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2021 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Field & Betting: Isotope on Top

Lucy Henderson January 15, 2021

2021 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Field & Betting: Isotope on Top

All the money in Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 2021 betting at the Gold Coast on Saturday is on the flying Tony Gollan-trained filly Isotope who is at short odds to win the $2 million feature on Magic Millions Day.

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Away Game won the 2020 Magic Millions Classic and returns for a shot at the Guineas on the weekend. Photo: Steve Hart.

A capacity field of three-year-olds is engaged for this season’s $2M Gold Coast Magic Millions 3YO Guineas (1400m) with the hot favourite Isotope drawn ideally in barrier seven with Ryan Maloney to ride.

Gollan’s in-form daughter of Deep Field has won four of her seven career starts including back-to-back Doomben victories leading up to her tougher assignment on Saturday.

Two back she saluted by three lengths as the odds-on favourite in the Listed Mode Plate (1200m) before a narrower last start victory, also as the under $2 top elect, over Away Game in the Listed Gold Edition Plate (1200m).

Kept fit in the meantime with a Gold Coast barrier trial at the start of the month, Isotope has her first official start at the track on the weekend and is at a current of $2.50 in the latest Magic Millions 3YO Guineas odds at Ladbrokes.com.au.

The danger occupying the second line of Magic Millions 3YO Guineas betting at $4 is proven Gold Coast and Magic Millions Day performer, the classy Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Away Game.

The star daughter of Snitzel enjoyed a stellar juvenile campaign last summer – autumn winning the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic before a Group 3 Randwick win, Blue Diamond fourth in Melbourne and brave second in the world’s richest race for two-year-olds behind Farnan in the $3.5 million Golden Slipper.

A Group 2 victory at Randwick in the wet followed before she was far from disgraced when fifth under three lengths beaten against the older mares in Adelaide’s Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m).

Away Game looked good fresh in the Gold Edition when just beaten, subsequently beat Isotope in the same lead-up Gold Coast trial and has plenty working in her favour second-up in the Guineas for the rematch.

Outside the dominant two fillies the other best in Magic Millions 3YO Guineas betting this Queensland Summer Racing Carnival include Forbidden Love ($5.50) in barrier four with Jim Byrne aboard and the seemingly forgotten Gotta Kiss ($14) who has been thereabouts all prep.

The Richard & Michael Freedman-trained All too Hard filly Forbidden Love is a four-time winner from nine runs and was a spring flyer for the stable with form around star fillies Dame Giselle and Hungry Heart.

She was excellent when third only a half-length off the winner Shout The Bar at Flemington on VRC Derby Day in the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) last October and returned a winner on December 29 saluting on a Heavy (8) track in the Listed Gosford Guineas (1200m).

Gotta Kiss meanwhile comes off back-to-back seconds, the Not A Single Doubt filly having been in the money behind Isotope in the Mode Plate before her last start effort behind Apache Chase in Eagle Farm’s Group 3 Vo Rogue Plate (1400m) on January 2.

Still at an outside price but firming meanwhile, the early Magic Millions 3YO Guineas market mover is Shooting For Gold ($51 into $31) who has drawn out in the carpark but is still getting some love from the punters coming back against his own age on a quick seven day back-up.

Click here for the latest Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 2021 betting odds courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au, the race due to jump as the Gold Coast Race 7 at 4:00pm (local AEST) on Saturday.

2021 Gold Coast Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Field & Barriers

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Probable Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 44x11x531 APACHE CHASE Desleigh Forster Taylor Marshall 1 57kg 86
2 611x10x600 OUR PLAYBOY Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Michael Dee 13 57kg 81
3 41114215×2 AWAY GAME Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Glen Boss 3 56kg 98
4 81454621×0 YES BABY YES Leon & Troy Corstens Craig Williams 16 56kg 84
5 5413x226x8 AMISH BOY Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Hugh Bowman 17 56kg 80
6 2121×118 SHOOTING FOR GOLD Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted Ben Thompson 20 56kg 79.5
7 445×113739 KAVAK Chris Munce Nash Rawiller 6 56kg 73
8 3458x647x6 AIM Peter & Paul Snowden James McDonald 18 56kg 74.5
9 x52412x280 SAFEWORK Scott Morrisey Mark Du Plessis 10 56kg 67
10 4×31412168 MAGIC CONQUEROR Kelly Schweida Larry Cassidy 8 56kg 72.5
11 515369×050 MISHANI FRAUDSTER Les Ross Michael Cahill 5 56kg 65
12 163×133131 FORBIDDEN LOVE Richard & Michael Freedman Jim Byrne 4 54.5kg 95
13 1120×211 ISOTOPE Tony Gollan Ryan Maloney 7 54.5kg 95
14 220x51x41 SMART ’N’ SEXY (NZ) Toby & Trent Edmonds Robbie Fradd 19 54.5kg 77.5
15 0x3132x422 GOTTA KISS Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted Ms Stephanie Thornton 9 54kg 83
16 20x179x609 LADY BANFF Matthew Dunn Brenton Avdulla 21 54kg 74.5
17e 3x1247x353 REDOUTE’S IMAGE Kris Lees Andrew Mallyon 14 54kg 73
18e 61140×3146 STAROSA Tony Gollan Brenton Avdulla 11 54kg 75
19e 3×3111 BOOMNOVA Chris Munce 15 54kg 74.5
20e 12313 ELLSBERG Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou Nash Rawiller 12 56kg 75
21e 1745×13 OSCAR ZULU Chris Waller 2 56kg 72.5

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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