Ladbrokes Tip: Interstate visitors have dominated recently Magic Millions Snippets Sprint results at the Gold Coast
The Gold Coast Magic Millions Snippets 2026 ran at the Gold Coast on Saturday, January 17, 2026 and was won on the quick back-up by the underrated Ciaron Maher trained roughie Axius ($31).
2026 Magic Millions Snippets Results
The Magic Millions Snippets 2026 results and finishing order will be decided on Saturday, January 17, 2026 and listed below once the race is run and won.
- #11 Axius
- #4 Payline
- #12 Scampi
Ciaron Maher continues to dominate the Gold Coast, this time with Axius ($31) delivering a “one-act affair” in the 2026 Magic Millions Snippets results. Despite the big starting price, the four-year-old Justify gelding looked like a $2 favourite in the run, settling perfectly for Tim Clark before unleashing a devastating turn of foot to put the race to bed in seconds. The win cements Axius’s reputation as a high-pressure carnival performer and rewards those punters who looked past the form guide to find the blowout of the day. It’s a million-dollar result for the stable and a reminder that you can never count out a Maher runner on a big-race day!
2026 Magic Millions Snippets Odds & Results
The Magic Millions Snippets 2026 betting odds will be detailed below as soon as markets on the $1 million Restricted summer sprint are out followed by the official Magic Millions Snippets results and finishing order after the event.
| 11. Axius (2) J: Tim Clark 56kg 41x13T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 4. Payline (6) J: Damian Lane 56kg 64543T: Chris & Corey Munce | ||
| 12. Scampi (7) J: Craig Williams 56kg 7x245T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 5. Steady Ready (11) J: Angela Jones 56kg 236x0T: Tony & Maddysen Sears | ||
| 6. Spywire (3) J: Ethan Brown 56kg x1361T: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 7. Zealously (10) J: Jamie Melham 56kg x1352T: Peter Snowden | ||
| 2. The Instructor (5) J: Adam Hyeronimus 57.5kg 316x2T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 9. Pre Eminence (4) J: Zac Lloyd 56kg x11x1T: Barry Lockwood & Emma-Jane Vincent | ||
| 3. Far Too Easy (1) J: Kyle Wilson-Taylor 56kg 200x5T: David Mccolm | ||
| 1. Hidden Wealth (8) J: Tommy Berry 58kg 4x141T: Tony Gollan | ||
| 8. Gin A Tonic (9) J: Ben Melham 56kg 0x111T: Bevan Laming |
Magic Millions Snippets Tips
Gold Coast Magic Millions Snippets tips include keeping an eye on runners from Queensland stables with previous Gold Coast racing experience, in-form summer gallopers coming off wins in stakes’ company in a lead-up like the Canterbury Classic and those drawn well in the field.
2026 Magic Millions Snippets Tips
Our exclusive Magic Millions Snippets tips 2026 will be found right here as the Gold Coast Magic Millions Race Day approaches.
| 2. The Instructor (5) J: Adam Hyeronimus 57.5kg 316×2T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
| 6. Spywire (3) J: Ethan Brown 56kg x1361T: Ciaron Maher |
| 8. Gin A Tonic (9) J: Ben Melham 56kg 0x111T: Bevan Laming |
The Magic Millions Snippets is a Restricted race open only to horses sold through the Magic Millions Catalogue Sales and takes place at the Gold Coast Racecourse in mid-January and from 2018 has was previously known as the Magic Millions Sprint.
Each season the $12.5 million Gold Coast Magic Millions Race Day is the highlight of the Queensland Summer Racing Carnival.
The meeting currently features 10 races in 2026 including three holding Restricted Listed status like the $3 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic and $3 million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas.
Another key support act is the $1 million Gold Coast Magic Millions Snippets Sprint run over 1200m.
Other events on the program include the Magic Millions Cup , Magic Millions Subzero (Trophy), Magic Millions Fillies & Mares, and the Magic Millions The Debut.
The set weights plus penalties event is a good next-up option for both local Queensland gallopers and interstate visitors coming off a summer campaign via lead-ups like the Boxing Day races run around the country on December 26 each year.
Magic Millions Snippets Info
- Current Race Name: Magic Millions Snippets
- Date: Saturday, January 17, 2026
- Track: Gold Coast Racecourse
- Distance: 1200m
- Conditions: Set Weights + Penalties
- Status: Restricted
- Prize Money: $1,000,000
- First Run: 2006
Magic Millions Snippets Betting
Betting on the Magic Millions Gold Coast Snippets is very popular with punters each summer. Magic Millions Sprint odds are usually led by sprinters with good form over the distance and those with experience the right-handed way of racing.
A good lead-up performance in earlier summer races in either Queensland or Sydney also helps horses start shorter in the Magic Millions Sprint betting markets.
Madam Rouge ($4.80) in 2020, Jonker ($4.80 in 2021), Isotope ($2.80F in 2022), and back-to-back champion King Of Sparta ($1.90 in 2023 and $1.55 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Magic Millions Sprint betting to salute for the punters giving the top elects four straight wins.
There was a blowout result in 2026 with Axius saluting at a Magic Millions Snippets starting price of $31!
Magic Millions Snippets Field
The Gold Coast Magic Millions Snippets race field is made-up of quality Magic Millions sprinters that have likely had a previous Magic Millions Race Day run from earlier years.
Horses trained out of Brisbane and the Gold Coast make-up the bulk of the Magic Millions Snippets field each season, and the event has a capacity of 16 starters plus five emergencies.
Good lead-up races for gallopers into the Magic Millions Snippets Field include Brisbane’s Magic Millions The Buffering that offers a ballot exemption to the winner into the Gold Coast feature even if they are not from the Magic Millions Sales and the Listed Christmas Classic (1200m) at Royal Randwick in Sydney in late December.
Madam Rouge (2019-20) was the last sprinter to complete the Christmas Classic – Magic Millions Snippets double.
Runners may back-up out of the Magic Millions Sprint field and contest the Listed Sunshine Coast Cup (1400m) at Caloundra in late January. Scallopini (6th in 2022) was the last Magic Millions Sprint graduate to go on and win the Sunshine Coast Cup.
The Magic Millions Snippets nominations are taken by Racing Queensland in late December or early January before the official field and barriers are announced the Wednesday of race week.
2026 Magic Millions Snippets Field
The Magic Millions Snippets 2026 field and barrier draw is released on the Wednesday of race week and will be listed below once out.
The 2026 Magic Millions Snippets final field features a smart line-up of quality summer sprinters led in betting by Tony Gollan’s last start Magic Millions Falvelon winner Hidden Wealth and The Instructor racing second-up for Waterhouse & Bott.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1. Hidden Wealth
J: Tommy Berry
T: Tony Gollan |
24x141 | G | 8 | 58kg | |
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2. The Instructor
J: Adam Hyeronimus
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
1316x2 | G | 5 | 57.5kg | |
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3. Far Too Easy
J: Kyle Wilson-Taylor
T: David Mccolm |
0200x5 | G | 1 | 56kg | |
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4. Payline
J: Damian Lane
T: Chris & Corey Munce |
664543 | G | 6 | 56kg | |
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5. Steady Ready
J: Angela Jones
T: Tony & Maddysen Sears |
0236x0 | G | 11 | 56kg | |
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6. Spywire
J: Ethan Brown
T: Ciaron Maher |
1x1361 | G | 3 | 56kg | |
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7. Zealously
J: Jamie Melham
T: Peter Snowden |
5x1352 | G | 10 | 56kg | |
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8. Gin A Tonic
J: Ben Melham
T: Bevan Laming |
20x111 | G | 9 | 56kg | |
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9. Pre Eminence
J: Zac Lloyd
T: Barry Lockwood & Emma-Jane Vincent |
3x11x1 | G | 4 | 56kg | |
| 10. Redford (12) Scratched: | |||||
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11. Axius
J: Tim Clark
T: Ciaron Maher |
141x13 | G | 2 | 56kg | |
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12. Scampi
J: Craig Williams
T: Ciaron Maher |
17x245 | G | 7 | 56kg | |
| 13. Heavenly Impact (8) Scratched: | |||||
2026 Magic Millions Snippets Nominations
The Gold Coast Magic Millions Snippets 2026 nominations are released about a fortnight before race day.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Ballot | Weight | True Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1x0024x141 | HIDDEN WEALTH | G | 6 | Tony Gollan | 1 | 58kg | 107 | ||
| 2 | 220111×424 | KING OF ROSEAU | G | 4 | Peter Snowden | 2 | 58kg | 97 | ||
| 3 | 1102x608x5 | KING OF POP | G | 3 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | 3 | 56kg | 82 | ||
| 4 | 20x11316x2 | THE INSTRUCTOR | G | 5 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 4 | 57.5kg | 105 | ||
| 5 | 228x146x85 | A LITTLE DEEP | M | 6 | Ciaron Maher | 5 | 55kg | 101 | ||
| 6 | 21827×0672 | KING KAPA | G | 7 | Tony Gollan | 6 | 57kg | 98 | ||
| 7 | 2171641218 | EPIC PROPORTIONS | G | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 7 | 57kg | 94 | ||
| 8 | 410x0200x5 | FAR TOO EASY | G | 7 | David McColm | 8 | 56kg | 104 | ||
| 9 | 98×5664543 | PAYLINE | G | 5 | Chris & Corey Munce | 9 | 56kg | 103 | ||
| 10 | x11x0236x0 | STEADY READY | G | 6 | Tony & Maddysen Sears | 10 | 56kg | 100 | ||
| 11 | 3x231x1361 | SPYWIRE | G | 4 | Ciaron Maher | 11 | 56kg | 99 | ||
| 12 | x2315x1352 | ZEALOUSLY | G | 4 | Peter Snowden | 12 | 56kg | 93 | ||
| 13 | 75x2x30654 | MAYFAIR | G | 4 | Bjorn Baker | 13= | 56kg | 92 | ||
| 14 | 453271x5x1 | MERIDIUS | G | 6 | Lloyd Kennewell | 13= | 56kg | 92 | ||
| 15 | x76932x810 | FLEETWOOD | G | 5 | Tony Gollan | 15 | 56kg | 91.5 | ||
| 16 | 713120×111 | GIN A TONIC | G | 4 | Bevan Laming | 16 | 56kg | 90 | ||
| 17 | 21213x11x1 | PRE EMINENCE | G | 5 | Barry Lockwood & Emma-Jane Vincent | 17 | 56kg | 88 | ||
| 18 | 133147×018 | CHINQUI | G | 5 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 18= | 56kg | 85 | ||
| 19 | 210x9356x1 | REDFORD | G | 5 | Stuart Kendrick | 18= | 56kg | 85 | ||
| 20 | 219x141x13 | AXIUS | G | 4 | Ciaron Maher | 20 | 56kg | 83.5 | ||
| 21 | 151713×214 | HAWKER HALL | G | 4 | Kris Lees | 21= | 56kg | 80 | ||
| 22 | 4590068859 | SAFEWORK | G | 8 | Scott Morrisey | 21= | 56kg | 80 | ||
| 23 | 151617×245 | SCAMPI | G | 4 | Ciaron Maher | 23= | 56kg | 79 | ||
| 24 | 5340827×57 | LADY SHOTGUN | M | 5 | Angela Plumb | 23= | 54kg | 79 | ||
| 25 | 6x056x3842 | BEWS | G | 6 | Stuart Kendrick | 25 | 56kg | 77.5 | ||
| 26 | 04111×0806 | FIND YOUR OWN | G | 5 | Scott Morrisey | 26 | 56kg | 75 | ||
| 27 | 201×275317 | BINE | M | 5 | Tom Dabernig | 27 | 54kg | 74 | ||
| 28 | 4x31241x80 | STARDEEL | G | 4 | Bjorn Baker | 28 | 56kg | 73.5 | ||
| 29 | 14x56x8236 | FLIGHTCREW | M | 5 | Lee & Cherie Curtis | 29 | 54kg | 70 | ||
| 30 | 1x00467x26 | HEAVENLY IMPACT | G | 4 | Marcus Wilson | 30 | 56kg | 65 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Magic Millions Snippets Form Guide
The Magic Millions Snippets form guide provided crucial race info including the barriers, saddlecloth numbers, starting prices, jockeys and trainers of all the horses in the field. Looking at the Magic Millions form guides is key before placing your Gold Coast bets and the best form indicators in the Magic Millions Sprint include inside barriers and good lead-up runs in similar class.
The Magic Millions Sprint form was franked in 2021 with the winner Jonker running third in the Group 1 The Galaxy (1100m), second in the Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) and winning Melbourne’s Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) throughout the year.
The 2022 Magic Millions Snippets third placed Away Game went on to frank that year’s form finishing second next-up in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) on Blue Diamond Stakes Day in Melbourne. Away Game also was second later that year in Adelaide’s Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m).
Following his second win in the event in as many years, King Of Sparta franked the 2024 Magic Millions Snippets form with a next-up win in the Group 2 Expressway Stakes.
2026 Magic Millions Snippets Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Magic Millions Snippets 2026 Form Guide will be provided here the week of the race.
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2026 MAGIC MILLIONS SNIPPETS FORM GUIDE
Magic Millions Sprint / Snippets Results
Magic Millions Sprint / Snippets race results over the past decade show a divide between visiting interstate horses and local sunshine state champions.
Until the victory by the Tony Gollan-trained mare Isotope in 2022, the last Queensland-trained Magic Millions Sprint winner was Shamrock Slipper (2013) for Liam Birchley.
Sydney stables have dominated the recent Magic Millions Sprint results.
Plenty of smart horses have taken out the race including two-time hero King Of Sparta (2023-24), subsequent Group 1 Manikato Stakes champion Jonker (2021), Viddora (2018), Husson Eagle (2016), Whittington (2014), and Temple Of Boom (2011) who went on to win the following year’s Group 1 The Galaxy in Sydney.
Tony Gollan won the event for the fourth time in 2025 with Zarastro.
Past Magic Millions Sprint / Snippets Winners
| Year | Winner | Second | Third | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Axius | Payline | Scampi | 1:08.54 |
| 2025 | Zarastro | The Novelist | Semana | 1:08.29 |
| 2024 | King Of Sparta | Petronius | Rose Quartz | 1:08.26 |
| 2023 | King Of Sparta | Shooting For Gold | Vowmaster | 1:09.27 |
| 2022 | Isotope | Tycoonist | Away Game | 1:08.12 |
| 2021 | Jonker | Exhilarates | Roheryn | 1:09.12 |
| 2020 | Madam Rouge | Isaurian | Morrissy | 1:08.96 |
| 2019 | Egyptian Symbol | Fiery Heights | Dothraki | 1:08.17 |
| 2018 | Viddora | Snitzkraft | Egyptian Symbol | 1:08.69 |
| 2017 | Target In Sight | Viddora | Murt The Flirt | 1:08.78 |
| 2016 | Husson Eagle | Wild Rain | Le Cordon Bleu | 1:01.74 |
| 2015 | Straturbo | Happy Galaxy | Missy Longstocking | 1:03.57 |
| 2014 | Whittington | Emmalene | Steel Zip | 1:01.77 |
| 2013 | Shamrock Slipper | Bella Rossie | Rocket To Glory | 0:57.76 |
| 2012 | Schiffer | Seek And Find | Nuptse | 0:56.53 |
| 2011 | Temple Of Boom | Huckleberry Dane | Atomic Force | 0:57.69 |
| 2010 | Warrior Girl | Fab Vevola | Al’s Best Mate / Backstabber | 0:57.15 |
| 2009 | Keen Commander | Mfuwe | Sir Monashee | 0:55.9 |
| 2008 | Sir Monashee | Kaphero | Charmana Star | 0:56.73 |
| 2007 | Helter Skelter | Sir Monashee | Algorithm | 0:56.73 |
| 2006 | Daimyo | Any Suggestion | All Bar One | 0:56.87 |
FAQ
Who won the 2026 Magic Millions Snippets?
The 2026 Magic Millions Snippets was won by four-year-old Justify gelding Axius at $31 for trainer Ciaron Maher with jockey Tim Clark aboard on 56kg from barrier 2 to win by 0.65 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:08.54.
Who won the 2025 Magic Millions Snippets?
The 2025 Magic Millions Snippets was won by the Tony Gollan trained Zarastro at $10 with Ms Angela Jones in the saddle.
When is the Magic Millions Snippets 2026?
Saturday, January 17, 2026What is the prize money for the Magic Millions Snippets 2026?
$1,000,000
Where is the Magic Millions Snippets 2026?
Gold Coast Racecourse, LOT 6 Racecourse Drive, Bundall Queensland, 4217.
How do I bet on the 2026 Magic Millions Snippets?
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 Snippets?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Magic Millions Snippets 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.