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The Magic Millions 2YO Classic is the highlight event of the illustrious Gold Coast Magic Millions Racing Carnival that takes place at the Gold Coast Racecourse annually in January.

The race is held on the highly anticipated Gold Coast Magic Millions Race Day and is open only to horses previously purchased at the Magic Millions yearling sales. The meeting became the country’s first offering $10 million in prize money in 2016 and continues to grow in prestige and stakes.

As well as the Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic the meeting features 10 other events including the $3 million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas (1400m).*

*In 2023 the Magic Millions 2YO Classic ran on Thursday January 19 after being postponed following the weather-related abandoned Gold Coast meeting the Saturday prior. 

The Magic Millions Classic is also worth $3 million in prize money as of 2024 and is contested over 1200m by two-year-old Magic Millions graduates.

Horses in the Gold Coast’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic field may have had a lead-up run the month before in Sydney’s Wyong Magic Millions Classic (1100m). Another good lead-up into the lucrative $3 million feature is the Group 3 B.J. McLachlan Stakes (1200m) in Brisbane a fortnight earlier.

Coolangatta (2021 – 2022) followed by Storm Boy (2023 – 2024) are the last two-year-olds to complete the BJ McLachlan Stakes – Magic Millions 2YO Classic double.

The best out of the Magic Millions Classic go on to have successful autumn campaigns including a possible run in the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens. Capitalist (2016) was the last horse to win the Magic Millions 2YO Classic – Golden Slipper double as a juvenile.

The 2022 Magic Millions 2YO Classic form was franked with the winning filly Coolangatta continuing on to run third in that autumn’s Golden Slipper results. She also won the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at The Valley in the spring.

In 2024 co-trainer Gai Waterhouse celebrated her record fifth Magic Millions 2YO Classic win on the Gold Coast with race favourite Storm Boy saluting for the punters.

The 2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic ran on Saturday January 13, 2024 offering an unprecedented $3 million in total prize money and was won in runaway fashion by the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained undefeated Justify colt Storm Boy ($2.50F). 

2024 Gold Coast Magic Millions Classic
Date:	Saturday January 13, 2024
Track:	Gold Coast Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Conditions:	2YO – Set Weights
Status:	Restricted Race
Prizemoney:	$3 million
Inaugurated:	1987

2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Results

• 1st: #1 Storm Boy ($2.50F)
• 2nd: #4 Highness
• 3rd: #2 Spywire

Co-trainer Gai Waterhouse became a five-time Magic Millions 2YO Classic winning trainer at the Gold Coast in 2024 with her undefeated Justify colt and last start Group 3 BJ McLachlan Stakes champ, Storm Boy ($2.50), huge late under the guidance of Adam Hyeronimus to salute for the punters by 2.5 lengths in the $3 million showdown.

Click here to read more on the big Magic Millions 2YO Classic 2024 win by Storm Boy.

2024 Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic Results & Finishing Order

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	STORM BOY	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus		10	57kg		$2.50F
	2	4	HIGHNESS	Michael Freedman	Tommy Berry	2.5L	4	57kg		$4.40
	3	2	SPYWIRE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	James McDonald	4.8L	12	57kg		$8.50
	4	11	ERNO’S CUBE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jason Collett	4.9L	7	55kg		$11
	5	8	ARABIAN SUMMER	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Harry Coffey	5.2L	9	55kg		$5.50
	6	10	POSTER GIRL	Chris Munce	Robbie Dolan	7.2L	6	55kg		$26
	7	9	MISHANI ALOHA	Les Ross	Ben Thompson	7.7L	8	55kg		$151
	8	12	JENNI’S MEADOW	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Declan Bates	8.7L	5	55kg		$31
	9	13	TERRITORY ASH	Liam Birchley	Michael Rodd	9.2L	14	55kg		$101
	10	15	MISHANI EXPRESS	Les Ross	Jake Bayliss	12.5L	16	55kg		$201
	11	6	VIANARRA	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	John Allen	13.8L	15	57kg		$51
	12	16	SHEZA CHIQUITITA	Kevin Kemp	Damien Thornton	13.9L	11	55kg		$201
	13	17e	SPIRITED	Chris Munce	Martin Harley	14.7L	3	55kg		$201
	14	14	MISHANI EGO	Les Ross	Ms Samantha Collett	15.2L	13	55kg		$201
	15	5	WOLFGANG	Lloyd Kennewell & Lucy Yeomans	Blake Shinn	26.7L	2	57kg		$19
		7	MISHANI HERCULES	Les Ross	Mark Du Plessis		0
		3	PARKOUR	James Cummings	Ms Jamie Kah		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Betting Odds

Betting on the 2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast is open months in advance of the lucrative Restricted Listed sprint feature at all-in pricing at online bookmakers around the country.

Magic Millions 2YO Classic odds firm as the likely line-up is confirmed closer to race day.

The latest 2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic odds provided by Ladbrokes.com.au for you to lock in your Magic Millions Classic betting tips at the right price will be found below as soon as available.

Coolangatta ($1.95 in 2022), the fifth filly in six years to beat home the boys heading an all-filly first four, followed by Storm Boy ($2.50 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Magic Millions 2YO Classic betting to win.

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2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Form Guide

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2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive Magic Millions 2YO Classic 2024 Tips on the $3 million showdown for two-year-olds this summer.

• To Win: #1 Storm Boy ($2.30 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Top little edition of the 2YO Classic and happy to stick with the deserving favourite from the gun Waterhouse/Bott stable. Storm Boy is undefeated heading into Saturday’s $3 million feature and looks every chance to make it a flawless three-from-three start to his career. The Justify colt won on a Soft (6) at Rosehill on debut by a good margin before an enormous 2.4 length win in Eagle Farm’s Group 3 BJ McLachlan Stakes last start. That was on Good going but he’ll get a rain-affected track at the Gold Coast. Should handle the conditions and is proven at the six furlongs so ticks plenty of boxes.

2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Field

The Gold Coast’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic field attracts the best two-year-old Magic Millions graduates and is released by Racing Queensland on the Monday before the famous Magic Millions Race Day. The field capacity is 16 starters plus five emergencies.

The official 2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Final Field will be confirmed below following acceptances. 

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic 2024 final field features a quality line-up of promising juveniles led by BJ McLachlan Stake winning colt Storm Boy for Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YO Classic field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	11	STORM BOY	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	10	57kg
2	121	SPYWIRE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	James McDonald	12	57kg
3	21	PARKOUR	James Cummings	Ms Jamie Kah	17	57kg
4	6×1	HIGHNESS	Michael Freedman	Tommy Berry	4	57kg
5	5×11	WOLFGANG	Lloyd Kennewell & Lucy Yeomans	Blake Shinn	2	57kg
6	7432	VIANARRA	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	John Allen	15	57kg
7	4545	MISHANI HERCULES	Les Ross	Mark Du Plessis	1	57kg
8	2311	ARABIAN SUMMER	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Harry Coffey	9	55kg
9	4115	MISHANI ALOHA	Les Ross	Ben Thompson	8	55kg
10	122	POSTER GIRL	Chris Munce	Robbie Dolan	6	55kg
11	812	ERNO’S CUBE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jason Collett	7	55kg
12	1	JENNI’S MEADOW	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Declan Bates	5	55kg
13	2714	TERRITORY ASH	Liam Birchley	Michael Rodd	14	55kg
14	231246	MISHANI EGO	Les Ross	Ms Samantha Collett	13	55kg
15	8233325	MISHANI EXPRESS	Les Ross	Jake Bayliss	16	55kg
16	1747	SHEZA CHIQUITITA	Kevin Kemp	Damien Thornton	11	55kg
17e	3	SPIRITED	Chris Munce	Martin Harley (late alt)	3	55kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Nominations

The early 2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic nominations close on Friday December 1, 2023.

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic 2024 nominations attracted 269 early entries including the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Max Lees Classic winner at Newcastle Erno’s Cube, Group 3 Maribyrnong Plate winner Dublin Down for Tony & Calvin McEvoy, and Peter & Paul Snowden’s promising I Am Invincible colt Bodyguard.

Click here to view the complete list of 2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic nominations.

Magic Millions Classic History

The Magic Millions Classic was first run in 1987 when the Sally Rogers-trained Snippets claimed victory. From 1988 through until 1991, two races were run every year, one solely for fillies. Then in 1992 there was again two Magic Millions Classic races run, one over the standard 1200m and the other over 1400m. It was in this year that Clan O’Sullivan set a time record for the race of 1:08.46, the champion horse winning both runnings of the event for 1992. A similar thing happened the following year in 1991 when star filly Bold Promise claimed victory in both the fillies and the open Magic Millions Classic races.

A host of star two-year-olds have won the Magic Millions 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast over the years including subsequent Golden Slipper champion Capitalist (2016).

The fillies have a dominant record over the colts and geldings in recent Magic Millions Classic history including wins by Houtzen (2017), Sunlight (2018), Exhilarates (2019), Away Game (2020), and that year’s odds-on favourite Coolangatta (2022).

The Gold Coast’s Magic Millions Day – including the 2023 Magic Millions 2YO Classic -was abandoned after the opening two races due to ongoing rainfall, deteriorating track conditions and unsafe jockey conditions and rescheduled for the following Thursday.

The 2024 Magic Millions Classic prize purse was increased to $3 million with Gai Waterhouse training her fifth winner in Storm Boy.

Magic Millions 2YO Classic Winners

Year	Winner	Second	Third	Time
2024	Storm Boy	Highness	Spywire	1:08.00
2023	Skirt The Law	Platinum Jubilee	Summer Loving	1:09.96
2022	Coolangatta	Russian Conquest	Snitcat	1:09.04
2021	Shaquero	Alpine Edge	She’s All Class	1:10.39
2020	Away Game	Stellar Pauline	Conceited	1:09.59
2019	Exhilarates	Dubious	Hightail	1:08.95
2018	Sunlight	Fullazaboot	Outback Barbie	1:09.17
2017	Houtzen	Chauffeur	Madeenaty	1:09.49
2016	Capitalist	Nikitas	Candika	1:09.2
2015	Le Chef	Pepperano	Single Gaze	1:10.8
2014	Unencumbered	Oakleigh Girl	Ruby Soho	1:09.6
2013	Real Surreal	Sweet Idea	Missy Longstocking	1:09.98
2012	Driefontein	No Looking Back	Alezan Thunder	1:09.49
2011	Karuta Queen	Combat Kitty	Schiffer	1:11.0
2010	Military Rose	Ambers Waltz	Demanding Miss	1:10.2
2009	Phelan Ready	Paprika	Motown Lady	1:10.0
2008	Augusta Proud	She’s Meaner	High Rollin Woman	1:09.4
2007	Mimi Lebrock	Husson Lightning	Royal Asscher	1:09.9
2006	Mirror Mirror	Churchill Downs	Reigart	1:09.8
2005	Bradburys Luck	Emit Time	Snitzel	1:09.4
2004	Dance Hero	Not A Single Doubt	Marie Madeleine	1:08.7
2003	Regimental Gal	Danbird	How Funny	1:09.8
2002	Lovely Jubly	Chuckle	Cool Trent	1:09.5
2001	Excellerator	Miss Bussell	Magic Albert	1:09.7
2000	Assertive Lad	Belle Du Jour	Rapid Man	1:09.3
1999	Testa Rossa	Sally Magic	Shalt Not	1:09.5
1998	Catnipped	Spend	Phorous	1:09.0
1997	General Nediym	Special Dane	My Halo Broke	1:09.03
1996	Winger Charger	Our Banker	La Snippette	1:10.1
1995	Zephyrz	Gold Ace	Pottinger	1:09.3
1994	Brave Warrior	St. Covet	Discreet Lady	1:10.2
1993	Our Fiction	Flying Tycoon	Tiba Tiba	1:09.5
1992	Clan O’Sullivan	Guards Time	Snippets Girl	1:28.1
1992	Clan O’Sullivan	Zodiac Miss	Quick Snip	1:08.46
1991	Bold Promise	Sedgewyn	Chortle	1:09.5
1991	Bold Promise	Musical Chairs	Dangerous Seam	1:09.5
1990	St. Jude	Trustful	Quick Score	1:10.61
1990	Dancers Joy	Mahaasin	Rhythmic Charm	1:10.0
1989	Sunblazer	Scomasc	Red Rancher	1:10.4
1989	Malibu Magic	Tristanagh	Proudly	1:10.1
1988	Molokai Prince	Prince Regent	Good Time Dancer	1:11.2
1988	Sea Cabin	Regal Devotion	Mean Eyes	1:14.2
1987	Snippets	Prince Anton	Mother Duck	1:09.9