Magic Millions Cup
Magic Millions Cup
Betting Guide
Date: | Friday, January 17, 2025 |
Location: | Gold Coast Turf Club |
Prize Money: | $2,000,000 |
Distance: | 1400m |
The Magic Millions Cup, worth $2 million, is run over 1400m and is one of the feature events on the Magic Millions Race Day at the Gold Coast Turf Club held each year in the middle of January.
Horses tend to come into the Magic Millions Cup field via an earlier summer lead-up in Queensland including the Group 3 George Moore Stakes at Doomben in December.
The Magic Millions Cup is run at Restricted Listed level, with runners sold in the previous Magic Millions catalogue the only horses eligible to run in the event.
The first edition of the race was run in January 2003, with subsequent Group 1 winners like Spirit Of Boom, Lucky Hussler and Vega One among the names on the honour roll.
2025 Magic Millions Cup betting odds

Odds for the Magic Millions Cup as of January 17, 2025 – Courtesy of Neds
- Moravia Win $7.00 Place $2.70
- Charm Stone Win $7.50 Place $2.90
- Redford Win $7.50 Place $2.90
- Perfect Thought Win $9.50 Place $3.40
- Abounding Win $10.00 Place $3.50
- West Of Africa Win $11.00 Place $3.80
- Weigall Tiger Win $11.00 Place $3.80
- Oughton Win $16.00 Place $5.00
- Zou Sensation Win $17.00 Place $5.00
- Cinque Torri Win $17.00 Place $5.00
- Chrysaor Win $18.00 Place $5.50
Best Magic Millions Cup bookmakers
The Magic Millions Cup is such a popular race on Magic Millions Day and any online bookmakers worth their salt have markets up for the race worth $1,000,000 in the lead up to the event.
All of the following bookmakers will have markets for the Magic Millions Cup which includes all-in, fixed-odds win and fixed-odds place betting.
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Latest Magic Millions Cup News
2025 Magic Millions Cup Field
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Previous Magic Millions Cup Fields
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 TamerlaneJames CummingsBlake Shinn1659.5kg2 Far Too Easy David McColm James Orman 21 59kg 3 Loch Eagle Kris Lees Nash Rawiller 15 58.5kg 4 Eleven ElevenGregory HickmanMichael Rodd1258kg5 Zarastro Tony Gollan Angela Jones 20 57.5kg 6 Irish Songs Louise White Jake Bayliss 14 56.5kg 7 Revolutionary Miss Peter & Paul Snowden TBC 10 56kg 8 Frosty Rocks Bjorn Baker Adam Hyeronimus 11 56kg 9 King Of Hastings Anthony & Sam Freedman Tyler Schiller 1 54kg 10 Battleton Bjorn Baker Tim Clark 20 54kg 11 Dynamic Impact Bjorn Baker Ashley Morgan 7 54kg 12 Semana Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Dylan Gibbons 19 54kg 13 Meridius Lloyd Kennewell & Lucy Yeomans Jamie Kah 4 54kg 14 Sunfall Barry Lockwood Martin Harley 8 54kg 15 Arentee Chris Meagher Damien Thornton 3 53kg 16 Perfect Thought John Sargent Craig Williams 13 53kg 17 Zoushack Robert Heathcote Cejay Graham 2 53kg 18 The Ritz Michael Morrison Robbie Dolan 22 53kg 19 Lavish Empire (1E) Peter & Paul Snowden Michael Dee 5 54kg 20 Tubthumper (2E)Natalie McCallTBC954kg21 Russian Warrior (3E)Paula BarronTBC1754kg22 Damiani (4E)Greg RyanTBC654kg23 Noble Style (5E)Paula BarronTBC1854kgNo. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Vega One Tony Gollan Jamie Kah 11 60.5kg 2 Emerald Kingdom Desleigh Forster Jim Byrne 8 60kg 3 Holyfield Annabel Neasham Brodie Loy 14 59kg 4 KikuChris WallerN/A1558kg5 Oscar Zulu Chris Waller N/A 1 57.5kg 6 AxeJack BruceCraig Williams1655kg7 Superium Michael, Waybe & John Hawkes Tommy Berry 13 55kg 8 Love Tap Richard & Will Freedman Tim Clark 7 54.5kg 9 BlondeauChris WallerN/A1954kg10 Vinco Tony Gollan Ben Thompson 10 54kg 11 Amish Boy Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Brenton Avdulla 5 54kg 12 Edison John Smerdon Michael Cahill 9 54kg 13 Redouble Sonja Kumpikas Stephanie Thornton 3 54kg 14 King Of Hastings Anthony & Sam Freedman Rachel King 12 54kg 15 BrookspireChris WallerN/A1754kg16 Petronius (1E)Barry LockwoodJaden Lloyd1454kg17 Animate (2E) Kris Lees Craig Williams 6 54kg 18 Shaquero (3E)Chris WallerN/A1854kg19 Palladas (4E) Tony Gollan Jason Collett 20 54kg 20 Above And Beyond (5E)Gary PortelliN/A254kgNo. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Kementari James Cummings Nash Rawiller 4 61kg 2 Apache Chase Desleigh Forster Jim Byrne 21 59kg 3 Beau Rossa Will Clarken Todd Pannell 16 58.5kg 4 Eleven Eleven Gregory Hickman Hugh Bowman 5 58kg 5 Ballistic Boy Chris Anderson Brad Stewart 9 57kg 6 Hard Empire Toby & Trent Edmonds Ryan Maloney 10 56.5kg 7 Nudge Chris Waller James McDonald 12 56kg 8 Aim Peter & Paul Snowden Tommy Berry 22 54.5kg 9 Frosty Rocks Bjorn Baker Rachel King 15 54.5kg 10 Edison Bjorn Baker Craig Newitt 14 54kg 11 Oscar Zulu Chris Waller Kerrin McEvoy 19 54kg 12 Sambro Chris Waller Craig Williams 13 54kg 13 Animate Kris Lees Andrew Mallyon 6 54kg 14 Axe Michael Costa Boris Thornton 8 54kg 15 Profit Chris Anderson Brett Prebble 23 54kg 16 Poetic Charmer Peter & Paul Snowden Ben Thompson 11 54kg 17 Holyfield Annabel Neasham Tim Clark 3 54kg 18 BlondeauChris WallerJason Collett1754kg19 Sir Rocket (1E) Michael Costa Jason Collett 1 54kg 20 Mr Money Bags (2E)Damien BattersStephanie Thornton2054kg21 The Ritz (3E)Michael CostaRobbie Fradd754kg22 Thunder Mania (4E)John Symons & Sheila LaxonN/A254kg23 Boyles (5E)Scott HenleyN/A1854kg
2024 Magic Millions Cup result
1st – Semana (+1300)
2nd – Meridius (+300)
3rd – Revolutionary Miss (+110)
Previous Runnings of the Magic Millions Cup
- Ciaron Maher and David Eustace broke their frustrating streak of near-misses on Magic Millions Raceday by claiming victory in Saturday’s Restricted Listed $1 million Jewel Magic Millions Cup (1400m) at the Gold Coast with the improving mare Semana. Despite saddling up the third-placed Spywire and fourth-placed Erno’s Cube in the $3 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic, as well as coming close with Zenzella in the Magic Millions Subzero and Froebel Star in the Magic Millions Debut Fillies earlier in the day, it was Semana, a daughter of Winning Rupert, that brought smiles with a dominant two-length win over Meridius and Revolutionary Miss.
- Trainer Tony Gollan ended Magic Millions Day in style, taking home two of the major features, as Vinco (+2000) caused an upset in the finale to win the Magic Millions Cup. After moving to the final race of the card with the re-arranged schedule due to Saturday’s postponement, the $1,000,000 Magic Millions Cup was a great way to end festivities as those that backed the outsider were rewarded with a big price with online bookmakers. Self-appointed ‘adopted Queenslander’ Ben Thompson produced an outstanding ride on the six-year-old gelding, although it wasn’t all smooth sailing if you backed Vinco. Oscar Zulu (+260) and Holyfield (+600) filled the placings, finishing a length off the winner.
- Despite a third of a length separating the first four across the line, the Gregory Hickman-trained Eleven Eleven managed to take out a second straight Magic Millions Cup. The five-year-old gelding had to weave his through traffic under the urgings of Hugh Bowman and once clear exploded late inside the final 200m and managed to pip the likes of Holyfield and subsequent Group 1 winner Apache Chase int he shadows of the winning post. His win saw him become the first horse in Magic Millions Cup history to defend his crown.
- History was made in 2021 when the 2020 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas winner Eleven Eleven returned 12 months later to claim Magic Millions Cup glory. Under a near perfect steer from Nash Rawiller, the Gregory Hickman-trained son of Fastnet Rock was given a rails hugging ride throughout. Considering the ever changing track conditions due to rain, the leaders opted to head to the centre of the track in a bid to gain an advantage. However, Rawiller used his smarts, took Eleven Eleven to the inside portion of the track and was in clear air throughout. He skipped clear inside the final 200m and had enough left in the tank to hold off the fast finishing Soxagon on the line.
- Having won The Gateway at his last start, the Tony Gollan-trained Vega One could not be stopped on his way to claiming the Magic Millions Cup. Having been given a peach of a steer from Michael Rodd, the son of Lope de Vega showed his class when claiming the $1m event. Having loomed up at the 200m mark, Vega One was quick to put a gap on his rivals and was eventually eased down inside the final 50m in what was an each watch for the punters who took the $3.60 available for him.
- Following a win in the Magic Millions Snippets earlier in the day, Bjorn Baker added the Magic Millions Cup to his trophy cabinet following Redouble’s win in the 1400m affair. Craig Williams had the son of Redoute’s Choice in a perfect spot along the rails and when he edged clear, he was always going to take some beating. Redouble ambled up to the leaders inside the final furlong and had enough left in reserve to hold off the fast finishing Sambro.
- The Matthew Dunn-trained Care To Think entered the 2018 Magic Millions Cup with four successive wins under his belt and added a fifth straight win in a breathtaking way. The son of So You Think had to endure a tricky run in transit when travelling three wide, but under a timely steer from Jeff Lloyd he never really looked like getting beaten. Having hit the front inside the final 100m, Care To Think managed to pull away from his rivals on the line. He was purchased in 2015 for $16,000 and following his win in the Magic Millions Cup took his career earning to over $860,000.
Magic Millions Cup past winners list
Magic Millions CupPast Winners | |||
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Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
2024 | Semana | Dylan Gibbons | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace |
2023 | Vinco | Ben Thompson | Tony Gollan |
2022 | Eleven Eleven | Hugh Bowman | Gregory Hickman |
2021 | Eleven Eleven | Nash Rawiller | Gregory Hickman |
2020 | Vega One | Michael Rodd | Tony Gollan |
2019 | Redouble | Craig Williams | Bjorn Baker |
2018 | Care To Think | Jeff Lloyd | Matthew Dunn |
2017 | Testashadow | Deanne Panya | Gary Portelli |
2016 | Lucky Hussler | Glen Boss | Darren Weir |
2015 | Spurtonic | Hugh Bowman | Gai Waterhouse |
2014 | Velrosso | Damien Oliver | Chris Waller |
2013 | Triple Elegance | James McDonald | Chris Waller |
2012 | Spirit Of Boom | Ric McMahon | Tony Gollan |
2011 | Bold Glance | Bobby El-Issa | Norm Hilton |
2010 | Walking Or Dancing | Glen Boss | Brett Partelle |
2009 | Masai Pride | Paula Hammersley | Bryan Guy |
2008 | Theseo | Nash Rawiller | Gai Waterhouse |
2007 | Warrior Trader | Bobby El-Issa | Maryann Thexton |
2006 | Plans | Craig Williams | David Hayes |
2005 | Inspire | Chris Munce | Clarry Conners |
2004 | Amex | Chris Whiteley | Alan Bailey |
2003 | Cosmic Rays | Allan Robinson | Clarry Conners |
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