The Magic Millions Sprint is a $1 million Gold Coast Magic Millions Race Day feature held in mid-January during the summer racing season and now known as the Magic Millions Snippets.
2025 Magic Millions Snippets Snippets Results
- 1st: #1 Zarastro
- 2nd: #10 The Novelist
- 3rd: #5 Semana
Magic Millions Snippets (Magic Millions Sprint) News
The 2025 Magic Millions Snippets along with six other Magic Millions races were abandoned due to heavy rainfall and rescheduled for Friday night on January 17 under the lights at the Gold Coast.
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 $13.75 million Magic Millions Gold Coast Race Day.
2025 Magic Millions Sprint Results
- 1st: #1 Zarastro ($10)
- 2nd: #10 The Novelist
- 3rd: #5 Semana
The 2025 Magic Millions Snippets results at the Gold Coast saw an upset by Zarastro ($10), trained by Tony Gollan and ridden by Angela Jones. The six-year-old gelding delivered an impressive performance taking the lead early and maintaining a strong pace throughout. He quickened up in the straight, pulling away from the field to secure a decisive victory by two lengths over The Novelist and Semana. This win marked Tony Gollan’s fourth victory in the Magic Millions Snippets, continuing his successful streak in this race. Zarastro’s win was particularly notable as he was originally a $1.05 million purchase and has since earned over $1.3 million in prize money.
Magic Millions Snippets 2025 Odds & Results
Howden Magic Millions Snippets
| Runner Details | Win | Place |
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1st
1. Zarastro (6)
J: Angela Jones 58kg
T: Tony Gollan |
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2nd
10. The Novelist (1)
J: Tim Clark 56kg
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
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3rd
5. Semana (4)
J: Damian Lane 56kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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4th
6. Hard To Say (8)
J: Blake Shinn 56kg
T: Jason Deamer |
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5th
11. Lavish Empire (9)
J: Tyler Schiller 56kg
T: Peter Snowden |
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6th
8. Hedged (2)
J: Ethan Brown 56kg
T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr |
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7th
2. Cannonball (3)
J: Martin Harley 57kg
T: Tony Gollan |
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8th
9. Nettuno (5)
J: Craig Williams 56kg
T: Tony Gollan |
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9th
14. Baroque Road (14)
J: Andrew Adkins 56kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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10th
7. Prince Of Boom (11)
J: James Orman 56kg
T: Robert Heathcote |
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11th
13. Shalailed (10)
J: Chad Schofield 56kg
T: Bjorn Baker |
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12th
4. Irish Songs (12)
J: Robbie Dolan 57kg
T: Louise White |
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13th
15. Economics (13)
J: Kyle Wilson-Taylor 56kg
T: Stuart Kendrick |
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14th
12. Goldsborough (7)
J: Nikita Beriman 56kg
T: Gary Duncan |
Data retrieved: 02/05/2025 03:59:32 AM (Australia/Brisbane)
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.
King Of Sparta then franked the 2024 Magic Millions Snippets form with a next-up win in the Group 2 Expressway Stakes.
The rescheduled Gold Coast Magic Millions Snippets 2025 ran under the lights at the Gold Coast on Friday January 17, 2025 after the original meeting was a washout and was won by Zarastro ($10) for the race’s now four-time winning trainer Tony Gollan.
| 2025 Magic Millions Sprint | |
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| Date: | Friday January 17, 2025 |
| Track: | Gold Coast Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Race Type: | Set Weights + Penalties |
| Status: | Restricted |
| Prize Money: | $1,000,000 |
2025 Magic Millions Sprint Finishing Order
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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| 1 | 1 | ZARASTRO | Tony Gollan | Ms Angela Jones | 6 | 58kg | $10 | |||
| 2 | 10 | THE NOVELIST | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 2.3L | 1 | 56kg | $11 | ||
| 3 | 5 | SEMANA | Ciaron Maher | Damian Lane | 3.3L | 4 | 56kg | $3.70F | ||
| 4 | 6 | HARD TO SAY | Jason Deamer | Blake Shinn | 3.8L | 8 | 56kg | $6.50 | ||
| 5 | 11 | LAVISH EMPIRE | Peter Snowden | Tyler Schiller | 4.2L | 9 | 56kg | $21 | ||
| 6 | 8 | HEDGED | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Ethan Brown | 4.3L | 2 | 56kg | $4.60 | ||
| 7 | 2 | CANNONBALL | Tony Gollan | Martin Harley | 5.1L | 3 | 57kg | $21 | ||
| 8 | 9 | NETTUNO | Tony Gollan | Craig Williams | 5.3L | 5 | 56kg | $9 | ||
| 9 | 14 | BAROQUE ROAD | Ciaron Maher | Andrew Adkins | 7.6L | 14 | 56kg | $201 | ||
| 10 | 7 | PRINCE OF BOOM | Robert Heathcote | James Orman | 8.1L | 11 | 56kg | $10 | ||
| 11 | 13 | SHALAILED | Bjorn Baker | Chad Schofield | 8.3L | 10 | 56kg | $31 | ||
| 12 | 4 | IRISH SONGS | Louise White | Robbie Dolan | 8.4L | 12 | 57kg | $101 | ||
| 13 | 15 | ECONOMICS | Stuart Kendrick | Kyle Wilson-Taylor | 11.2L | 13 | 56kg | $61 | ||
| 14 | 12 | GOLDSBOROUGH (NZ) | Gary Duncan | Ms Nikita Beriman | 11.6L | 7 | 56kg | $101 | ||
| 16 | BUBBA’S BAY | Kris Lees | Andrew Mallyon | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | STEADY READY | Tony & Maddysen Sears | Jason Collett | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Magic Millions Sprint Betting
The Magic Millions Sprint 2025 betting odds will be open at Ladbrokes.com.au and also published here at Races.com.au 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.
2025 Magic Millions Sprint Form Guide
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2025 Magic Millions Sprint Tips
Stay tuned for our exclusive Magic Millions Snippets 2025 Tips on the short-distance feature on the Gold Coast’s Magic Millions Day card.
- To Win: #2 Cannonball ($18 at time of publish) – BET NOW
After defending champ King Of Sparta won odds-on in this race last year, tipping a notable upset in 2025 with Cannonball for top Queensland horseman Tony Gollan looking huge odds to win the MM Snippets at $18 at time of publish. The Brisbane trained Capitalist five-year-old is third-up and fit, looking to have recovered now after his failed trip to the UK last June. Back in winning form last start in won the Listed Falvelon over this distance at Eagle Farm at a blowout price. It was only a narrow win but one that hinted he had better things to come again. This former Snowden galloper is a Group 3 winner and Group 1 placegetter at his best form, and if he gets anywhere near it he can upset a few on Friday night.
2025 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 2025 is set for release in early January will be published right here along with the barrier draw.
The 2025 Magic Millions Snippets final field features a quality line-up of summer sprinters led in betting by Ciaron Maher’s classy Group 1 placed mare Semana.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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| 1 | x884612x27 | ZARASTRO | Tony Gollan | Ms Angela Jones | 6 | 58kg | 104 | ||
| 2 | x0Px8x0x71 | CANNONBALL | Tony Gollan | Martin Harley | 3 | 57kg | 103 | ||
| 3 | 3828x41x51 | STEADY READY | Tony & Maddysen Sears | Jason Collett | 9 | 57kg | 96 | ||
| 4 | 495074309x | IRISH SONGS | Louise White | Robbie Dolan | 13 | 57kg | 90 | ||
| 5 | 123x02450x | SEMANA | Ciaron Maher | Damian Lane | 4 | 56kg | 109 | ||
| 6 | 23616×1043 | HARD TO SAY | Jason Deamer | Blake Shinn | 8 | 56kg | 103 | ||
| 7 | x46300x323 | PRINCE OF BOOM | Robert Heathcote | James Orman | 12 | 56kg | 103 | ||
| 8 | x152331x37 | HEDGED | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Ethan Brown | 2 | 56kg | 97 | ||
| 9 | x70713x605 | NETTUNO | Tony Gollan | Craig Williams | 5 | 56kg | 97 | ||
| 10 | x400x64126 | THE NOVELIST | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 1 | 56kg | 87.5 | ||
| 11 | 592x05359x | LAVISH EMPIRE | Peter Snowden | Tyler Schiller | 10 | 56kg | 86 | ||
| 12 | 4262547246 | GOLDSBOROUGH (NZ) | Gary Duncan | Ms Nikita Beriman | 7 | 56kg | 85 | ||
| 13 | 1x805x3671 | SHALAILED | Bjorn Baker | Chad Schofield | 11 | 56kg | 83 | ||
| 14 | 7x561965x0 | BAROQUE ROAD | Ciaron Maher | Andrew Adkins | 15 | 56kg | 81 | ||
| 15 | 359x8560x1 | ECONOMICS | Stuart Kendrick | Kyle Wilson-Taylor | 14 | 56kg | 80 | ||
| 16 | 1×33011141 | BUBBA’S BAY | Kris Lees | Andrew Mallyon | 16 | 55.5kg | 104 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Magic Millions Sprint Nominations
The 2025 Gold Coast Magic Millions Sprint nominations are taken about two weeks out from the event.
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 |
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| 2025 Magic Millions Snippets |
1st | Zarastro | 1 minute 8.29 seconds |
| 2nd | The Novelist | ||
| 3rd | Semana | ||
| 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 | ||
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