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The Magic Millions Sprint – now known as the Magic Millions Snippets – is one of host of restricted summer racing features held at the Gold Coast Racecourse in mid-January on the lucrative $13.5 million Magic Millions Gold Coast Race Day.

Run over 1200m and offering $1 million in total prize money, the set weights plus penalties event is open only to horses sold through the Magic Millions Sales.

The meeting is headlined by two $3 million features – the Magic Millions 2YO Classic and the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas.

The Magic Millions Gold Coast Sprint race is a nice summer target for horses coming off an earlier run in something like one of the Boxing Day races held at Randwick in Sydney or the Listed Canterbury Classic (1200m) also run in Sydney in late December.

Magic Millions Sprint graduates may head to Sydney and Melbourne during the autumn targeting the bigger sprint races across the carnivals.

From 2018 the Magic Millions Sprint was renamed the Magic Millions Snippets in honour of the inaugural Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Snippets (1987).

The 2021 Magic Millions Sprint winner Jonker went on to run third next-up in Sydney’s Group 1 The Galaxy (1100m) and third in that winter’s Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) in Brisbane. He further franked the Magic Millions Sprint form winning Melbourne’s Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) that spring.

The 2022 Magic Millions Snippets form was franked with the third place-getter Away Game running second next-up in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m). She also went on to finish runner-up in the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) in Adelaide that May.

The 2023 Magic Millions Snippets winner King Of Sparta went on to run fourth in the autumn’s Oakleigh Plate and fourth in the winter’s Kingsford Smith Cup results. He also returned in the spring and was runner-up in Sydney’s $1 million The Hunter.

King Of Sparta returned in 2024 to successfully defend his Magic Millions Snippets title with a two length romp home as the odds-on favourite.

The Gold Coast Magic Millions Snippets 2024 ran on Saturday January 13, 2024 and saw Team Snowden’s defending champion salute in the race once again with King Of Sparta ($1.55F) successful as the odds-on elect at his pet track. 

2024 Magic Millions Sprint
Date:	Saturday January 13, 2024
Track:	Gold Coast Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Restricted
Prize Money:	$1,000,000

2024 Magic Millions Sprint Results

• 1st: #3 King Of Sparta ($1.55F)
• 2nd: #4 Petronius
• 3rd: #6 Rose Quartz

The talented Peter & Paul Snowden-trained favourite King Of Sparta ($1.55F) let rip down the centre of the track 250m out from the line to run down his rivals and score a dominant two-length win for the punters in the 2024 Magic Millions Snippets results. The gun Gold Coast performer is now three-from-three at the track having won the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas in 2022 and last year’s MM Snippets.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	3	KING OF SPARTA	Peter & Paul Snowden	James McDonald		3	57kg		$1.55F
	2	4	PETRONIUS	Barry Lockwood	Jaden Lloyd	2L	11	57kg		$20
	3	6	ROSE QUARTZ	Grahame Begg	Michael Dee	3.5L	6	56kg		$10
	4	1	BALLER	Tony Gollan	James Orman	3.9L	5	59kg		$11
	5	8	HARD TO SAY	Jason Deamer	Ashley Morgan	4L	2	56kg		$14
	6	14	NOBLE STYLE	Paula Barron	Mark Du Plessis	5.3L	4	52kg		$201
	7	12	BEAUX RUMBLE	Gillian Heinrich	Ryan Maloney	5.8L	7	56kg		$31
	8	7	NETTUNO	Tony Gollan	Ben Thompson	6.2L	13	56kg		$11
	9	11	ANIMATE	Kris Lees	Dylan Gibbons (a)	6.6L	1	56kg		$91
	10	2	SHOOTING FOR GOLD	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Mark Zahra	6.8L	10	58kg		$18
	11	9	SPACEBOY	Gary Portelli	Ms Cejay Graham (a)	8.3L	9	56kg		$81
	12	10	SMART IMAGE	Trevor & Peter Rowe	Damien Thornton	8.8L	8	56kg		$61
	13	5	BONAPARTE	Stuart Kendrick	Michael Rodd	16.6L	12	57kg		$91
		13	RUSSIAN WARRIOR	Paula Barron			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2024 Magic Millions Sprint Betting Odds

The Magic Millions Sprint 2024 odds and full betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au are published here as soon as available so take advantage and lock in your Magic Millions Sprint Betting Tips at the best Gold Coast odds.

Madam Rouge ($4.80 in 2020), Jonker ($4.80 in 2021), Isotope ($2.80 in 2022), and dual champion King Of Sparta ($1.90 in 2023 and $1.55 in 2024) are the last favourites in Magic Millions Snippets betting to win.

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

2024 Magic Millions Sprint Form Guide

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2024 MAGIC MILLIONS SNIPPETS FORM GUIDE

2024 Magic Millions Sprint Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive Magic Millions Snippets 2024 Tips on the short-distance feature on the Gold Coast’s Magic Millions Day card.

• To Win: #3 King Of Sparta ($1.75 at time of publish) – BET NOW

This class Team Snowden-trained I Am Invincible five-year-old is odds-on and firming, but is impossible to bet against in this year’s Magic Millions Sprint. The $2.65 million earner hasn’t won since taking out this race last summer so is out to break a year-long winning drought. Still, he has been competitive in plenty in tougher company. Last start The Hunter second at Newcastle only a length beaten back in November. He is two-from-two at the Gold Coast, runs well fresh, has an excellent strike-rate at this distance (17:5-3-2). Back don’t sack.

2024 Magic Millions Sprint Field

The Gold Coast Magic Millions Snippets field features a class line-up of short-distance Magic Millions graduates, many of which are Group 1 performed. The capacity number of starters in the race is 16 plus five emergencies.

The official Magic Millions Snippets field 2024 is set for release in early January will be published right here along with the barrier draw.

The 2024 Magic Millions Snippets final field features a quality line-up of summer sprinters led by the defending champion King Of Sparta from the Snowden stable who is two-from-two at the Gold Coast track.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	133x7079x4	BALLER	Tony Gollan	James Orman	5	59kg			105
2	7x2520x323	SHOOTING FOR GOLD	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Mark Zahra	11	58kg			100
3	114624×282	KING OF SPARTA	Peter & Paul Snowden	James McDonald	3	57kg			108
4	650x121x1x	PETRONIUS	Barry Lockwood	Jaden Lloyd	12	57kg			96
5	186x19007x	BONAPARTE	Stuart Kendrick	Michael Rodd	13	57kg			93
6	2432×22416	ROSE QUARTZ	Grahame Begg	Michael Dee	7	56kg			100
7	2440x7x152	NETTUNO	Tony Gollan	Ben Thompson	14	56kg			97
8	4166x1111x	HARD TO SAY	Jason Deamer	Ashley Morgan	2	56kg			92
9	x8042510x7	SPACEBOY	Gary Portelli	Ms Cejay Graham (a)	10	56kg			90
10	161843×013	SMART IMAGE	Trevor & Peter Rowe	Damien Thornton	9	56kg			89.5
11	56×5838464	ANIMATE	Kris Lees	Dylan Gibbons (a)	1	56kg			87.5
12	3261×17322	BEAUX RUMBLE	Gillian Heinrich	Ryan Maloney	8	56kg			79.5
13	0x2x610x10	RUSSIAN WARRIOR	Paula Barron		6	54kg			71
14	12233829	NOBLE STYLE	Paula Barron	Mark Du Plessis	4	52kg			59

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2024 Magic Millions Sprint Nominations

The 2024 Gold Coast Magic Millions Sprint nominations are taken in early January.

Magic Millions Sprint History

The Magic Millions Sprint at the Gold Coast – formerly the Magic Millions Open Sprint and now known as the Magic Millions Snippets from 2018 on wards – has been dominated by Queensland-trained sprinters.

Notable Magic Millions Sprint winners include Viddora (2018), Temple Of Boom (2011) and Straturbo (2015). The race distance was recently increased to 1200m and the prize money boosted to $1 million.

The Gold Coast’s Magic Millions Day – including the 2023 Magic Millions Snippets -was abandoned after the opening two races due to ongoing rainfall, deteriorating track conditions and unsafe jockey conditions and rescheduled for the following Thursday.

King Of Sparta (2023 and 2024) is the latest dual Magic Millions Snippets winner who also won the 2022 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas at the famous Gold Coast meeting.

Magic Millions Sprint Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2024 Magic Millions Snippets	1st	King Of Sparta	1 minute 8.26 seconds
	2nd	Petronius
	3rd	Rose Quartz
2023 Magic Millions Snippets	1st	King Of Sparta	1 minute 9.27 seconds
	2nd	Shooting For Gold
	3rd	Vowmaster
2022 Magic Millions Snippets	1st	Isotope	1 minute 8.12 seconds
	2nd	Tycoonist
	3rd	Away Game
2021 Magic Millions Snippets	1st	Jonker	1 minute 9.12 seconds
	2nd	Exhilarates
	3rd	Roheryn
2020 Magic Millions Snippets	1st	Madam Rouge	1 minute 8.96 seconds
	2nd	Isaurian
	3rd	Morrissy
2019 Magic Millions Snippets	1st	Egyptian Symbol	1 minute 8.17 seconds
	2nd	Fiery Heights
	3rd	Dothraki
2018 Magic Millions Snippets	1st	Viddora	1 minute 8.69 seconds
	2nd	Snitzkraft
	3rd	Egyptian Symbol
2017 Magic Millions Sprint	1st	Target In Sight	1 minute 8.78 seconds
	2nd	Viddora
	3rd	Murt Th Flirt
2016 Magic Millions Sprint	1st	Husson Eagle	1 minute 1.74 seconds
	2nd	Wild Rain
	3rd	Le Cordon Bleu
2015 Magic Millions Sprint	1st	Straturbo	1 minute 3.57 seconds
	2nd	Happy Galaxy
	3rd	Missy Longstocking
2014 Magic Millions Sprint	1st	Whittington	1 minute 1.77 seconds
	2nd	Emmalene
	3rd	Steel Zip
2013 Magic Millions Sprint	1st	Shamrock Slipper	56.76 seconds
	2nd	Bella Rossie
	3rd	Rocket To Glory
2012 Magic Millions Sprint	1st	Schiffer	56.53  seconds
	2nd	Seek And Find
	3rd	Nuptse
2011 Magic Millions Sprint	1st	Temple Of Boom	57.69 seconds
	2nd	Huckleberry Dane
	3rd	Atomic Force
2010 Magic Millions Sprint	1st	Warrior Girl	57.15 seconds
	2nd	Fab Fevola
	3rd (Dead Heat)	Al’s Best Mate / Backstabber
2009 Magic Millions Sprint	1st	Keen Commander	55.9 seconds
	2nd	Mfuwe
	3rd	Sir Monashee
2008 Magic Millions Sprint	1st	Sir Monashee	56.73 seconds
	2nd	Kaphero
	3rd	Charmana Star
2007 Magic Millions Sprint	1st	Helter Skelter	56.73 seconds
	2nd	Sir Monashee
	3rd	Algorithm
2006 Magic Millions Sprint	1st	Daimyo	56.87 seconds
	2nd	Any Suggestion
	3rd	All Bar One