETEOR	Stuart Kendrick	Ms Angela Jones	21	52.5kg			71
17e	x68146x317	MOST DAZZLING	Indiana Turner	Jake Bayliss (late alt)	10	54kg			69
18e	1267459988	DARE TO SHARE	Pat Duff		2	54kg			69
19e	531195×132	TIMELY BEL	Ridge Wilson		8	54kg			67
20e	8340x75x44	KING GUTHO	Joe Cleary		12	54kg			67
21e	62x21233x4	CLOVER’S PRINCE	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Ms Cejay Graham (a)	3	52kg			66

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Magic Millions Country Cup Nominations

Early Magic Millions Country Cup nominations for 2024 close the week of the race and will be updated below once announced.

Magic Millions Country Cup History

The Magic Millions Country Cup is currently run on the $13.5 million Magic Millions Race Day in mid-January.

From 2020 to 2022 it was moved to its own feature meeting at the Gold Coast a week earlier. It was first run under the current conditions in 2016 with the Joe Cleary-trained War Jet the inaugural winner.

Magic Millions Country Cup Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2024 Magic Millions Country Cup	1st	Zoumeteor	1 minute 8.33 seconds
	2nd	Velvet Haze
	3rd	Party Spirit
2023 Magic Millions Country Cup	1st	Ezekeil	1 minute 10.38 seconds
	2nd	Situation Room
	3rd	King Gutho
2022 Magic Millions Country Cup	1st	Sir Rocket	1 minute 11.99 seconds
	2nd	Star Of O’Reilly
	3rd	Vinasta
2021 Magic Millions Country Cup	1st	Animate	1 minute 10.11 seconds
	2nd	Katy’s Daughter
	3rd	Penasquito
2020 Magic Millions Country Cup	1st	Clockwise	1 minute 9.06 seconds
	2nd	Secret Spirit
	3rd	Excelebrazione
2019 Magic Millions Country Cup	1st	Mr Markou	1 minute 08.82 seconds
	2nd	Reckless Choice
	3rd	Stanley Park
2018 Magic Millions Country Cup	1st	Zafina	1 minute 9.40 seconds
	2nd	Suggan Buggan
	3rd	He’s A Moral
2017 Magic Millions Country Cup	1st	Irish Constabulary	1 minute 9.36 seconds
	2nd	Lomazzo
	3rd	Upstart
2016 Magic Millions Country Cup	1st	War Jet	1 minute 8.91 seconds
	2nd	Three Sheets
	3rd	Star Wars