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The $3M Magic Millions 2YO Classic is a lucrative Restricted Listed race run at the Gold Coast Racecourse in January as part of the Magic Millions Racing Carnival.
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) is the last two-year-old 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.
The 2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic runs on Saturday January 13, 2024 offering an unprecedented $3 million in total prize money.
2024 Gold Coast Magic Millions Classic | |
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Date: | Saturday January 13, 2024 |
Track: | Gold Coast Racecourse |
Distance: | 1200m |
Conditions: | 2YO – Set Weights |
Status: | Restricted Race |
Prizemoney: | $3 million |
Inaugurated: | 1987 |
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) is the last favourite in Magic Millions 2YO Classic betting to win when becoming the fifth filly in six years to beat home the boys heading an all-filly first four.
Stay tuned for our exclusive Magic Millions 2YO Classic 2024 Tips on the $3 million showdown for two-year-olds this summer.
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 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.
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.
Year | Winner | Second | Third | Time |
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2024 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
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 |