Magic Millions 2YO Classic Tips, Odds, Horses & More 2026

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic 2026 feature race shares the same lucrative $3 million prize pool as the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas, however, the two-year-old race has a richer history and greater notoriety attached to it. The race is restricted to two-year-old horses purchased through Magic Millions Sales auctions located at eligible auctions in the race’s home of Gold Coast, as well as Adelaide, Perth and Tasmania.

Looking for some quick information about the Magic Millions 2YO Classic? All the key details for this race can be found here:

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic, while not a Group 1, is still one of the biggest races on the Australian calendar. It offers a lot more prize money than many Group One races and therefore it generates a lot of interest.

This 1,200m race will take place on Saturday, 10th January, and is held annually at Gold Coast Racecourse. The Gold Coast Racecourse may not have the same pedigree as the  Flemington Racecourse  or the Royal Randwick Racecourse, but it is still one of the top tracks that sees several race meetings each year.

Each year, you’ll see many up-and-coming 2YOs chance their hand at the Magic Millions 2YO Classic and the $3,000,000 in prize money that is on offer. You’ll see star-studded fields each year and we will go into further detail about some of these horses later.

Our Magic Millions 2YO Classic page will give you all the juicy details about how to bet on the race as well as the best places to bet and more! So, be sure to visit OnlyRacing.com.au closer to race day and we will go into detail with our expert tips, best bets and more to get you in the punting mood. 

We don’t yet know which runners will be taking part in the 2026 Magic Millions 2YO Classic. Our experts will wait until race week in 2026 as this is when the final field is confirmed. When the final field is confirmed, we will provide our best free horse racing tips for the race. For more Gold Coast tips, make sure you check out that specific page.

Each year, during race week, we see the final field confirmed. Before this time, it’s only a guess on which runners will line up for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic. This is why we like to wait until race week, after the final field has been confirmed, before getting stuck into our tips.

While we wait for the 2026 final field to be confirmed, check out all our 2025 Magic Millions 2YO Classic tips here:

Magic Millions 2YO Classic Best Bet - Invincible Woman

Wow, they really aren’t making it easy for us, are they? It’s a bumper field, filled with high-quality runner after high-quality runner and this is reflected in the market. At the time of writing, there are four runners listed with odds of $7.00 or less. It took me a bloody long time, but I’ve landed on Invincible Woman to take out the race on Friday.

She’s a professional and just seems to be well put together, especially for a 2YO. Invincible Woman was great on debut, winning the Magic Millions VIC 2YO Classic by 2.8L. Had a tick-over trial since that, at Gold Coast Racecourse and looked good there. She is a fairly diverse horse and that gives jockey Damian Lane a lot of options.

Magic Millions 2YO Classic Next Best - Gallo Nero

For my next best in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, I’m locking in Gallo Nero. The colt is currently going around with odds of $7.00, thanks to PlayUp and with two career runs under his belt, I think he will be peaking here third-up. Last time out, he won at Randwick, in the Petaluma Handicap.

He has shown improvement in both runs so far and he is certainly good enough to give this one mighty shake. Jockey Tyler Schiller sticks and he draws barrier five, which looks ideal. Schiller also has a 23% strike rate when working with the Hawkes team. A win in the 2025 Magic Millions 2YO Classic is well within reach I think.

Magic Millions 2YO Classic Best Roughie - Vein Girl

There are a lot of viable options for my best roughie in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, but I ended up going with Vein Girl. The filly is currently going around with odds of $17 to win, thanks to PlayUp. I think she presents good value and she was successful in her first career race, winning the Magic Millions The Debut at Gold Coast Racecourse.

Vein Girl won by just 0.2L that day, but it was the way she won that really caught my attention. She raced hard, was on-speed and then ended up being the only on-speed runner that kicked on all the way through. Yes, this is certainly a step up to her previous race but she gets an ideal barrier for her racing style and jockey Cejay Graham sticks.

Have a look through our comprehensive bookmaker reviews to gain insight into reputable Australian bookmakers, what they can offer you and how they can differentiate themselves in a saturated market. There are many different betting apps available, so you are spoilt for choice!

Betting on the Magic Millions 2YO Classic is almost a must if you are an avid horse racing fan like us all here at OnlyRacing. The race will offer a wide range of markets to bet on, with certain bookmakers such as PlayUp and Unibet offering a deep array of markets.

You’ll find that most bookmakers will put up betting markets for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic months before the race. These odds and markets will be listed under the bookmakers’ futures markets, so be sure to look closely. 

Our recommendation for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic is to bet on a wide range of markets to cover the entire meet. This means you could place a fixed win/ place bet in every race, as well as a quinella/ trifecta/ first four exotic.

In addition, multis are a good way to add some additional fun to your betting experience. Horse racing betting sites will allow you to place multis on the Magic Millions 2YO Classic race day meeting, but you’ll need to wait until closer to the time of the race.

When it comes to the actual process of placing a bet with a bookmaker, we’ve gone through all the best Australian betting sites and there are a few that we love and think that you’ll love too! Some of these bookies include:

• Volcanobet - We think this bookie has one of the best betting apps because they’ve got some interesting betting promotions.
• WellBet - Here you’ll find a perfectly designed mobile app, making it easy to find the market you’re looking for and place bets.

So, there are two of our top recommended bookies and you’ll be able to find some great betting sites bonuses with them. If two are not enough for you, then be sure to check out our “Betting Sites” section above, we’ve got heaps more bookies for you to scroll through!

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic is one of the biggest races on the Australian horse racing calendar and it brings out those more casual punters. If you aren’t a regular punter and want to know more about the different bet types available to you, well haven’t you come to the right place?!

Check out the range of bet types available for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic:

The field for the 2026 Magic Millions 2YO Classic is yet to be confirmed. While we don’t know which runners will take part in the race, if history is anything to go by, we will see a high-quality field. Before the race itself, there are a few hurdles the connections of potential runners need to overcome.

Some of the key dates you should be aware of:

Even though the final field hasn’t been announced for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, punters will find that many of the top online bookies might release early odds markets for the race. When the odds are released, you’ll find that they’ll change all the time in the lead-up to the race. So, if you see odds that tickle your fancy, it’s a good idea to jump on them!

Check out the final field for the race in 2025 while we wait for the 2026 field to be confirmed:

We saw a full field once again for the 2025 Magic Millions 2YO Classic, including five emergencies, just in case there are any pre-race scratchings. In the end, there weren’t any pre-race scratchings, so all 16 confirmed runners lined up in the starting barriers.

In horse racing, you’ll find that scratchings happen fairly regularly, even in races like the Magic Millions 2YO Classic where there’s a share of $3 million up for grabs! There can be many reasons why a horse is scratched and it can happen at any time as well. But, if the horse you bet on does get scratched, at least you know you’ll get your stake back.

When it comes to the final field, another thing we recommend you look at is the barrier draw. In races where there is a capacity field, the barrier draw will have a major influence on the race tactics of each runner. Some barriers are more successful than others, that’s for sure!

We just touched on the barrier draw in the previous section and talked about how some barriers are more successful than others. Would you like to know the stats behind the starting barriers? Of course you would!

Have a look at the table below, as we go through the most and least successful starting barriers of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic (from 2000 onwards):

Well, we know which barrier we’d want our runner to start from (if we were an owner, that is) - barrier 2! It is the clear winner with more than double the amount of wins of every other barrier. A lot of the wins from barrier 2 have also come recently so that barrier is running hot.

On the other side there are a few barriers that haven’t seen a single winner since 2000 onwards, those barriers include; 4, 5, 8, 11, 13 and 14. We aren’t saying that a future Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner won’t come from one of those barriers, but the stats don’t lie!

With any race, especially a major one like the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, it’s important to take a look at the form guide for information. Checking out the form guide will ensure any bet you place on the race is based on facts.

All the key form indicators for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic reveal a pattern and will point you in the right direction. But who has the time to go through pages and pages (and pages) of form? Well, the team here at OnlyRacing does and we’ve cut through all the data to provide you with some bite-sized pieces of information that are important if you’re going to bet on the Magic Millions 2YO Classic.

We’ve found that it can be quite tricky to line up the form for this race because it is early in the year and all the runners are still a bit green. Although, looking at the last 20 editions of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, there have been 14 winners who are fillies. So, that is certainly a good place to start.

While there may not be a lot of previous form to go off, in the past 34 races, 28 of the winners have won their previous race. You should be looking for a last-start winner for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, that’s for sure!

This major race has been very kind to punters over the years, with 11 of the past 16 winners jumping favourite. Also, if you’re looking for specific races to judge how the runner might perform in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, the traditional lead-ups are the Listed Phelan Ready Stakes and the Group 3 BJ McLachlan Stakes.

We see the best 2YO horses competing each year in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic and only the best of the best go on to take out the race. In the past, we have seen some winners of this race go on to have an extraordinary career.

Which horses are we talking about? Well, have a read as we go through some of the best and most successful horses that have ever won the Magic Millions 2YO Classic:

Snippets - 1987

Snippets was the first winner of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic back in 1987. Snippets’ 2YO season was pretty successful. After taking out the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, Snippets went on to win the Sires Produce Stakes. The next year, second in the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes and a win in the Oakleigh Plateq. In the end, Snippet had amassed a total of $1,018,540 in prize money.

Testa Rossa - 1999

Testa Rossa won the 1999 edition of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, beating out Sally Magic and Shalt Not. Testa Rossa won a total of $3,034,191 in prize money, thanks to winning a total of six Group 1s. Overall, Testa Rossa’s career record was 28:13-3-0, which is certainly nothing to be sniffed at!

Dance Hero - 2004

Dance Hero got his season off to the best of starts in 2004, winning the Magic Millions 2YO Classic. His career spanned several years and the Gai Waterhouse trained gelding was very successful. He won a total of 10 races throughout his career, which included four Group 1s, this helped to boost his total prize money to almost $4 million!

Sunlight - 2018

Looking at some more recent winners of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic now. In 2018, it was Sunlight that got the lion’s share of the prize money. Sunlight won three Group 1s throughout her career including the Coolmore Stud Stakes in 2018, as well as Newmarket Handicap and the William Reid Stakes in 2019. She was also named the Australian Champion Three Year Old Filly for the 2018-2019 season.

Coolangatta - 2022

The 2022 Magic Millions 2YO Classic win put Coolangatta on the map. Straight after her win in this race, she went on to finish third in the Golden Slipper. She also won the Moir Stakes as well as the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes before being retired. Coolangatta competed in just nine races but won five of them and it’s no surprise that she has amassed over $3 million in prize money.

The odds are a key piece of information and depending on how high or low they are for a particular runner, you could (or could not) be getting some value! You’ll find that months before Magic Millions 2YO Classic race day, horse racing betting apps will release markets for all potential runners.

As soon as these odds are released, you’ll notice they are constantly changing. The changes in odds will be more significant as information about which runners are targeting the Magic Millions 2YO Classic. If the bookies don’t think a particular runner is going to target the race, the odds for that runner will be very high (or they might not even include odds for that runner at all).

Horse racing markets are always getting updated and at this stage, our favourite bookie, PlayUp, hasn’t released their odds just yet. We will keep an eye on this and bring you the updated odds for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic during race week.

Also, if you decide to bet when the market is “All-In” then you won’t get your stake back if your runner doesn’t make the final field. Finding early hot tips for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic isn’t too difficult and if you find something you like, betting on it early could mean you find the eventual favourite of the race for juicy double-digit odds!

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic odds aren’t available but you can check out where each runner stacked up for the race in 2025 here:

*Odds correct as of 17/01/2025.

The Magic Millions has a rich history and with any race that has so much history, there are a lot of stats and fun facts floating around. We all love a fun fact now and again and the Magic Millions 2YO Classic is full of them!

The Magic Millions Carnival is a staple in the Australian horse racing calendar nowadays. There are a few things about it that make it unique and we have found some interesting stats and facts that you should know. 

Let’s have a look at these fun facts below:

• The race has always been held at a distance of 1,200m.
• Throughout the history of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic race, there have been three winners who have also won the Golden Slipper at Rosehill Racecourse in the same year. 
  
  • Capitalist in 2016
  • Phelan Ready in 2009
  • Dance Hero in 2004
• The Gold Coast Magic Millions Carnival was created to complement the Magic Millions auctions.
• The company is owned by Gerry Harvey (a notable breeder in the horse racing industry) and his wife Katie Page. They purchased the company back in 2011.
• Magic Millions auctions account for more than 5,000 horses a year at over 20 different eligible auctions.

The Magic Millions Carnival has been a staple of Queensland horse racing for a few years now, with one of the feature races – Magic Millions 2YO Classic, first being held in 1987. The race has had constraints on it since the very first edition, requiring the geldings, colts and fillies to be under a set weight, as well as requiring the runners to have been bought from a Magic Millions eligible auction.

In 2017, Racing Queensland and Magic Millions gave a new look to what used to be known as the Queensland Summer Racing Carnival, one of the key horse racing carnivals on the calendar. Along with the new name, a drastic increase in prize money was introduced, with a whopping $10 million being put up for grabs

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic is the first of a couple of races throughout the calendar to have a massive prize pool. Some of the other notable races include the Golden Slipper held at Rosehill Racecourse and the Blue Diamond Stakes held at Caulfield Racecourse.

In 2025, due to poor weather on race day, the meeting at Gold Coast Racecourse was abandoned after three races. The 2025 Magic Millions 2YO Classic was moved to the following week and took part on the Friday after the original race day.

It will be very interesting to see how this carnival develops, as its prize pool matches some of the other giant carnivals and is held at a track where the sun almost always shines. Everyone always looks forward to January every year just because they know the Magic Millions Carnival is happening!

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic is one of the first key races of the year and there’s plenty more where that came from! So, if you’re itching to learn more about other key races, make sure you check out our Group One races list. We’ve got all the Group 1 and other key races listed there.

Want to know not only who won the race, but also the finishing order of the entire field? Well, you’re in luck because we’ve got everything sorted for you! Knowing more than just who won the race is important if you’ve bet on more exotic options, like the First Four, for example

The 2025 Magic Millions 2YO Classic was taken out by O’Ole, who was a $12 chance leading into the race. The filly jumped from barrier three and jockey Tommy Berry weaved his way through traffic to win by 1.5L. Memo, one of the more favoured runners, finished in second place, jumping from barrier one.

Wrapping up the final minor placings was Gallo Nero, another runner who jumped with single-digit odds. The colt finished 2L off the leader and jumped from barrier four. In the end, the 2025 Magic Millions 2YO Classic was run in a time of 1:09.27 and there was a total of 18.7L that split the entire field.

Check out the full Magic Millions 2YO Classic results:

If you didn’t catch the race or want to relive the magic of O’Ole’s victory, we’ve got your back here at OnlyRacing! Check out the full race replay of the 2025 edition of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic:

With a packed field each year, only the best of the best rise to the top and can claim victory in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic. Check out the table to see all the most recent winners of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic:

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic is one of the biggest races in Australia and it is the first major race of the year, so it draws a lot of attention from regular and casual punters alike. As well as this, the prize money means some of the best 2YOs in the country are out on show.

There is a total of $3 million on offer and this is split between all 16 runners. So, everyone's a winner! Check out the Magic Millions 2YO Classic prize money breakdown below:

The final section is our FAQs! If you’ve got any more burning questions about the Magic Millions 2YO Classic hopefully we’ve covered them here. Check out all the FAQs for this major race: