‘Onward and upward’: Millions plans ‘Magic under the stars’ finale
Organisers are pulling out all the stops to give racegoers a night to remember when the trouble-plagued 2025 Magic Millions carnival returns on Friday. FIND OUT MORE
Organisers are pulling out all the stops to give racegoers a night to remember when the trouble-plagued 2025 Magic Millions carnival returns on Friday. FIND OUT MORE
Tony Gollan has no reason to be concerned ahead of Friday’s rescheduled Magic Millions meeting, after all, he triumphed in 2023 under similar circumstances.
Rain may have washed away Saturday’s main Magic Millions event, but it didn’t dampen the high spirits of race day punters. See the gallery
Amosu pocketed $305,000 for her owners after winning The Debut with some of them adding to the big payday after snapping up the $18 opening price.
Scott Morrisey will today attempt to qualify a two-year-old filly for next week’s Magic Millions, but whatever happens it won’t be as dramatic as when one of his horses went swimming with sharks in a canal two years ago.
Saturday’s The Wave-Sunlight meeting to launch the Magic Millions Carnival has been moved to the Sunshine Coast after a segment of the Gold Coast track was poisoned.
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott might be concentrating on Lady Of Camelot’s bid for the $3 million Magic Millions Sunlight at the Gold Coast but their stable can still make a statement on home turf at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
Rising superstar Ceolwulf will be restricted to a weight-for-age program aimed at a showdown with Via Sistina in the $5 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Randwick during The Championships next autumn.
Christine Duffy has been on the ride of her life as the partner of Melbourne Cup winning jockey Robbie Dolan, but she has a fabulous racing story all of her own.
Bjorn Baker could put his filly Rainbow Glow into Magic Millions calculations by winning at the Gold Coast on Saturday, but says she is no guarantee to back up into the $3m race if she wins.
Tony McEvoy reckons his classy filly Arabian Summer is about as Queensland as XXXX Gold beer … and he’ll be toasting the Sunshine State if she can win the $3m Sunlight at the Gold Coast on Saturday.
Hi Barbie has cleared the path for a Magic Millions start after pulling up with heart issues following her last run, while her stablemate La Bella Boom is set to go in on the quick back-up after racing at the Gold Coast on Saturday.
Bjorn Baker has a talented sprinter again lining up at Royal Randwick on Saturday but his weekend could be made all the more lucrative if he can capture a Gold Coast feature race.
A year ago, Spywire was one of the top fancies for the Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic. Now he looms as the ‘forgotten horse’ in the $3m Sunlight slot race on Saturday.
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