However a look through the race's history can point us in the right direction. Since , the boys are just edging the girls with 15 wins compared to However, 11 of the last 16 editions of the race have been won by fillies, so punters should not be afraid to back them.
A very important fact to consider is 25 of the past 30 Magic Millions Classic winners have won their previous start, including 11 of the past 12 runnings, with Shaquero being second in his previous start.
Of those eleven, three had their final lead-up run in the McLachlan Stakes. More recently, five of the past seven winners have rounded out their preparations with victory at the Gold Coast seven days before the Magic Millions Classic. Sixteen of the past 19 winners have started from single-figure barriers. Although Houtzen did win easily from the widest barrier in , as did Sunlight from barrier 12 in Most of these horses had experience racing in the clockwise direction prior to saluting in the Magic Millions Classic which is an added bonus.
Blowout results are the exception rather than the rule with nine of the past 12 editions going to the market favourite. Le Chef was the last local horse to be victorious. South Australian trainer Tony McEvoy won the race in with star filly Sunlight, whilst the trophy went to Sydney trainers in , and Racenet will provide an in depth look into all the Magic Millions Classic runners at a time closer to the race on the Racenet Magic Millions Horses page.
Interestingly, a glance at a horse's price tag can tell us more than just how expensive they were! Kick off your punting year right by backing the winner of the Magic Millions Classic. The Magic Millions Classic often provides a great betting medium. You can play it safe and bet on the favourite, or go out on a limb and try to predict the winning trifecta, quinella or exacta.
The Tips will be available below closer to the race. For a detailed guide to betting and exotic bets, visit our in-depth Magic Millions Classic betting section. If you know your way around a form guide, you can always figure out your own tips. Or why not check out the other expert tips at our trusty Magic Millions Classic tips page. Taking a punt on the Magic Millions Classic is as quintessentially Australian as eating a meat pie.
But before you put your money where your mouth is, it is important to understand the odds and whether or not you are getting a good price. Magic Millions Classic odds are based on statistical data about each of the runners, and then adjusted to balance out the effect of betting.
Need help analysing the odds? After decades of careful refurbishment, and a marketing campaign that told the world if you are not on the Gold Coast in January you haven't lived, the concept is now the envy of bloodstock sales houses around the world. It had everything that I just thrive on all in one neat business. Harvey has since bought out Singleton and Ferguson. I wanted to take it over myself but they made a few nice bucks on the way out," Harvey said.
Harvey is one of Australia's most successful businessmen. I'd rather do a deal, sell fridges, beds or even apartments, that's a day's work — doing a deal. I'm a salesman first and foremost and a lover of sport and that's why this Gold Coast operation ties everything into one. I've done a few average deals in my time. If you do the maths, it's a pretty average deal. The Magic Millions concept has been fine-tuned with hundreds of yearlings being sold in the week leading up to the race meeting on Saturday that will stage eight races solely for graduates of the Magic Millions sales.
When it's suggested to Harvey that Magic Millions sales week is like Hollywood, he replied: "It's a lot better than Hollywood, it's the Gold Coast and you're seeing it at its very best.
Full details and conditions of the race and bonus can be found at: www. Social Media. Twitter — MMSnippets. YouTube — The Magic Millions. By Imagine if the [international] border was open. Little wonder Magic Millions looked more like its pre-COVID self, with the champagne back out on the 60 or so tables for up to 10 guests each around the sales ring, along with lobster, oysters and cheese platters.
Sheikh Hamdan died in March aged Sheikh Hamdan had been at the forefront of the Australian racing and breeding scene for 35 years since his very first Australian purchase, Mahaasin, bought on the Gold Coast in , won the group 1 Blue Diamond in
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