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 $10 million Magic Millions Race Day each summer in Queensland. It is one of two $2 million races on the card along with the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas and is run at set weights.

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 close to $1.2 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.

The latest edition of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic ran on Saturday January 16th, 2021 and was won by the Chris Waller-trained Shaquero. 

2021 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Results

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic 2021 results and finishing order will be published below as soon as available on Saturday January 16th, 2021.

• 1st: #4 Shaquero
• 2nd: #1 Alpine Edge
• 3rd: #11 She’s All Class 

The Chris Waller-trained Shaquero handed his trainer with a maiden success in the $2M Magic Millions 2YO Classic in 2021 having relished an off-speed run from the inside alley to charge home ahead of the previously undefeated Alpine Edge and the also Waller-trained Wyong Magic Millions Classic winning filly She’s All Class. 

Magic Millions 2YO Classic Race Info

• Date: Saturday January 16th, 2021
• Track: Gold Coast Racecourse
• Distance: 1200m
• Conditions: Set Weights – 2YOs
• Status: Restricted Listed
• Prize Money: $2 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.

2021 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Odds

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic odds 2021 will be published below as soon as available.

The Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic 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 $2 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.

Early entries for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic close the September prior followed by first acceptances that December and then the final field the week of the race.

2021 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Field

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic 2021 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.

A capacity 2021 Magic Millions 2YO Classic final field has been confirmed with early favourites including Chris Waller’s Wyong Magic Millions Classic winning filly She’s All Class, third in that same lead-up Swift Witness who won a subsequent Gold Coast event by three lengths and Phelan Ready – BJ McLachlan Stakes double winning colt Alpine Edge. 

• Scratched: #9 Fake Love (20)

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 four wins from 2017 – 2021 – and eight of the past 12 as of 2021 – and so looking at the in-form summer fillies is another good tip.

2021 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Magic Millions 2YO Classic Betting Tips for 2021 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: #12 Swift Witness ($4.40 at time of publish) 

It is shaping up as an intriguing edition of the Magic Millions Classic on the Gold Coast with some very nice two-year-olds bringing in some killer form. There’s a dual stakes winning colt who is undefeated (Alpine Edge), but like the fillies to continue their gun run and secure the race for the fifth time on the trot. Which filly? The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Swift Witness ran third to She’s All Class in the Wyong Magic Millions Classic on debut and they meet again here. The winner hasn’t had another run, while this flying and improving daughter of Star Witness has. She got an early look at the Gold Coast track on January 9 winning over 1100m by three lengths. She’s on the quick back-up so will need to be good, but the ease of that victory suggests she will handle it and more. 

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.

2021 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Form Guide

A link to a comprehensive 2021 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 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) and Houtzen (2017).

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

Magic Millions 2YO Classic Winners