Magic Millions 3YO Guineas

Boasting a $2,000,000 purse, the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas is one of the richest races in Australia. Alongside the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, it is the joint-featured race of the Magic Millions Carnival held on the Gold Coast each January.

The 1400m race is restricted to three-year-old horses that have been purchased from Magic Millions sales held throughout Australia. These include annual auctions held at the Gold Coast, Adelaide, Perth and Tasmania.

The 3YO Guineas was first run in 2001, and the list of winners since then suggests that you don’t need a champion to take home the riches. Winning purchase prices range from $6,500 to $300,000, so punters get a great look at a wide range of thoroughbreds.

Punting on the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas has become increasingly popular and general interest surrounding the race is huge. With futures markets opening early, punters can secure great odds and lock in the value.

2022 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Ballot Order as at 2/1/2022

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The Magic Millions 3YO is such a popular race that online bookmakers open futures and all-in markets months in advance of the January feature.

All of the following bookmakers will have markets for the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas which includes all-in, fixed-odds win and fixed-odds place betting.

Sport Table

Previous Magic Millions 3YO Guineas fields

• 2022

  No.	Horse/Bred	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1	Bend The Knee	John O’Shea	Kerrin McEvoy	20	56.5
  2	Jamaea	Robert & Luke Price	Tommy Berry	8	56
  3	King Of Sparta	Peter & Paul Snowden	Nash Rawiller	13	56
  4	Release The Beans	Rob Heathcote	Brett Prebble	14	56
  5	Far Too Easy	David Mccolm	Craig Williams	15	56
  6	Starman	Chris Waller	James McDonald	7	56
  7	Construct	Peter & Paul Snowden	Jim Byrne	6	56
  8	I Am Lethal	John O’Shea	Hugh Bowman	21	56
  9	Rhapsody Rose	Chris Munce	Ben Thompson	12	54.5
  10	Miss Hipstar	Kelly Schweida	Larry Cassidy	4	54.5
  11	Me Me Lagarde	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Robbie Fradd	23	54.5
  12	Glorious Ruby	Bryan Dais	Andrew Mallyon	3	54
  13	Shihonka	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	9	54
  14	Indiscreetly	Danny Bougoure	Georgina Cartwright	18	54
  15	Mishani Enchanted	Les Ross	N/A	22	54
  16	Ruby Kisses	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Brock Ryan	17	54
  17	Dovetail Diva	John Symons & Sheila Laxon	Stephanie Thornton	16	54
  18	Socialist	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jason Collett	1	54
  19e	Snitzonfire	Ryan Maloney	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	2	56
  20e	Alert And Ready	Kevin Kemp	TBC	10	54
  21e	Mishani Scandal	Les Ross	TBC	19	56
  22e	Sutto’s Gal	Kevin Kemp	TBC	5	54
  23e	Our Hot Friend	Les Ross	TBC	11	56

• 2021

  No.	Horse/Bred	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1	Apache Chase	Desleigh Forster	Taylor Marshall	1	57
  2	Our Playboy	Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr	Michael Dee	13	57
  3	Away Game	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Glen Boss	3	56
  4	Yes Baby Yes	Leon & Troy Corstens	Craig Williams	16	56
  5	Amish Boy	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Hugh Bowman	17	56
  6	Shooting For Gold	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Ben Thompson	20	56
  7	Kavak	Chris Munce	Nash Rawiller	6	56
  8	Aim	Peter & Paul Snowden	James McDonald	18	56
  9	Safework	Scott Morrisey	Mark Du Plessis	10	56
  10	Magic Conqueror	Kelly Schweida	Larry Cassidy	8	56
  11	Mishani Fraudster	Les Ross	Michael Cahill	5	56
  12	Forbidden Love	Richard & Michael Freedman	Jim Byrne	4	54.5
  13	Isotope	Tony Gollan	Ryan Maloney	7	54.5
  14	Smart ‘N’ Sexy	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Robbie Fradd	19	54.5
  15	Gotta Kiss	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Stephanie Thornton	9	55
  16	Lady Banff	Matthew Dunn	Michael Cahill	21	55
  17e	Redoute’s Image	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	14	54
  18e	Starosa	Tony Gollan	Brenton Avdulla	11	54
  19e	Boomnova	Chris Munce		15	54
  20e	Ellsberg	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou		12	56
  21e	Oscar Zulu	Chris Waller		2	56

• 2020

  No.	Horse	Barrier
  1	DUBIOUS	10
  2	ALLIGATOR BLOOD	11
  3	HIGHTAIL	5
  4	DIAMOND THUNDER	20
  5	EXHILARATES	8
  6	SUPERIUM	1
  7	KING OF HASTINGS	7
  8	PROFIT	15
  9	ELEVEN ELEVEN	21
  10	LEVIATHAN	14
  11	STAR SURPRISE	19
  12	SCOUT	16
  13	THE EXECUTIONER	12
  14	OH FIVE GLORY	18
  15	IT’S KIND OF MAGIC	6
  16	HOWWONDERFULLIFEIS	9
  17	LET IT POUR (1E)	17
  18	GALA MISS (2E)	13
  19	DESIGNATED (3E)	3
  20	BADOOSH (4E)	4
  21	BELLS APPROACHING (5E)	2

• 2019

  No.	Horse/Bred	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1	Boomsara	Chris Munce	Damian Browne	18	57
  2	Paquirri	Gary Moore	Jim Byrne	20	57
  3	Bondi	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	16	56
  4	The Fire Trap	Matthew Dunn	Hugh Bowman	8	56
  5	Star Fall	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Linda Meech	17	56
  6	Ljungberg	Ron Quinton	NA	6	56
  7	Smart Elissim	David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig	Michael Walker	10	56
  8	Outback Barbie	Tony Gollan	James McDonald	3	54.5
  9	Granny Red Shoes	Toby Edmonds	Brett Prebble	13	54.5
  10	Persuader	Mick Price	Brenton Avdulla	12	54.5
  11	Zizzis	Patrick Payne	Michael Cahill	6	54
  12	Plumaro	Kevin Kemp	Luke Tarrant	19	54
  13	Light Up The Room	Tony Gollan	Brad Stewart	9	54
  14	Malahide	Michael Costa	Scott Galloway	4	54
  15	Sugar Sizzle	Angela Plumb	Jag Guthmann-Chester	21	54
  16	Barefoot	Tony Sears	Mark Du Plessis	1	54
  17e	Unconditional	Michael Nolan	Jeff Lloyd	14	54
  18e	Doss	Barry Lockwood		4	56
  19e	Say I Cee You	Liam Birchley	Dale Smith	7	56
  20e	Magic Fox	Kelly Schweida		15	56
  21e	Lancaster Bomber	Richard Litt		5	56

• 2018

  No.	Silks	Horse/Bred	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
  1		Pierata	Gregory Hickman	C Brown	1	57	$2.60
  2		Goodfella	Bjorn Baker	J Collett	6	56.5	$10
  3		Whypeeo	Toby Edmonds		16	56.5	$13
  4		Curdled	Peter Robl	J Byrne	4	56.5	$26
  5		Saint Patricks Day	Chris Munce	R Stewart	18	56.5	$71
  6		Bel Sonic	Jason Warren	B Melham	12	56	$17
  7		Shogun Sun	Kelly Schweida	D Browne	10	56	$21
  8		Arrestar	Matthew Dunn		13	56	$151
  9		Wild Heart	Team Hawkes	B Avdulla	3	56	$13
  10		Magnufighter	Gary Duncan	J Kah	2	56	$71
  11		Calculated	Chris Waller	H Bowman	15	56	$10
  12		Pinch Passion	Robert Heathcote	C Reith	5	56	$301
  13		Smartedge	P & P Snowden	T Angland	17	56	$17
  14		Cellargirl	Kelly Schweida	M Walker	9	54.5	$51
  15		Sasso Corbaro	Kris Lees	D Oliver	14	54	$4.80
  16		Lady of Crebilly	Phillip Stokes	R Bayliss	7	54	$34
  17e		I Am Impinge	Toby Edmonds		11	56	$51
  18e		Cruze	Barry Lockwood		8	56	$101

2021 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas result

Recent Magic Millions 3YO Guineas winners

• 2022: Snowden's reign supreme once again
  Having claimed the race 12 months prior with Aim, the Peter & Paul Snowden yard managed to claim the race for a second straight year, this time with King Of Sparta. The three-year-old gelding managed to sustain a long run from the rear of the field under Nash Rawiller and once he hit the front inside the final furlong, no one was ever going to catch him. It was the first time since Gai Waterhouse in 2002-03, that a trainer or in this case training partnership had managed to take the race two years in a row.
• 2021: Snowden's take Aim in the 3YO Guineas
  Not many were giving the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Aim a chance in the 3YO Guineas, but the son of Star Witness blew his rivals away with a stunning turn of foot. However, for the second year in a row the result was marred by controversy when race favourite Isotope dislodged her jockey approaching the home turn. However, under an absolute peach from James McDonald, it was Aim who took home the chocolates despite settling close to last in the big field.
• 2020: Controversy brings shine away from Gator's dominant win
  The 2020 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas will live on in the minds of many for a couple of reasons. Alligator Blood was a dominant victor when proving far too classy for the Guineas field as many predicted he would when jumping as a $1.80 favourite. However, months later Alligator Blood was disqualified after returning a positive swab to Altrenogest. It meant that the runner up on the day Eleven Eleven was elevated to being the 2020 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas winner.
• 2019: Boomsara wins tightest ever Guineas finish
  In what will live on as the tightest finish in 3YO Guineas finish in history, Boomsara held on bravely from Bondi and Outbark Barbie. Boomsara and Bondi broke away from the field to fight it out, but a late closing Outbark Barbie looked to have the sit on the pair. A photo had to separate the runners, with the long-time leader Boomsara getting the nod.
• 2018: Pierata justifies the short odds
  The only runner the punters wanted heading into 2018 was Pierata and the colt didn’t let the punters down, even though they were made to sweat heading into the straight. The horse jumped away clean enough from the inside stall but was waiting on an out for the majority of the race, which slowed up Pierata’s progress. The opening eventually came, and despite not hitting his straps instantaneously, Pierata streaked away in the latter stages to record a commanding win.
• 2017: Flying Jess stuns the race day favourites
  It was meant to be the year of Winning Rupert, but three-year-old filly Flying Jess had other plans. The John Moloney-trained runner stormed home to down Global Glamour on the line, paying odds of $101 with some bookmakers. Its form prior to the run wasn’t overly impressive which is why most punters didn’t give it a chance, but the dream came true for its connections which paid only $60,000 for the daughter of Hinchinbrook. Read full report.
• 2016: Maguta continues hot-streak to win MM Guineas
  Mahuta continued its fantastic run of form to win the 2016 Magic Millions Guineas. The Darren Weir-trained runner entered the race having won its last four starts in Melbourne which included the Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes and Group 2 Sandown Guineas. Despite that form, punters got a great price of $4.50 for the three-year-old and it never looked in doubt, scoring a one-length win over Single Gaze and Egyptian Symbol. Mahuta was a $35,000 purchase at the 2014 Adelaide Yearling Sale.
• 2015: Deiheros delivers at long odds
  Lloyd Kennewell trained Deiheros to win in 2015 at long odds of $25. The son of Bon Hoffa had mixed form heading into the race with a win at Morphettville followed by a 10th in the Vo Rogue Plate, but it pulled out its biggest career victory on the Gold Coast. Deiheros didn’t run a quick time and it has failed to win a race since, but the $6,500 sales purchase certainly made its connections happy. The well-perforned Testashadow finished in second with Echo Gal in third.
• 2014: Gai secures Sweet MM win
  Gai Waterhouse scored her third Magic Millions 3YO win with Sweet Idea in 2014. The Snitzel filly was an expensive $240,000 purchase from the Gold Coast Yearling Sale, but it was well worth the money as it scored a one-length win over Estonian Princess and Enquare. Sweet Idea has been one of the most successful winners having won the Group 2 Missile Stakes and the Group 1 Galaxy at Rosehill.
• 2013: Saluter scores stunning Guineas success
  Saluter scored in one of the most exciting finishes in the history of the Guineas. The Jason McLachlan-trained runner scored by a head and a nose over the likes of Sizzling and Driefontein, which would both go on to great careers. The $80,000 purchase paid $15 to win as its form prior was consistent, but not up to the level of its opposition.
• 2012: Punch On scores knockout blow
  Punch On entered the Magic Millions having won the Vo Rogue Plate two weeks prior. The Peter Balzen-trained runner was an $8 chance for the Millions and it scored a narrow nose victory over Easy Running and Happy Hussy. The 2012 edition was one of the weakest Guineas fields and the quality was shown in Punch On’s career that followed. The daughter of Tiger Hill failed to win in 11 subsequent starts.

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