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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 having been moved from the major $11.75 million Magic Millions Gold Coast Race Day to it’s own meeting at the Gold Coast track a week earlier.

Traditionally held on the same day as the Magic Millions 2YO Classic and the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas – both worth $2 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 2023 ran on Saturday January 14, 2023 and was won by the favourite Ezekeil ($3.40F).

2023 Magic Millions Country Cup
Date:	Saturday January 14, 2023
Track:	Gold Coast Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap (Low: 54kg – High: 61kg)
Status:	Restricted – Special Conditions
Prize Money:	$500,000

2023 Magic Millions Country Cup Results

• 1st: #5 Ezekeil ($3.40F)
• 2nd: #14 Situation Room
• 3rd: #10 King Gutho

The Cody Morgan-trained Ezekeil ($3.40F) enjoyed a dream run in the Magic Millions Country Cup 2023 and scored an easy three and a half-length win for the punters with Jamie Kah in the saddle.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	5	EZEKEIL	Cody Morgan	Ms Jamie Kah		3	54.5kg		$3.40F
	2	14	SITUATION ROOM	Tony Gollan	Craig Williams	3.5L	6	53kg (cd 53.5kg)		$4.80
	3	10	KING GUTHO	Joe Cleary	William Pike	4.25L	16	54kg		$8
	4	4	YOU’LL BE MIST	Darryl Hansen	James Orman	5.1L	11	55.5kg		$18
	5	2	HODGSON	Adam Campton	Ben Melham	5.3L	7	56kg		$8
	6	9	KAPSALI	Brett Dodson	Ben Thompson	6.3L	12	54kg		$19
	7	15	SUILVEN	Lindsay Gough	Ms Rachel King	8.1L	15	53kg		$31
	8	11	SEQUANA	Kris Lees	Andrew Mallyon	9.4L	8	54kg		$21
	9	1	BRAD	Tim Cook	Ashley Butler	10.2L	1	59kg		$21
	10	7	COMMANDEERING	Ben Hull	Michael Cahill	11.2L	5	54kg		$101
	11	16	BRAZEN BRECCIA	John Manzelmann	Taylor Marshall	11.4L	10	52kg		$101
	12	8	GETYOURGREYON	Kevin Kemp	Larry Cassidy	11.9L	9	54kg		$41
	13	12	SWAN ISLAND	Beau Gorman	Jim Byrne	15.4L	13	54kg		$151
	14	6	XANTHUS	Jared Wehlow	Jay Ford	15.6L	4	54.5kg		$16
	15	3	STELLAR POWER	Bryan Dais	Ms Angela Jones (a)	18.4L	2	56kg		$26
	16	13	UNASSAILABLE	Jared Wehlow	Tim Clark	25.9L	14	54kg		$18
		20e	SAN PIERRE	Angela Plumb			0
		21e	XUANNU	Angela Plumb			0
		19e	NEGATION	Kurt Goldman			0
		17e	SIDEARM	John Wigginton	Mrs Stephanie Thornton		0
		18e	CHARGED	Jackie Crompton			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Magic Millions Country Cup Betting Odds

The latest Magic Millions Country Cup 2023 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 2023 MAGIC MILLIONS COUNTRY CUP ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Magic Millions Country Cup Form Guide

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2023 Magic Millions Country Cup Field

The Gold Coast Magic Millions Country Cup 2023 field has a capacity of 16 starters plus five emergencies and is set for release the Wednesday ahead of the race.

The 2023 Magic Millions Country Cup final field features a capacity line-up of country-trained sprinters led in betting by Cody Morgan’s last start Armidale Newmarket Handicap winner by five lengths Ezekeil. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	81406910×1	BRAD	Tim Cook	Ashley Butler	1	59kg			82
2	5x141112x5	HODGSON	Adam Campton	Ben Melham	10	56kg			76
3	x98637x731	STELLAR POWER	Bryan Dais	Ms Angela Jones (a)	3	56kg			76.5
4	4744411141	YOU’LL BE MIST	Darryl Hansen	James Orman	14	55.5kg			79
5	61100×3271	EZEKEIL	Cody Morgan	Ms Jamie Kah	5	54.5kg			73
6	x9657x1122	XANTHUS	Jared Wehlow	Jay Ford	6	54.5kg			73
7	12×1783438	COMMANDEERING	Ben Hull	Michael Cahill	7	54kg			69
8	44x7764x78	GETYOURGREYON	Kevin Kemp	Larry Cassidy	12	54kg			72.5
9	110x54112x	KAPSALI	Brett Dodson	Ben Thompson	16	54kg			68
10	7x10x12818	KING GUTHO	Joe Cleary	James McDonald	21	54kg			71
11	02668×0385	SEQUANA	Kris Lees	Andrew Mallyon	11	54kg			68
12	36×1862659	SWAN ISLAND	Beau Gorman	Jim Byrne	17	54kg			73
13	5x0075x111	UNASSAILABLE	Jared Wehlow	Tim Clark	18	54kg			69
14	322416×123	SITUATION ROOM	Tony Gollan	Craig Williams	8	53kg			68
15	7955253161	SUILVEN	Lindsay Gough	Ms Rachel King	20	53kg			70
16	2x211184x6	BRAZEN BRECCIA	John Manzelmann	Taylor Marshall	13	52kg			67
17e	353×212143	SIDEARM	John Wigginton	Mrs Stephanie Thornton	9	54kg			66
18e	0581187624	CHARGED	Jackie Crompton		4	54kg			63
19e	76x713x34N	NEGATION	Kurt Goldman		19	54kg			58
20e	8442441448	SAN PIERRE	Angela Plumb		2	54kg			56
21e	056×750671	XUANNU	Angela Plumb		15	54kg			48

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Magic Millions Country Cup Nominations

Early Magic Millions Country Cup nominations for 2023 close the week of the race and will be updated below once announced.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x98637x731	STELLAR POWER	G	9	Bryan Dais	1=	56kg	56kg		76.5
2	4744411141	YOU’LL BE MIST	M	4	Darryl Hansen	1=	55.5kg	55.5kg		79
3	81406910×1	BRAD	G	7	Tim Cook	3	59kg	59kg		82
4	5x141112x5	HODGSON	G	4	Adam Campton	4	56kg	56kg		76
5	61100×3271	EZEKEIL	G	4	Cody Morgan	5=	54.5kg	54.5kg		73
6	x9657x1122	XANTHUS	G	6	Jared Wehlow	5=	54.5kg	54.5kg		73
7	36×1862659	SWAN ISLAND	M	6	Beau Gorman	5=	54kg	52.5kg		73
8	44x7764x78	GETYOURGREYON	G	6	Kevin Kemp	8	54kg	54kg		72.5
9	7x10x12818	KING GUTHO	G	4	Joe Cleary	9	54kg	53.5kg		71
10	7955253161	SUILVEN	G	9	Lindsay Gough	10	54kg	53kg		70
11	12×1783438	COMMANDEERING	G	8	Ben Hull	11=	54kg	52.5kg		69
12	5x0075x111	UNASSAILABLE	M	5	Jared Wehlow	11=	54kg	50.5kg		69
13	110x54112x	KAPSALI	G	4	Brett Dodson	13=	54kg	52kg		68
14	02668×0385	SEQUANA	M	5	Kris Lees	13=	54kg	50kg		68
15	322416×123	SITUATION ROOM	G	4	Tony Gollan	13=	54kg	52kg		68
16	2x211184x6	BRAZEN BRECCIA	G	5	John Manzelmann	16	54kg	51.5kg		67
17	353×212143	SIDEARM	G	5	John Wigginton	17	54kg	51kg		66
18	9174174×37	ALERT AND READY	M	4	Kevin Kemp	18	54kg	49kg		66
19	x91455x278	PHULE	M	4	Kris Lees	19	54kg	48kg		64
20	0581187624	CHARGED	G	5	Jackie Crompton	20	54kg	49.5kg		63
21	76x713x34N	NEGATION	F	3	Kurt Goldman	21	54kg	43.5kg		58
22	551×803	CHANGE IS COMING	G	3	Bjorn Baker	22	54kg	45.5kg		58
23	55212	EXTESSIVE	F	3	Kris Lees	23	54kg	43kg		57
24	8442441448	SAN PIERRE	G	7	Angela Plumb	24	54kg	46kg		56
25	056×750671	XUANNU	M	6	Angela Plumb	25	54kg	40kg		48

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Magic Millions Country Cup History

The Magic Millions Country Cup is currently run on the $11 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
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