Magic Millions 2YO Classic

Betting on the Magic Millions 2YO Classic begins about mid-year and continues until the race jumps in mid-January. The $2 million race is part of the Magic Millions Carnival and features the best horses bought at the previous year’s sales on the Gold Coast. Our guide to Magic Millions 2YO betting includes free tips, race history, top Aussie bookies for the Magic Millions Carnival and how qualification works for the race.

Magic Millions Qualification

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic is open to any thoroughbred purchased at the Magic Millions Sales throughout Australia. It is the second richest two-year-old race in Australia, behind only the Golden Slipper Stakes.

Run over 1200m at set weights, the 2YO Classic is the premier race during the Magic Millions Carnival at the Gold Coast Turf Club in January each year.

In 2016 the Magic Millions Raceday became Australia’s first $10 million meeting, with seven of the nine races worth $1 million or more.

The 2YO Classic highlights some of the best juveniles in Australia. Past winners include Sunlight, Capitalist, Driefontein, Dance Hero and Testa Rossa.

2022 Magic Millions 2YO Classic ballot order (as at 9/1/2022)

2022 Magic Millions 2YO Classic Final Field

2022 Magic Millions 2YO Classic betting odds

Having smashed his rivals on debut in the Gimcrack Stakes and then again in the BJ McLachlan Stakes, the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Coolangatta is a dominant $1.80 favourite to claim the 2YO Classic.

Russian Conquest & Soaring Ambition are the only other runners at a single figure quote, with $8 & $9 available respectively.

Best Magic Millions 2YO Classic bookmakers

All of the trusted betting sites listed below offer markets on the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, including futures, all-in and fixed-odds options.

Due to the popularity of betting on the Magic Millions Carnival, bookmakers frame markets as early as possible which is often months in advance.

Sport Table

When searching for an early Magic Millions market, it’s common that the bookmakers will list horses by their breeding as they haven’t been officially named yet.

Magic Millions 2YO Classic betting tips

It doesn’t take an expensive thoroughbred to win the 2YO Classic. Only two winners have been purchased for more than $200,000, so when you’re looking for a runner to select, it pays to stay away from big price-tags.

This a race for a speedy two-year-old which is likely to lose its pace when it matures. Only a handful of Magic Millions 2YO Classic winners have gone onto bigger and better things, so stick with the runners which have natural sprinting speed and are being targetted for the race.

Favourites have had a good record in recent history. The big field usually makes it easier for the favoured runners, and taking a banker trifecta with the market elect is a good way to play the race.

Look for the trainers which have had success on the Gold Coast and with juveniles. They know how to set their runners for a specific race – like Gai Waterhouse, who has a great record in the Magic Millions.

Check out our runner by runner preview for the 2022 Magic Millions 2YO Classic here.

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Previous Magic Millions 2YO fields

• 2021

  No.	Horse/Bred	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1	Alpine Edge	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Robbie Fradd	9	57
  2	Finance Tycoon	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Luke Nolen	21	57
  3	Readily Availabull	John Sargent	Michael Dee	7	57
  4	Shaquero	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	1	57
  5	Ghostwriter	Annabel Neasham	Luke Currie	12	57
  6	Baby Wong	Stephen Jones	Nash Rawiller	6	57
  7	Mishani Scandal	Les Ross	Michael Rodd	17	57
  8	Rambeau	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Craig Williams	10	57
  9	Fake Love	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Glen Boss	20	55
  10	Mura Mura	Peter & Paul Snowden	John Allen	8	55
  11	She’s All Class	Chris Waller	James McDonald	18	55
  12	Swift Witness	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Brenton Avdulla	11	55
  13	You’ll Be Mist	Darryl Hansen	Jim Byrne	14	55
  14	Miss Hipstar	Kelly Schweida	Larry Cassidy	19	55
  15	Queen Of Wizardry	Annabel Neasham	Stephanie Thornton	15	55
  16	Princess Bojack	Michael Nolan	Michael Cahill	5	55
  17e	Ranch Hand	Chris Waller	Glen Boss	3	55
  18e	Ruby Kisses	Gary & John Moore	Matthew McGillivray	4	55
  19e	Mishani Enchanted	Lee Ross		16	55
  20e	Win Burn	Stuart Kendrick		13	57
  21e	Glorious Ruby	Bryan Dais		2	55

• 2020

  No.	Horse/Bred	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1	King’s Legacy	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	8	57
  2	Farnan	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	5	57
  3	Rathlin	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	19	57
  4	Conceited	James Cummings	Damian Lane	17	57
  5	Aim	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tommy Berry	2	57
  6	Wisdom Of Water	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Robbie Fradd	7	57
  7	Nitrous	Peter & Paul Snowden	Hugh Bowman	11	57
  8	Kavak	Chris Munce	Nash Rawiller	1	57
  9	Euphoric Summer	Mick Price & Michael Kent Jr	Damien Oliver	6	55
  10	Every Rose	Mark Newnham	Joshua Parr	9	55
  11	Gotta Kiss	Steven O’Dea	Stephanie Thornton	4	55
  12	Dusty Tycoon	Robert Heathcote	Dale Smith	15	55
  13	Lady Banff	Matthew Dunn	James McDonald	12	55
  14	Away Game	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Luke Currie	14	55
  15	Stellar Pauline	Peter & Paul Snowden	Brenton Avdulla	13	55
  16	Smart ‘N’ Sexy	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Matthew McGillivray	5	55
  17e	Bribery	Tony & Calvin McEvoy		10	55
  18e	Way Beyond	Stuart Kendrick		21	57
  19e	The Drinks Cart	Toby & Trent Edmonds		16	57
  20e	Cosmic Gossip	Stuart Kendrick		18	55
  21e	Poupee	Stuart Kendrick		3	55

• 2019

  No.	Horse/Bred	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1	Jonker	David Atkins	Hugh Bowman	3	57
  2	Ef Troop	Tony Gollan	Matthew McGillivray	18	57
  3	Quackerjack	Mark Newnham	Koby Jennings	19	57
  4	Legislation	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Browne	7	57
  5	Fullazaboot	Stuart Kendrick	Tye Angland	21	57
  6	Crockett	Tony McEvoy	Jamie Kah	10	57
  7	Bondi	Peter & Paul Snowden	Blake Shinn	20	57
  8	Skyray	Clarry Conners	Jason Collett	8	57
  9	Meryl	Lee Curtis	Christian Reith	5	55
  10	Secret Lady	Gary Portelli	Ben Melham	11	55
  11	Sunlight	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	15	55
  12	Nomothaj	Davd & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig	Stephen Baster	2	55
  13	Outback Barbie	Tony Gollan	Jim Byrne	12	55
  14	Anthemoessa	Matt Cumani	Jordan Childs	4	55
  15	Witherspoon	Brad Widdup	Corey Brown	12	55
  16	Whiskey Shooter	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	9	55
  17e	Paquirri	Gary Moore		17	57
  18e	Terminology	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott		14	55
  19e	Spirit’s Pride	Michael Nolan		1	57
  20e	Sugar Sizzle	Angela Plumb		16	55
  21e	Catastrophic	Chris Munce		13	57

• 2018

  No.	Silks	Horse/Bred	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
  1		Jonker	David Atkins		3	57	$4.80
  2		Ef Troop	Tony Gollan	M McGillivray	18	57	$4
  3		Quackerjack	Mark Newnham	K Jennings	19	57	$31
  4		Legislation	P & P Snowden	D Browne	7	57	$31
  5		Fullazaboot	Stuart Kendrick	T Angland	21	57	$34
  6		Crockett	Tony McEvoy	J Kah	10	57	$34
  7		Bondi	P & P Snowden	B Shinn	20	57	$13
  8		Skyray	Clarry Connors	J Collett	8	57	$61
  9		Meryl	Lee Curtis	C Reith	5	55	$17
  10		Secret Lady	Gary Portelli	B Melham	11	55	$19
  11		Sunlight	Tony McEvoy	L Currie	15	55	$3.80
  12		Nomothaj	Hayes & Dabernig	S Baster	2	55	$10
  13		Outback Barbie	Tony Gollan	J Byrne	6	55	$34
  14		Anthemoessa	Matt Cumani	J Childs	4	55	$41
  15		Witherspoon	Brad Widdup	C Brown	12	55	$26
  16		Whiskey Shooter	Waterhouse & Bott	T Clark	9	55	$51
  17e		Paquirri	Gary Moore		17	57	$101
  18e		Terminology	Waterhouse & Bott		14	55	$51
  19e		Spirit’s Pride	Michael Nolan		1	57	$201
  20e		Sugar Sizzle	Angela Plumb	R Plumb	16	55	$251
  21e		Catastrophic	Chris Munce		13	57	$101

2021 Magic Millions 2YO Classic result

Recent Magic Millions 2YO Classic winners

• 2021: Waller & Bowman combine once again
  The iconic duo of Hugh Bowman and Chris Waller combined to take out the Magic Millions 2YO Classic with Shaquero. The win hand the legendary trainer his first win in thw 2YO classic event and didn’t he do it in style. Despite going around as a $13 chance, Bowman lobbed the colt in the one-one and when asked for an effort at the top of the straight he quickly put a couple of lengths on his rivals and held off Alpine Edge and race favourite She’s All Class in an emphatic win.
• 2020: Away Game Floors Punters
  The Maher & Eustace stable produced a surprise in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic when bolting in the $2 million feature on the Gold Coast despite going around at $41. The filly was caught wide in the running, but still had plenty left in the tank when asked for an effort by Luke Currie to kick away and win by nearly two lengths on the line.
• 2019: Godolphin glistens on the Coast
  There was plenty of buzz around Godolphin runner Exhilarates coming into a wide-open 2YO Classic and the horse in blue delivered. Under a brilliantly timed run from Kerrin McEvoy, the $600,000 purchase pounced late down the outside to run away with the Classic victory.
• 2018: Sunlight shines on the Gold Coast
  The 2018 edition of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic was all about Sunlight and the Tony McEvoy runner didn’t disappoint. After jumping cleanly the filly trailed the leader Ef Troop throughout the entire race and when she decided to end the race, it ended. Entering the 400m mark Sunlight streaked away and recorded a comfortable and decisive victory.
• 2017: Houtzen hunts from the jump to score
  Many punters were turned off by the wide barrier draw, but the Toby Edmonds-trained Houtzen had electric barrier speed from barrier 16 as it held off the fast finishing Chauffeur. Houtzen was unbeaten coming into the race and it kept that streak alive by running straight to the front before coming wide and putting multiple lengths on the field. The challenge came late from Chauffeur, but Houtzen had too big of a break. Read full report.
• 2016: Capitalist doesn't let favourite backers down
  Capitalist was one of the shortest-priced winners in 2YO Classic history when it won paying $1.40. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained colt had superior form leading into the race and that proved good enough to win by 2.5 lengths over locals Nikitas and Candika. Blake Shinn was aboard the two-year-old which would later win the 2016 Golden Slipper at Rosehill.
• 2015: Hansen serves up his biggest win with Le Chef
  Trainer Darryl Hansen scored his biggest training success when Le Chef won in 2015. The Exceed And Excel gelding was ridden by apprentice jockey Luke Tarrant, his biggest career success, and it paid $14.70 for the win. The Sunshine Coast-based gelding was able to defeat short-favourite Wicked Intent and Pepperano which finished second at odds of $11.90 to place. Le Chef didn’t continue to have a stellar career, but the $2 million purse made up for that.
• 2014: Unencumbered tops the Magic Million mountain
  Unencumbered will long remain as one of the most popular 2YO Classic winners as it put the now recently-passed jockey Nathan Berry on the map. The Bjorn Baker-trained colt was the $3.20 favourite and it held off the talented Oakleigh Girl. The win secured Berry’s position as one of Australia’s better up-and-coming riders and brother Tommy was on course to congratulate him.
• 2013: Unreal win for Real Surreal
  Real Surreal was a large-framed filly which used a superior turn-of-foot to down Sweet Idea on the line. The Kelso Wood-trained daughter of Real Saga was best known on rain-affected tracks, but it proved too strong on a good surface to win at odds of $5.50. It was another Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner which didn’t continue on with it, but there were a couple of quality thoroughbreds in behind it.
• 2012: Gai wins with Dreifontein
  Gai Waterhouse scored yet another 2YO major when Driefontein won in 2012. The Fastnet Rock filly finished second in the race, but it was determined by stewards that stablemate No Looking Back caused interference. Either way, Waterhouse was happy with the result, as were punters which took the $3.60 on offer for Driefontein. It is often remembered for the protest, but the filly was a classy thoroughbred which continued to win races at a high level.

Past Magic Millions 2YO Classic winners

Magic Millons 2YO Classic winners pre-2000

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