Magic Millions 2YO Classic 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: Fillies have a strong record over the boys in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic is a Restricted Listed race run at the Gold Coast Racecourse in mid-January as part of the $13.5 million Magic Millions Race Day each summer in Queensland.

It is one of two $3 million races on the card along with the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas and is run at set weights.

Other events on the program include the Magic Millions Cup , Magic Millions Subzero (Trophy), Magic Millions Snippets (Sprint), Magic Millions QTIS Open, Magic Millions Fillies & Mares, Magic Millions The Syndicate, and the Magic Millions The Debut races.

2022 Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Coolangatta. Photo: Steve Hart.

Only graduates from the Magic Millions Sales are eligible to run in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic field, which is contested over 1200m and offers over to $1.7 million in prize money to the winner.

Key lead-up races into the Gold Coast Magic Millions Classic include the Listed Phelan Ready Stakes (1050m) at Doomben in December, the Group 3 BJ McLachlan Stakes (1200m) in Brisbane a fortnight earlier and other Gold Coast races run the Saturday prior to Magic Millions Day.

Coolangatta (2021 – 2022) and Storm Boy (2023 – 2024) are the latest two-year-olds to complete the BJ McLachlan Stakes – Magic Millions 2YO Classic double.

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic is similar to the $2 million Restricted Listed Inglis Millennium (1100m) held in Sydney in February for two-year-old Inglis graduates.

The Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic 2024 ran on Saturday January 13, 2024 offering $3 million in total prize money for the first time and saw the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained favourite, unbeaten Justify colt Storm Boy ($2.50F), charge home for one of the best victories in the race’s history. 

2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Results

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic 2024 results and finishing order will be published below as soon as available on Saturday January 13, 2024.

2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Storm Boy was huge saluting for the punters in the $3 million showdown. Photo: Steve Hart.

• 1st: #1 Storm Boy
• 2nd: #4 Highness
• 3rd: #2 Spywire

The Golden Slipper calls for Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott’s now unbeaten, three-time winning son of Justify with Storm Boy ($2.50F) storming home with a brilliant late turn of foot to salute for the punters by 2.5 lengths in a thrilling 2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic result on the Gold Coast. 

2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Odds

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic odds 2024 will be published below as soon as available.

Magic Millions 2YO Classic Race Info

• Date: Saturday January 13, 2024
• Track: Gold Coast Racecourse
• Distance: 1200m
• Conditions: Set Weights – 2YOs
• Status: Restricted Listed
• Prize Money: $3 million
• First Run: 1987

Magic Millions 2YO Classic Betting

Betting on the Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic is big business each summer and futures markets are open weeks in advance of the races.

Plenty of upsets have occurred during the race’s history, but horses dominant in Magic Millions Classic odds are those with previous wins on their records in stakes company. Proven records in lead-up Brisbane races under the same conditions and Group winners also dominate Magic Millions betting each summer.

One of the longest-priced winners was the filly Away Game ($41 in 2020) who scored an upset at a huge price in Magic Millions 2YO Classic betting.

Coolangatta ($1.95 in 2022) and Storm Boy ($2.50 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Magic Millions 2YO Classic betting to salute for the punters.

Magic Millions 2YO Classic Field

The Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic race field attracts a class line-up of promising young juvenile racehorses that were purchased at one of the Magic Millions Sale auctions at the Gold Coast or in Tasmania, Perth and Adelaide.

Driefontein is one of four Magic Millions 2YO Classic winners for Sydney trainer Gai Waterhouse. Photo Credit: Steve Hart.

Colts and geldings as well as fillies all face off in the Magic Millions Classic field every January vying for a share in the $3 million prize money.

Many of the runners come off lead-up summer runs in Brisbane and the race can serve as a good lead-up to the autumn’s Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes in Sydney.

In 2016 Capitalist took out the Magic Millions Classic –  Golden Slipper double for Team Snowden.

Earlier the previous spring many new season fillies contest Sydney’s Group 3 Gimcrack Stakes (1000m) ahead of a shot in the following summer’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic. Coolangatta (2021 – 2022) was the last filly to complete the Gimcrack Stakes – Magic Millions 2YO Classic double. The 2022 Gimcrack Stakes winner Platinum Jubilee ran second in the 2023 Magic Millions 2YO Classic behind the Tony Gollan-trained filly Skirt The Law.

Fillies out of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic field may back-up in Rosehill’s Group 3 Widden Stakes (1100m) a fortnight later with Away Game (2020) the last to do the double.

Entries for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic close in early December around six weeks out from the race and then the final field the week of the race.

2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Field

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic 2024 field is released on the Monday of race week, can feature a capacity 16 starters plus five emergencies and will be published in full below once announced.

The Magic Millions Classic Barrier Draw follows on the Tuesday of race week during a special event held at Surfers Paradise beach at the Gold Coast.

The highly anticipated 2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic final field is now out, showcasing a collection of precocious talents across sire lines and trainers. Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott’s unbeaten BJ McLachlan Stakes victor Storm Boy sits atop the list, his Justify pedigree and early brilliance marking him as a prime contender. However, the competition is far from a one-horse race. Watch out for Chris Munce’s classy filly Poster Girl and Mishani Aloha both showing plenty of promise. 

2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Nominations

The early Magic Millions 2YO Classic nominations close the December prior to the race attracting hundreds of all-in entries for the $3 million Gold Coast showdown the next January.

The 2024 Magic Millions Classic entries close on Friday December 1, 2023 and will be updated below.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Magic Millions 2YO Classic Tips

Gold Coast Magic Millions Classic tips include looking for two-year-olds with at least two career runs on their record as no horse has won the race at their second start. Proven stakes and Group status winners also do well in the Magic Millions tips each year and those with winning form over a similar distance the right-handed way of racing are also worth tipping.

The fillies have dominated the recent Magic Millions Classic results with six wins from 2017 – 2024 – and 10 of the past 15 as of 2024 – and so looking at the in-form summer fillies is another good tip.

Coolangatta (2022) and Skirt The Law (2023) are the last fillies to win leading an all-filly Magic Millions 2YO Classic First Four result.

2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Magic Millions 2YO Classic Betting Tips for 2024 and exclusive Gold Coast Magic Millions Race Day selections will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the two-year-old Magic Millions graduates to back this summer!

• To Win: #1 Storm Boy ($2.30 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Storm Boy will start clear favourite in this year’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic. The undefeated Waterhouse/Bott wonder seeks to extend his flawless record in this $3 million showdown, and his pedigree and form paint a picture of dominance. His debut victory on a Soft (6) at Rosehill showcased raw talent and tactical acumen. Then, last start in the Eagle Farm BJ McLachlan Stakes, he unleashed a thunderous 2.4-length romp on Good going. While the Gold Coast’s rain-affected track presents a new challenge, his adaptability and proven six-furlong prowess suggest he’ll handle the conditions. Proven on both Soft and Good surfaces, he should handle the rain-affected track.

Magic Millions 2YO Classic Form Guide

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic form guide gives punters key information on the horses in the field including saddlecloth numbers, barriers, trainers & jockeys and previous form for all the runners. Looking for graduates out of the Wyong Magic Millions Classic as well as the key Brisbane lead-up races when doing the Gold Coast Magic Millions Classic form is crucial.

Fillies also have a good recent record in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic results so checking the form guide on the Gold Coast race on the fillies taking on the boys in the field can prove lucrative for punters.

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic form from 2022 was franked with the winning filly Coolangatta going on to run third in that year’s Golden Slipper results before a win in the spring’s Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at The Valley.

2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Form Guide

A link to a comprehensive 2024 Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic Form Guide will be provided below the week of the race following final acceptances and barriers.

Magic Millions 2YO Classic Results

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic race results from the past decade show a near even mix of winners from local Queensland stables and those visiting from interstate.

The latest Queensland-trained Magic Millions Classic winners are Le Chef (2015), Houtzen (2017), and Tony Gollan’s Better Than Ready filly Skirt The Law (2023).

Notable fillies to win the Magic Millions 2YO Classic include Coolangatta (2022), Away Game (2020),Exhilarates (2019), Sunlight (2018), Houtzen (2017), Driefontein (2012), Karuta Queen (2011), and Military Rose (2010).

Co-trainer Gai Waterhouse celebrated her fifth Magic Millions 2YO Classic win on the Gold Coast in 2024 with Storm Boy. 

Past Magic Millions 2YO Classic Winners

Recent Magic Millions 2YO Classic winners and place-getters dating back to the year 1987 are detailed in the below table.

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