Magic Millions Cup

Ladbrokes Tip: Queensland horses have a poor recent record in the Gold Coast Magic Millions Cup

The Gold Coast Magic Millions Cup 2026 ran at the Gold Coast on Saturday, January 17, 2026 offering a lucrative $2 million and was won in style by the progressive Peter Snowden trained Capitalist four-year-old King Of Roseau ($10). 

2026 Magic Millions Cup Results

The official Magic Millions Cup 2026 results and finishing order will be known on Saturday, January 17, 2026 and published below.

1. #8 King Of Roseau
2. #19 Boomtown Boss
3. #14 Moravia

King Of Roseau ($10) proved he’s one of the most honest sprinters in the business, outstaying a high-class field to secure the 2026 Magic Millions Cup. Punters who jumped on the double-figure quote were rewarded with a tenacious display as the Peter Snowden-trained gelding dug deep to fend off Boomtown Boss in a frantic finish. Jockey Tom Sherry showed ice-cool nerves, timing his run to perfection to catch the bold front-runner Moravia before holding all challengers at bay. With more than $2 million now in the bank from a modest $95,000 purchase price, King Of Roseau is the ultimate success story for his syndicate of owners—and a fitting tribute to his sire, the 2016 champion Capitalist.

2026 Magic Millions Cup Odds & Results

The Magic Millions Cup 2026 odds will be listed below as soon as released followed by the official Magic Millions Cup results and finishing order following the event.

Gold Coast R9

Final Race time: 

1st	8. King Of Roseau (4) J: Tom Sherry 54.5kg 1x424T: Peter Snowden	10.00WIN 3.50PLACE
2nd	19. Boomtown Boss (10) J: Angela Jones 53kg x1235T: Tony Gollan	26.00WIN 7.00PLACE
3rd	14. Moravia (8) J: Tyler Schiller 53kg 424x9T: Michael Freedman	31.00WIN 8.00PLACE
4th	11. Magnatear (15) J: Damian Lane 54kg 15614T: Richard & Will Freedman	31.00WIN 8.00PLACE
5th	13. Meridius (2) J: Jamie Melham 54kg 1x5x1T: Lloyd Kennewell	18.00WIN 5.50PLACE
6th	7. West Of Africa (6) J: Craig Williams 55kg 30x86T: Annabel & Rob Archibald	15.00WIN 4.60PLACE
7th	5. Depth Of Character (17) J: Tim Clark 56.5kg 08405T: Annabel & Rob Archibald	12.00WIN 4.00PLACE
8th	21. Mickey's Medal (11) J: Ben Thompson 53kg x2455T: Annabel & Rob Archibald	201.00WIN 31.00PLACE
9th	1. Yellow Brick (9) J: Ethan Brown 60.5kg 708x1T: Tony & Maddysen Sears	5.50WIN 2.35PLACE
10th	20. Lavish Empire (12) J: Rachel King 53kg x2002T: Peter Snowden	126.00WIN 21.00PLACE
11th	2. Bosustow (14) J: James McDonald 58.5kg 2635xT: Annabel & Rob Archibald	10.00WIN 3.50PLACE
12th	18. Getafix (1) J: Zac Lloyd 53kg x0015T: John O'shea & Tom Charlton	8.00WIN 3.00PLACE
13th	15. The Three Hundred (5) J: Cejay Graham 53kg 10x18T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	20.00WIN 5.50PLACE
14th	10. Run Harry Run (3) J: Ben Melham 54kg 4x124T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes	23.00WIN 6.50PLACE
15th	4. Need Some Luck (7) J: Tommy Berry 58kg 8x101T: Peter Snowden	6.00WIN 2.45PLACE
16th	12. Mayfair (13) J: Robbie Dolan 54kg 30654T: Bjorn Baker	35.00WIN 8.50PLACE
17th	9. Cool Jakey (18) J: Daniel Moor 54kg 02x51T: Joseph Pride	11.00WIN 3.70PLACE
18th	16. Tuff Tu Mus (16) J: Tiffani Brooker 53kg 111x9T: David Vandyke	81.00WIN 16.00PLACE

For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing. Data retrieved: 02/06/2026 02:17:53 AM (Australia/Brisbane)

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Magic Millions Cup Tips

Gold Coast Magic Millions Cup tips include looking for previous performers in the race from earlier years, runners with winning form at the Gold Coast track, older horses proven in top company and well-weighted gallopers in good form over the summer.

2026 Magic Millions Cup Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Magic Millions Cup tips 2026 will be available below leading up to the Gold Coast Magic Millions Races.

Favourite

No. 1 Yellow Brick

Gold Coast R9

Final Race time: 

9th

1. Yellow Brick (9) J: Ethan Brown 60.5kg 708×1T: Tony & Maddysen Sears

5.50WIN 2.35PLACE

For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing. Data retrieved: 02/06/2026 02:17:53 AM (Australia/Brisbane)

View Results: Gold Coast Race 9

Best Bet

No. 2 Bosustow (Each Way)

Each Way

Gold Coast R9

Final Race time: 

11th

2. Bosustow (14) J: James McDonald 58.5kg 2635xT: Annabel & Rob Archibald

10.00WIN 3.50PLACE

For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing. Data retrieved: 02/06/2026 02:17:53 AM (Australia/Brisbane)

View Results: Gold Coast Race 9

Best Roughie

No. 13 Meridius (Place Bet)

Gold Coast R9

Final Race time: 

5th

13. Meridius (2) J: Jamie Melham 54kg 1x5x1T: Lloyd Kennewell

18.00WIN 5.50PLACE

For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing. Data retrieved: 02/06/2026 02:17:53 AM (Australia/Brisbane)

View Results: Gold Coast Race 9

The Magic Millions Cup is a $2 million race held as part of the $12.5 million Gold Coast Magic Millions Race Day in mid-January each Queensland Summer Racing Carnival.

The meeting hosts ten races in 2026 open only to Magic Millions Sales graduates including the $3 million Magic Millions Classic and $3 million Magic Millions Guineas.

Other events on the program include the Magic Millions Subzero (Trophy), Magic Millions Snippets (Sprint), Magic Millions Fillies & Mares, and the Magic Millions The Debut Plate which was split into two divisions for the separate genders in 2024 before returning to a single mixed event in 2025. 

The Gold Coast Magic Millions Cup is a Restricted Listed event offering the winner $1,139,200 in prize money and is run under quality handicap conditions over 1400m.

The maximum handicap is 61kg and minimum is 54kg, while the field capacity is 16 horses plus five emergencies that all came via a Magic Millions Catalogue.

Horses come into the Magic Millions Cup field via earlier summer races including the Group 2 $2 million The Ingham Stakes (1600m) – formerly the Villiers Stakes – in Sydney or the Group 3 George Moore Stakes (1200m) in Brisbane.

Many runners will have had a start in either the Magic Millions Cup or another Magic Millions race in previous years. For example, in 2020 Vega One defeated the previous year’s champion Redouble with the 2019 runner-up Sambro finishing third.

The 2021 Magic Millions Cup winner Eleven Eleven meanwhile made it back-to-back Magic Millions Day wins having been awarded the 2020 Guineas after the subsequent disqualification of Alligator Blood.

The next year in 2022 Eleven Eleven made history with yet another Magic Millions Day victory to become the first two-time Magic Millions Cup winner.

The Magic Millions Cup 2025 form was franked with the runner-up Charm Stone travelling to Adelaide to win the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes at her next start. She would also race in Melbourne that spring and claim victory in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley.

Magic Millions Cup Race Info

• Date: Saturday, January 17, 2026
• Track: Gold Coast Racecourse
• Distance: 1400m
• Conditions: Quality Handicap
• Status: Restricted Listed
• Prize Money: $2,000,000
• First Run: 2003

2026 MAGIC MILLIONS CUP PREVIEW

2026 MAGIC MILLIONS CUP BETTING

Magic Millions Cup Betting

Magic Millions Cup betting often opens before the official field is announced with all-in prices offered on the potential runners in the Restricted Listed Magic Millions Race Day event.

Horses that have run in previous editions of the race or contested another event like the Magic Millions Guineas during their three-year-old season often feature high up the Magic Millions Cup odds. In 2021 the previous year’s Magic Millions Guineas winner Eleven Eleven won the Magic Millions Cup before going back-to-back in the latter in 2022.

Previous Gold Coast race experience, being Group 1 performed, proven Group winners and gallopers from the top interstate stables are also the major players in the Magic Millions Cup betting markets each summer.

There was a notable upset in 2023 with Vinco winning at Magic Millions Cup odds of 20/1.

Vega One ($3.30 in 2020) was the last favourite in Magic Millions Cup betting to win.

There was another upset Magic Millions Cup result in 2024 with Semana winning at $14 odds, again in 2025 with West Of Africa ($15) denying the beaten favourite Charm Stone, and once more in 2026 with $10 pop King Of Roseau.

Magic Millions Cup Field

The Gold Coast Magic Millions Cup race field attracts a quality line-up of graduates out of the Magic Millions sales and many have had a previous run at the Magic Millions mid-January race day.

Horses from both Queensland stables and interstate training operations take to the Magic Millions Gold Coast Cup field each summer and could even be resuming in the $2 million feature.

Good lead-up races for horses into the Magic Millions Cup field include Wyong’s Magic Millions 3YO & 4YO Stakes (1200m) from December and Sydney’s Group 2 Villiers Stakes (1600m) – now run as the $2 million The Ingham.

Eleven Eleven (2021) was the last horse to win the Wyong Magic Millions 3YO & 4YO Stakes – Gold Coast Magic Millions Cup double.

Eleven Eleven also became the first dual Magic Millions Cup champion when defending his title in 2022.

Semana (2nd in 2024) and King Of Roseau (2nd in 2026) are the latest Wyong Magic Millions 3YO & 4YO Stakes graduates to back-up and win the Gold Coast’s Magic Millions Cup. 

Queensland Racing take the early Magic Millions Cup nominations in early January with the final field and barriers out on the Wednesday before race day.

2026 Magic Millions Cup Field

The Magic Millions Cup 2026 field is set for release on the Wednesday of race week and will be listed below along with the barrier draw.

2026 Magic Millions Cup Nominations

The official Gold Coast Magic Millions Cup 2026 Nominations close on Tuesday January 6, 2026, just under two weeks before the iconic $12.5 million Magic Millions Race Day in Queensland.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Magic Millions Cup Form Guide

The Magic Millions Gold Coast Cup form guide gives you all the information you need to place a successful bet on the race including the saddlecloth numbers and starting barriers of the runners, as well as the jockeys and trainers for all horses in the field.

Doing the Magic Millions Cup form is important before enjoying a punt on the race and means looking out for runners with a good Gold Coast track record, those with winning form around the distance (1400m), horses dropping in weight from their last start and in-form summer gallopers.

The Magic Millions Cup form from 2022 was franked with the winner Eleven Eleven finishing third that winter in Brisbane’s Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) behind the Magic Millions Cup third placed Apache Chase.

The 2024 Magic Millions Cup winner Semana franked the form going on to run top three in a host of subsequent Group 1 races that year including the Coolmore Classic (2nd), Queen Of The Turf (3rd), and Brisbane’s Tatt’s Tiara (2nd).

2026 Magic Millions Cup Form Guide

A link to the comprehensive Magic Millions Cup 2026 Form Guide will be provided below the week of the race.

Past Magic Millions Cup Results

Some top middle-distance gallopers have headed the Magic Millions Cup race results in recent years including the event’s first dual winner Eleven Eleven (2021, 2022), Lucky Hussler (2016), and Triple Elegance (2013).

Runners from stables outside of Queensland have a dominant record in the Magic Millions Cup results from the past decade with the last Queensland-trained horses to take out the race being champion sprinter Spirit Of Boom (2012) followed more recently by the Tony Gollan-trained Vega One (2020). Gollan won the race again in 2023 with Vinco, while the 2025 winner West Of Africa was trained out of Eagle Farm (Brisbane) by Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald. 

Past Magic Millions Cup Winners

Recent Magic Millions Cup winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2003 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

Who won the 2026 Magic Millions Cup?

The 2026 Magic Millions Cup was won by four-year-old Capitalist gelding King Of Roseau at $10 for trainer Peter Snowden with jockey Tom Sherry aboard on 54.5kg from barrier 4 to win by 0.1 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:21.28.

Who won the 2025 Magic Millions Cup?

The 2025 Magic Millions Cup was won by the Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald trained West Of Africa at $15 with Tyler Schiller in the saddle.

When is the Magic Millions Cup 2026?

What is the prize money for the Magic Millions Cup 2026?

$2,000,000

Where is the Magic Millions Cup 2026?

Gold Coast Racecourse, LOT 6 Racecourse Drive, Bundall Queensland, 4217.

How do I bet on the 2026 Magic Millions Cup?

Bet online or via the latest iOS/Android apps with Ladbrokes.
The first step is to create an account at ladbrokes.com.au. The process is quick and easy!
Once you've created your account you can make a deposit via credit card, or any other of our secure payment methods. Next up, head to the racing page and find the race and runner that's right for you.

Which horse will win the 2026 Magic Millions Cup?

The best way to pick which horse will win the Magic Millions Cup is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, and consider the weight the horse will carry (among other factors). Check out ladbrokes.com.au in the lead up to the race for full form information.