Magic Millions 3YO Guineas

The Magic Millions 3YO Guineas is a $3 million race run at the Gold Coast in January on Magic Millions Race Day each summer.

2025 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Results

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The Magic Millions 3YO Guineas is one of the major races held during the coveted Gold Coast Magic Millions Racing Carnival each January at Queensland’s Gold Coast Racecourse.

Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 2025 Odds

Gold Coast R0
Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 1400m (All In)
Open Race time:  1736571600
Runner DetailsWinPlace
Snitzanova T:
Bauhinia T:
Bittercreek T:
Getafix T:
Yes Lulu T:
Bosustow T:
Amazing Eagle T:
Catoggio T:
Scripted T:
Shangri La Express T:
Street Chase T:
Tuileries T:
Hella Fast T:
Miss Altair T:
Arriving Home T:
Depth Of Character T:
Froebel Star T:
Give Me Space T:
Heinous T:
Kahlisee T:
Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing.
Data retrieved: 22/12/2024 11:54:36 AM (Australia/Brisbane)

The Magic Millions Race Day features ten Restricted events open only to Magic Millions Sales graduates with the line-up headlined by the $3 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) and the Magic Millions Guineas for three-year-olds.

Offering a lucrative $3 million in prize money, the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas holds Restricted Listed status and is contested at set weights plus penalties over 1400m.

The Gold Coast Magic Millions 3YO Guineas field features a host of top gallopers coming off an earlier summer run in lead-up races like the Group 3 Vo Rogue Plate (1300m) run at the Gold Coast on Boxing Day each December.

Both Boomsara (2019) and Pierata (2018) came off a lead-up win in the following year’s Vo Rogue Plate before their respective Magic Millions 3YO Guineas victories. For a third straight season, the 2020 Magic Millions Guineas winner Alligator Blood also came off a lead-up win in the Vo Rogue Plate.

Fashion Legend (2023) was the last Magic Millions 3YO Guineas winner to have won the previous month’s Vo Rogue Plate at his last start.

Alternatively the three-year-olds in the race could be first-up after their spring campaigns that could have seen them run in races like the Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) in late November or early December in Melbourne. The Wyong Magic Millions 3YO & 4YO Stakes (1200m) in December is another traditional lead-up to the lucrative race in Queensland the following month.

After the Magic Millions Guineas at the Gold Coast many horses go on to contest autumn races including the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington in Melbourne in early March.

Alligator Blood won the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas – Australian Guineas double, however was later disqualified from his win in the former stripped of his 2020 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas win due to a positive test to a banned substance.

For the first time in 2024 the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas winner was guaranteed a start in Melbourne’s $3.65 million The All-Star Mile race held in 2024 on March 16 at Caulfield Racecourse.

The Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 2025 runs on Saturday January 11, 2025 offering $3 million in prize money. 

2025 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas
Date: Saturday January 11, 2025
Track: Gold Coast Racecourse
Distance: 1400m
Race Type: 3YO / Set Weights + Penalties
Status: Restricted Listed
Prize Money: $3,000,000

2025 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Results

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2025 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Betting

Betting on the 2025 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas at Queensland’s Gold Coast Racecourse is open weeks out from the event and Magic Millions odds firm closer to the January race day.

Check out the latest all-in 2025 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas odds at Ladbrokes.com.au with markets also published here at Races.com.au.

Alligator Blood saluted for the punters as the odds-on favourite in the 2020 edition of the race before being subsequently disqualified.

King Of Sparta ($4 in 2022) is the last favourite in Magic Millions 3YO Guineas betting to salute for the punters. King Of Sparta would return on Magic Millions Day the next two years running and go back-to-back in the Magic Millions Snippets.

There was a notable upset in 2023 with Fashion Legend winning at Magic Millions 3YO Guineas odds of $21.

2025 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Form Guide

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2025 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 2025 Tips on the $3 million summer feature this January.

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2025 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Field

The Magic Millions 3YO Guineas field has a capacity of 18 starters plus five emergencies and is restricted to three-year-olds out of the Magic Millions sales.

The official Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 2025 field of final acceptances is set for release in early January and will be published in full below.

2025 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Nominations

Early nominations on the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas in 2025 close the December prior to the race and traditionally attract over 300 entries.

The 2025 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas nominations closed on Friday the 29th of November 2024 and attracted 212 early entries including the ultra-consistent Ciaron Maher trained Group 2 Sandown Guineas winning filly Snitzanova and Wyong Magic Millions 3YO & 4YO Stakes winner Bauhinia.

Click here to view the full list of Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 2025 nominations.

Gold Coast Magic Millions Guineas History

The Magic Millions 3YO Guineas at the Gold Coast was first run in 2001 and won by Paradiddle. The race was formerly known as the Magic Millions Trophy before being renamed in 2011. The first Queensland-trained Magic Millions 3YO Guineas winner was in 2007 when Gold Edition finally scored a victory for the home state.

Other notable Gold Coast Magic Millions Guineas winners over the years include Ha Ha (2002), Graceful Anna (2010), Sweet Idea (2014), Mahuta (2016), and Alligator Blood (2020*).

*Alligator Blood was subsequently stripped of his 2020 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas win with the horse disqualified due to a positive test to a banned substance. Original runner-up Eleven Eleven was subsequently declared as the official Magic Millions 3YO Guineas winner for 2020 the following July.

The Gold Coast’s million Magic Millions Day – including the 2023 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas – was abandoned after the opening two races due to ongoing rainfall, deteriorating track conditions and unsafe jockey conditions and rescheduled for the following Thursday.

Abounding is the latest Magic Millions 3YO Guineas winning filly saluting in 2024 after a lengthy delay following the late scratching of Sydney Bowler who reared and became cast under the gates.

Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Winners

See below for a full list of Magic Millions 3YO Guineas winners going back to 2001 including winning jockeys, trainers and times.

Year Horse Race Name Distance Jockey Trainer/s Weight Time
2025 TBD Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 1400m TBD TBD TBD TBD
2024 Abounding Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 1400m Martin Harley Robert Heathcote 54.5kg 1:21.34
2023 Fashion Legend Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 1400m Joshua Parr Richard & Will Freedman 57kg 1:23.02
2022 King Of Sparta Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 1400m Nash Rawiller Peter & Paul Snowden 56kg 1:20.75
2021 Aim Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 1400m James McDonald Peter & Paul Snowden 56kg 1:22.43
2020 Alligator Blood (Subsequently Disqualified)Eleven Eleven (New champion) Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 1400m Ryan Maloney David Vandyke 57kg 1:20.98
2019 Boomsara Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 1400m Tim Clark Chris Munce 57kg 1:21.13
2018 Pierata Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 1400m C. Brown G. Hickman 57kg 1:21.02
2017 Flying Jess Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 1400m T. Angland J. Moloney 55kg 1:21.23
2016 Mahuta Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 1400m B. Rawiller D. Weir 58 1:21.57
2015 Deiheros Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 1400m R. McMahon L. Kennewell 57 1.23.15
2014 Sweet Idea Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 1400m J. McDonald G. Waterhouse 56 1.20.78
2013 Saluter Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 1400m D. Browne J. McLachlan 57 1.21.85
2012 Punch On Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 1400m P. Hammersley P. Balzen 56 1.22.26
2011 Torio’s Quest Magic Millions 3YO Guineas 1400m H. Bowman B. Partelle 56 1.22.93
2010 Graceful Anna Magic Millions 3YO Trophy 1400m P. Robl D. Pfeiffer 55 1.22.56
2009 Tempest Tost Magic Millions 3YO Trophy 1400m D. Gauci G. White 54 1.23.13
2008 Heart of the Citi Magic Millions 3YO Trophy 1400m B. Pengelly P. Duff 56.5 1.21.93
2007 Gold Edition Magic Millions 3YO Trophy 1400m D. Beadman R. Maund 55 1.21.07
2006 Tereschenko Magic Millions 3YO Trophy 1400m C. Newitt P. Moody 55.5 1.21.67
2005 Tippitaka Magic Millions 3YO Trophy 1400m C. Brown T. McEvoy 55.5 1.21.75
2004 Jamieson Valley Magic Millions 3YO Trophy 1400m D. Beadman J. Hawkes 55.5 1.21.33
2003 Biaggio Magic Millions 3YO Trophy 1400m S. Galloway G. Waterhouse 55.5 1.21.58
2002 Ha Ha Magic Millions 3YO Trophy 1400m J. Cassidy G. Waterhouse 55 1.20.38
2001 Paradiddle (NZ) Magic Millions 3YO Trophy 1400m B. Prebble D. Lawson 55.5 1.21.88

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