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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 $11.75 million Magic Millions Gold Coast Race Day.

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 $2 million features – the Magic Millions 2YO Classic and the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas.*

*In 2023 the Magic Millions Snippets ran Thursday January 19 after being postponed following the weather-related abandoned Gold Coast meeting the Saturday prior. 

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 Gold Coast Magic Millions Sprint 2023 ran on Thursday January 19, 2023 following the abandoned meeting on January 14th and was won by the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained odds-on favourite King Of Sparta ($1.90F). 

2023 Magic Millions Sprint
Date:	Thursday January 19, 2023
Track:	Gold Coast Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Restricted
Prize Money:	$1,000,000

2023 Magic Millions Sprint Results

• 1st: #1 King Of Sparta ($1.90F)
• 2nd: #3 Shooting For Gold
• 3rd: #15 Vowmaster

Peter & Paul Snowden’s Magic Millions 3YO Guineas winner from last summer, King Of Sparta, returned to the Gold Coast and was too good again dominating the 2023 Magic Millions Snippets results with a 1.5 length win for the punters as the $1.90 favourite.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	KING OF SPARTA	Peter & Paul Snowden	James McDonald		9	59kg		$1.90F
	2	3	SHOOTING FOR GOLD	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Mark Zahra	1.5L	4	58kg		$8.50
	3	15	VOWMASTER	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	2L	1	56kg		$21
	4	8	BLONDEAU	Chris Waller	James Orman	2.2L	8	57kg		$26
	5	13	GOLDSBOROUGH (NZ)	Gary Duncan	Ben Thompson	2.4L	3	56kg		$41
	6	9	SNOWZONE	Kris Lees	Tommy Berry	2.5L	5	56kg		$20
	7	2	HARD EMPIRE	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Ms Rachel King	2.6L	2	59kg		$21
	8	12	SPACEBOY	Gary Portelli	Ms Jamie Kah	2.7L	6	56kg		$10
	9	14	MAOTAI	Kacy Fogden	Andrew Mallyon	4.5L	7	56kg		$6.50
	10	7	AXE	Jack Bruce	Tim Clark	10.5L	10	57kg		$14
		4	SCALLOPINI	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted			0
		5	HOLYFIELD	Annabel Neasham	Brodie Loy		0
		6	RANGES	Peter & Paul Snowden			0
		10	CONTEMPTUOUS	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Craig Williams		0
		11	PETRONIUS	Barry Lockwood	Jaden Lloyd (a)		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Magic Millions Sprint Betting Odds

The Magic Millions Sprint 2023 odds and full betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au are published here 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 King Of Sparta ($1.90 in 2023) are the last favourites in Magic Millions Snippets betting to win.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 MAGIC MILLIONS SNIPPETS ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Magic Millions Sprint Form Guide

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 MAGIC MILLIONS SNIPPETS FORM GUIDE

2023 Magic Millions Sprint Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive Magic Millions Snippets 2023 Tips on the short-distance feature on the Gold Coast’s Magic Millions Day card.

• Best Roughie: #9 Snowzone ($21 at time of publish) 

Huge price on Snowzone here and think this Kris Lees-trained Snitzel gelding can surprise a few in a diminishing field at a price. Forty-six starts and winning strike-rate isn’t excellent, but is proven at the Gold Coast track and has a lovely record at the distance. Ultra-consistent last full prep with plenty of top three runs and was last seen winning at Ipswich with 60kg in mid-December. Up in class but back to 56kg from a good gate with Tommy Berry aboard. Better than the odds suggest.

2023 Magic Millions Sprint Field

The Gold Coast Magic Millions Sprint 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 Sprint field 2023 is set for release in early January will be published right here along with the barrier draw.

The 2023 Magic Millions Snippets final field features a quality line-up of summer sprinters led in betting by the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained King Of Sparta coming off a good lead-up win fresh in the Magic Millions Falvelon at Doomben on Christmas Eve. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	319x6146x1	KING OF SPARTA	Peter & Paul Snowden	James McDonald	12	59kg			105
2	x4607x010x	HARD EMPIRE	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Ms Rachel King	2	59kg			105
3	2444317×25	SHOOTING FOR GOLD	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Mark Zahra	5	58kg			100
4	61x275251x	SCALLOPINI	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted		3	57.5kg			105
5	x44176x123	HOLYFIELD	Annabel Neasham	Brodie Loy	9	57.5kg			104
6	x313126x75	RANGES	Peter & Paul Snowden		13	57.5kg			99
7	2x598x2123	AXE	Jack Bruce	Tim Clark	15	57kg			96
8	8x1550x030	BLONDEAU	Chris Waller	James Orman (late alt)	11	57kg			94
9	41224134×1	SNOWZONE	Kris Lees	Tommy Berry	6	56kg			92
10	2111x1x4x2	CONTEMPTUOUS	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Craig Williams	8	56kg			89.5
11	010650×121	PETRONIUS	Barry Lockwood	Jaden Lloyd (a)	14	56kg			89.5
12	x6958x6142	SPACEBOY	Gary Portelli	Ms Jamie Kah	7	56kg			89.5
13	2x2114x440	GOLDSBOROUGH (NZ)	Gary Duncan	Ben Thompson	4	56kg			88
14	6x187x126x	MAOTAI	Kacy Fogden	Andrew Mallyon	10	56kg			87.5
15	11x5385x24	VOWMASTER	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla (late alt)	1	56kg			70

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Magic Millions Sprint Nominations

The 2023 Gold Coast Magic Millions Sprint nominations are taken in early January.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	319x6146x1	KING OF SPARTA	G	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	1	59kg			105
2	x4607x010x	HARD EMPIRE	G	9	Toby & Trent Edmonds	2	59kg			105
3	33×6463681	THE ASTROLOGIST	G	6	Leon & Troy Corstens	3	58.5kg			108
4	2444317×25	SHOOTING FOR GOLD	G	5	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	4	58kg			100
5	61x275251x	SCALLOPINI	G	8	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	5	57.5kg			105
6	x44176x123	HOLYFIELD	G	5	Annabel Neasham	6	57.5kg			104
7	x313126x75	RANGES	G	6	Peter & Paul Snowden	7	57.5kg			99
8	0174×10311	DIAMONDS	M	5	Chris Bieg	8	55.5kg			96
9	81x430x5L9	ELEVEN ELEVEN	G	6	Gregory Hickman	9	57kg			106
10	2x598x2123	AXE	G	6	Jack Bruce	10	57kg			96
11	8x1550x030	BLONDEAU	G	5	Chris Waller	11	57kg			94
12	2970×56545	AMISH BOY	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	12=	56kg			92
13	x04x0660x0	REDOUBLE	G	9	Sonja Kumpikas	12=	56kg			92
14	41224134×1	SNOWZONE	G	6	Kris Lees	12=	56kg			92
15	2111x1x4x2	CONTEMPTUOUS	H	6	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	15=	56kg			89.5
16	010650×121	PETRONIUS	G	6	Barry Lockwood	15=	56kg			89.5
17	x6958x6142	SPACEBOY	G	6	Gary Portelli	15=	56kg			89.5
18	2x2114x440	GOLDSBOROUGH (NZ)	G	5	Gary Duncan	18	56kg			88
19	0x66505x72	ALPINE EDGE	H	4	Toby & Trent Edmonds	19=	56kg			87.5
20	4x68x0x004	ANIMATE	G	6	Kris Lees	19=	56kg			87.5
21	6x187x126x	MAOTAI	G	4	Kacy Fogden	19=	56kg			87.5
22	x2238x1117	DIRECT	G	4	Lloyd Kennewell	22=	56kg			86
23	x068x70x69	SHAQUERO	H	4	Chris Waller	22=	56kg			86
24	41270×0189	CONSTANT FLIGHT	G	8	Cameron Crockett	24=	56kg			85
25	613245x18x	MO’S CROWN	G	6	Cody Morgan	24=	56kg			85
26	x25923x140	MISS HIPSTAR	M	4	Kelly Schweida	24=	54kg			85
27	118x1112x3	BILL THE BOXER	G	5	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	27=	56kg			81
28	10448×6554	DR WHY NOT	G	6	Lindsay Gough	27=	56kg			81
29	5×88301111	SMART IMAGE	G	5	Trevor & Peter Rowe	29	56kg			80
30	2x1211x361	SPIRITUALISED	C	3	Tony Gollan	30	54kg			79
31	x10509x302	RUPERTAAR	M	4	Bjorn Baker	31	54kg			78
32	35x788x824	VAN GIZ	M	6	Bjorn Baker	32	54kg			77.5
33	5x450690x1	DYNAMIC IMPACT	G	5	Bjorn Baker	33	56kg			76.5
34	24x3105x12	MOBSTAR	G	4	Kris Lees	34=	56kg			71
35	55130×4048	THRONTARI	M	4	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	34=	54kg			71
36	x67x50277x	FASTCONI	G	5	Chris Waller	36=	56kg			70
37	11x5385x24	VOWMASTER	G	5	Chris Waller	36=	56kg			70
38	55×4411414	KAHAWATY	M	4	Anthony Cummings	36=	54kg			70
39	165x34957x	NOTHING SILLY	G	3	Kevin Corstens	39	54kg			60

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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 $11.75 million 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.

Magic Millions Sprint Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
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