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Magic Millions Snippets (Magic Millions Sprint)

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

Gold Coast R3
Howden Magic Millions Snippets
Final Race time:  1737103010
Runner DetailsWinPlace
1st
1. Zarastro (6) J: Angela Jones 58kg
T: Tony Gollan
2nd
10. The Novelist (1) J: Tim Clark 56kg
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
3rd
5. Semana (4) J: Damian Lane 56kg
T: Ciaron Maher
4th
6. Hard To Say (8) J: Blake Shinn 56kg
T: Jason Deamer
5th
11. Lavish Empire (9) J: Tyler Schiller 56kg
T: Peter Snowden
6th
8. Hedged (2) J: Ethan Brown 56kg
T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr
7th
2. Cannonball (3) J: Martin Harley 57kg
T: Tony Gollan
8th
9. Nettuno (5) J: Craig Williams 56kg
T: Tony Gollan
9th
14. Baroque Road (14) J: Andrew Adkins 56kg
T: Ciaron Maher
10th
7. Prince Of Boom (11) J: James Orman 56kg
T: Robert Heathcote
11th
13. Shalailed (10) J: Chad Schofield 56kg
T: Bjorn Baker
12th
4. Irish Songs (12) J: Robbie Dolan 57kg
T: Louise White
13th
15. Economics (13) J: Kyle Wilson-Taylor 56kg
T: Stuart Kendrick
14th
12. Goldsborough (7) J: Nikita Beriman 56kg
T: Gary Duncan
Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing.
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
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
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
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
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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