On behalf of the Magic Millions family, we are enormously excited to extend you and your family a very warm welcome to the 2023 The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions Carnival.
Gerry Harvey, Katie Page-Harvey & Barry Bowditch
Yes – we are biasedly proud to boast about the most anticipated sales and racing event in 2023. Let us explain why. Picture a spectacular Queensland coastline. Sun, sand, surf. Picture fun, fashion, gourmet produce and high-energy entertainment. Picture elite equine athleticism across multiple disciplines.
This is the captivating Gold Coast in January. This is The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions Carnival – bigger than ever!
We invite you to experience the magic and share in the passion as we celebrate our collective love for the thoroughbred.
Join us from 4 January for the commencement of inspections for the 2023 edition of the Gold Coast Yearling Sale. The auction of the southern hemisphere’s biggest and best yearling catalogue will take place from 10 January across seven consecutive days of selling with 1273 outstanding lots to be offered in Books 1 and 2.
A showcase of equestrian excellence and internationally renowned horsemen and women will be on display at the Pacific Fair Magic Millions Polo & Showjumping on Sunday 8 January. Watch celebrity and professional players take to the polo field such as Argentine superstars Nacho Figueras and Delfina Blaquier. Whilst the showjumping competition run at senior and junior level will feature a $1m prize pool for the first time, making it the most valuable stand-alone competition in the world – right here on the Gold Coast.
We are excited to welcome actress and showjumping enthusiast, Elsa Pataky, to the Magic Millions ambassador family, who will be in attendance as our Global Ambassador for Showjumping.
The Queensland Summer Racing Carnival continues to grow in status and value with $22.5m in total carnival prizemoney over 52 feature races and 11 racemeetings. Highlighted by our grand final event, The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions Raceday on Saturday 14 January.
With $11.75m on offer across a ten race card, The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions Raceday is the only racemeeting in Australia to stage eight million-dollar plus races on the one program.
We are proud to continue to innovate in ways that are designed to benefit more participants and all sectors of the industry in driving growth, investment and returns. In 2023 we are delighted to introduce two new world-first feature races, the $1m Magic Millions The Syndicate, for horses owned by a minimum of 20 individual registered owners and/or syndicate members, and the $500,000 Magic Millions The Debut, for unraced 2YOs, in what will become the richest 2YO maiden in the world.
Our world-first Magic Millions Racing Women’s initiative enters its eleventh year, with $750,000 in Racing Women’s Bonuses on offer to all female-owned thoroughbreds across two time-honoured races, $2m The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic and the $2m Gold Coast Magic Millions 3YO Guineas.
Returning to the Gold Coast to make the presentation to this year’s winners will be our Magic Millions Racing Women Patron, Zara Tindall MBE. Since Zara presented the first Magic Millions Racing Women’s Bonus in 2013 to the connections of Real Surreal, an extraordinary 1,690 thoroughbreds have been registered in all-female ownership, trained in every state of Australia and New Zealand.
The delivery of our incredible Carnival would not be possible without the support of our partners. We gratefully acknowledge our exceptional naming rights partner in The Star Gold Coast, our strategic partner Tourism and Events Queensland and our long-term valued principal partner Racing Queensland. We also acknowledge the significant support of TAB, Pacific Fair, Seven West Media and Sky Racing Active.
On behalf the Magic Millions family we sincerely welcome you to the Gold Coast this summer for a fortnight of magic celebrations. We invite you to join us in sharing in our passion for the thoroughbred and equine sport.