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The Magic Millions 3YO Guineas is one of the major races held during the coveted Gold Coast Magic Millions Racing Carnival each January at Queensland’s Gold Coast Racecourse.

The Magic Millions Race Day features nine Restricted events open only to Magic Millions Sales graduates with the line-up headlined by the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) and the Magic Millions Guineas for three-year-olds.

Offering a lucrative $2 million in prize money plus trophies worth $5,000 the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas holds Restricted Listed status and is contested at set weights plus penalties over 1400m.

The Gold Coast Magic Millions 3YO Guineas field features a host of top gallopers coming off an earlier summer run in lead-up races like the Group 3 Vo Rogue Plate (1300m) run at the Gold Coast on Boxing Day each December. Both Boomsara (2019) and Pierata (2018) came off a lead-up win in the following year’s Vo Rogue Plate before their respective Magic Millions 3YO Guineas victories. For a third straight season, the 2020 Magic Millions Guineas winner Alligator Blood also came off a lead-up win in the Vo Rogue Plate.

Alternatively the three-year-olds in the race could be first-up after their spring campaigns that could have seen them run in races like the Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) in November. The Wyong Magic Millions 3YO & 4YO Stakes (1200m) in December is another traditional lead-up to the lucrative race in Queensland the following month.

After the Magic Millions Guineas at the Gold Coast many horses go on to contest autumn races including the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington in Melbourne in early March.

Alligator Blood won the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas – Australian Guineas double, however was later disqualified from his win in the former stripped of his 2020 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas win due to a positive test to a banned substance.

The Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 2022 ran at the Gold Coast on Saturday January 15, 2021 and was won by the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained favourite King Of Sparta ($4F). 

2022 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas
Date:	Saturday January 15, 2021
Track:	Gold Coast Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	3YO / Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Restricted Listed
Prize Money:	$1,920,000

2022 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Results

• 1st: #3 King Of Sparta ($4F)
• 2nd: #11 Me Me Lagarde
• 3rd: #18 Socialist

Peter & Paul Snowden celebrated back-to-back wins in the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 2022 results thanks to a tidy victory by the well-backed late favourite King Of Sparta ($4F) who narrowly denied the fast-finishing filly Me Me Lagarde who did so well from the outside gate.

Click here to read more on the 2022 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas win by King Of Sparta.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	3	KING OF SPARTA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Nash Rawiller		10	56kg		$4F
	2	11	ME ME LAGARDE	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Robbie Fradd	1.25L	18	54.5kg		$7.50
	3	18	SOCIALIST	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jason Collett	2.75L	1	54kg		$26
	4	5	FAR TOO EASY	David McColm	Craig Williams	2.85L	12	56kg		$26
	5	17	DOVETAIL DIVA	John Symons & Sheila Laxon	Ms Stephanie Thornton	3.15L	13	54kg		$101
	6	13	SHIHONKA	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	3.25L	8	54kg		$26
	7	6	STARMAN	Chris Waller	James McDonald	3.75L	6	56kg		$7
	8	12	GLORIOUS RUBY	Bryan Dais	Andrew Mallyon	3.95L	3	54kg (cd 54.5kg)		$151
	9	2	JAMAEA	Robert & Luke Price	Tommy Berry	4.05L	7	56kg		$4.40
	10	8	I AM LETHAL	John O’Shea	Hugh Bowman	4.15L	17	56kg		$9.50
	11	4	RELEASE THE BEANS	Robert Heathcote	Brett Prebble	4.65L	11	56kg		$51
	12	10	MISS HIPSTAR	Kelly Schweida	Larry Cassidy	4.75L	4	54.5kg		$101
	13	1	BEND THE KNEE	John O’Shea	Kerrin McEvoy	4.95L	16	56.5kg		$51
	14	9	RHAPSODY ROSE	Chris Munce	Ben Thompson	5.35L	9	54.5kg		$41
	15	19e	SNITZONFIRE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ryan Maloney	6.1L	2	56kg		$31
	16	7	CONSTRUCT	Peter & Paul Snowden	Jim Byrne	6.2L	5	56kg		$61
	17	16	RUBY KISSES	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Brock Ryan	6.5L	14	54kg		$151
	18	14	INDISCREETLY	Danny Bougoure	Ms Georgina Cartwright	10L	15	54kg		$21
		22e	SUTTO’S GAL	Kevin Kemp			0
		23e	OUR HOT FRIEND	Les Ross			0
		21e	MISHANI SCANDAL	Les Ross			0
		15	MISHANI ENCHANTED	Les Ross			0
		20e	ALERT AND READY	Kevin Kemp			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Betting

Betting on the 2022 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas at Queensland’s Gold Coast Racecourse is open weeks out from the event and Magic Millions odds firm closer to the January race day.
Check out the latest all-in 2022 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas odds provided by Ladbrokes.com.au below.

Alligator Blood saluted for the punters as the odds-on favourite in the 2020 edition of the race before being subsequently disqualified.

King Of Sparta ($4 in 2022) is the last favourite in Magic Millions 3YO Guineas betting to salute for the punters.

2022 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Field

The Magic Millions 3YO Guineas field has a capacity of 16 starters plus five emergencies and is restricted to three-year-olds out of the Magic Millions sales.

The official Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 2022 field of final acceptances is set for release in early January and will be published in full below.

A capacity line-up of three-year-olds face off in the 2022 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas field this weekend at the Gold Coast with an open market led by the likes of dual Group 2 winning Headwater filly Jamaea and the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained King Of Sparta coming off a narrow third in December’s Gosford Guineas.

The 2022 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Barrier Draw took place on Tuesday morning with Jamaea drawn well in gate eight first-up.

Click here to read more on the key horses in the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 2022 field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	3×1215	BEND THE KNEE	John O’Shea	Kerrin McEvoy	20	56.5kg			77
2	12621x418x	JAMAEA	Robert & Luke Price	Tommy Berry	8	56kg			95
3	4x161243x3	KING OF SPARTA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Nash Rawiller	13	56kg			85
4	1x3111x35	RELEASE THE BEANS	Robert Heathcote	Brett Prebble	14	56kg			76
5	114×112	FAR TOO EASY	David McColm	Craig Williams	15	56kg			77
6	154×141	STARMAN	Chris Waller	James McDonald	7	56kg			77
7	8x35130x25	CONSTRUCT	Peter & Paul Snowden	Jim Byrne	6	56kg			71
8	4×21411	I AM LETHAL	John O’Shea	Hugh Bowman	21	56kg			76
9	x316x44119	RHAPSODY ROSE	Chris Munce	Ben Thompson	12	54.5kg			84
10	x1801x8353	MISS HIPSTAR	Kelly Schweida	Larry Cassidy	4	54.5kg			79
11	14×11	ME ME LAGARDE	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Robbie Fradd	23	54.5kg			82
12	x235212778	GLORIOUS RUBY	Bryan Dais	Andrew Mallyon	3	54kg	54.5kg		75
13	23×10112	SHIHONKA	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	9	54kg			79
14	111	INDISCREETLY	Danny Bougoure	Ms Georgina Cartwright	18	54kg			76
15	144219x62x	MISHANI ENCHANTED	Les Ross		22	54kg			69
16	7x310165x7	RUBY KISSES	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou		17	54kg			69
17	1x485x4214	DOVETAIL DIVA	John Symons & Sheila Laxon		16	54kg			71
18	8x52157x12	SOCIALIST	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jason Collett	1	54kg			74
19e	111433	SNITZONFIRE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ryan Maloney	2	56kg			72
20e	3x78216x91	ALERT AND READY	Kevin Kemp		10	54kg			65
21e	80x83x4746	MISHANI SCANDAL	Les Ross		19	56kg			58
22e	4×87157106	SUTTO’S GAL	Kevin Kemp		5	54kg			64
23e	25×3863323	OUR HOT FRIEND	Les Ross		11	56kg			59

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Nominations

Early nominations on the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas in 2022 close the October prior to the race and traditionally attract over 300 entries.

The 2022 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas nominations drew a bumper 284 early entries including dual Group 2 winning Headwater filly Jamaea and King Of Sparta for last year’s winning trainers Peter & Paul Snowden.

Click here to view the full list of Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 2022 nominations.

Gold Coast Magic Millions Guineas History

The Magic Millions 3YO Guineas at the Gold Coast was first run in 2001 and won by Paradiddle. The race was formerly known as the Magic Millions Trophy before being renamed in 2011. The first Queensland-trained Magic Millions 3YO Guineas winner was in 2007 when Gold Edition finally scored a victory for the home state.

Other notable Gold Coast Magic Millions Guineas winners over the years include Ha Ha (2002), Graceful Anna (2010), Sweet Idea (2014), Mahuta (2016) and Alligator Blood (2020*).

*Alligator Blood was subsequently stripped of his 2020 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas win with the horse disqualified due to a positive test to a banned substance. Original runner-up Eleven Eleven was subsequently declared as the official Magic Millions 3YO Guineas winner for 2020 the following July.

Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Winners

See below for a full list of Magic Millions 3YO Guineas winners going back to 2001 including winning jockeys, trainers and times.

Year	Horse	Race Name	Distance	Jockey	Trainer	Weight	Time
2022	King Of Sparta	Magic Millions 3YO Guineas	1400m	Nash Rawiller	Peter & Paul Snowden	56kg	1:20.75
2021	Aim	Magic Millions 3YO Guineas	1400m	James McDonald	Peter & Paul Snowden	56kg	1:22.43
2020	Alligator Blood (Subsequently Disqualified) Eleven Eleven (New champion)	Magic Millions 3YO Guineas	1400m	Ryan Maloney	David Vandyke	57kg	1:20.98
2019	Boomsara	Magic Millions 3YO Guineas	1400m	Tim Clark	Chris Munce	57kg	1:21.13
2018	Pierata	Magic Millions 3YO Guineas	1400m	C. Brown	G. Hickman	57kg	1:21.02
2017	Flying Jess	Magic Millions 3YO Guineas	1400m	T. Angland	J. Moloney	55kg	1:21.23
2016	Mahuta	Magic Millions 3YO Guineas	1400m	B. Rawiller	D. Weir	58	1:21.57
2015	Deiheros	Magic Millions 3YO Guineas	1400m	R. McMahon	L. Kennewell	57	1.23.15
2014	Sweet Idea	Magic Millions 3YO Guineas	1400m	J. McDonald	G. Waterhouse	56	1.20.78
2013	Saluter	Magic Millions 3YO Guineas	1400m	D. Browne	J. McLachlan	57	1.21.85
2012	Punch On	Magic Millions 3YO Guineas	1400m	P. Hammersley	P. Balzen	56	1.22.26
2011	Torio’s Quest	Magic Millions 3YO Guineas	1400m	H. Bowman	B. Partelle	56	1.22.93
2010	Graceful Anna	Magic Millions 3YO Trophy	1400m	P. Robl	D. Pfeiffer	55	1.22.56
2009	Tempest Tost	Magic Millions 3YO Trophy	1400m	D. Gauci	G. White	54	1.23.13
2008	Heart of the Citi	Magic Millions 3YO Trophy	1400m	B. Pengelly	P. Duff	56.5	1.21.93
2007	Gold Edition	Magic Millions 3YO Trophy	1400m	D. Beadman	R. Maund	55	1.21.07
2006	Tereschenko	Magic Millions 3YO Trophy	1400m	C. Newitt	P. Moody	55.5	1.21.67
2005	Tippitaka	Magic Millions 3YO Trophy	1400m	C. Brown	T. McEvoy	55.5	1.21.75
2004	Jamieson Valley	Magic Millions 3YO Trophy	1400m	D. Beadman	J. Hawkes	55.5	1.21.33
2003	Biaggio	Magic Millions 3YO Trophy	1400m	S. Galloway	G. Waterhouse	55.5	1.21.58
2002	Ha Ha	Magic Millions 3YO Trophy	1400m	J. Cassidy	G. Waterhouse	55	1.20.38
2001	Paradiddle (NZ)	Magic Millions 3YO Trophy	1400m	B. Prebble	D. Lawson	55.5	1.21.88