THE $2 MILLION MAGIC MILLIONS TWO-YEAR-OLD CLASSIC - BY THE NUMBERS

By Graham Potter | Friday, January 15, 2021

The Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic – by the numbers!

Win the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic and the first place prize-money of $1.1 million will put any set of connections in this year’s edition of the big race ahead of the game, but here are just a few facts and figures that make pretty interesting reading until such time as they will be looked at from a different perspective once that result is in the frame on Saturday.

Which three horses go into the race defending unbeaten records?:
Alpine Edge, Readily Availabull and Queen Of Wizardry.

Which seven horses are last start winners?:
Alpine Edge, Finance Tycoon, Readily Availabull, She’s All Class, Swift Witness, You’ll Be Mist and Queen Of Wizardry.

Which horse is the most expensive purchase in the race?
Ghostwriter - $975 000.

Which other three horses, apart from Ghostwriter, were purchased for $200 000 or more?
Mura Mura ($650 000), Queen Of Wizardry ($400 000), Swift Witness ($260 000), She’s All Class ($200 000).

Which horse is the cheapest purchase in the race?
Mishani Scandal - $7 000.

Which was the only runner in the race ‘passed in’ at the sales?
Baby Wong.

Which three horses have the most wins behind their name and what is that number?
Alpine Edge, Finance Tycoon, You’ll Be Mist (2 wins apiece).

Which three horses have yet to win a race?
Baby Wong, Rambeau, Mura Mura.
Imagine being asked, how much prize-money did you get for your first win?
Oh, $1.1 million … that’s the possibility facing the connections of these three horses.

Which horse has the most race experience?
Mishani Scandal – 5 runs.

Which horses have the least race experience?
Readily Availabull and Queen Of Wizardry – only one run each (both winning efforts).

Which horse has had the longest break from race action going into the race?
Readily Availabull – last ran November 21, 2020.

Which six horses are backing up from last week?
Finance Tycoon, Shaquero, Mishani Scandal, Rambeau, Swift Witness, Miss Hipstar.

Which four runners, who have had more than one race, have had the same jockey on their back in all of their races?
Alpine Edge (Ribbie Fradd), Finance Tycoon (Luke Nolen), Miss Hipstar (Larry Cassidy), Miss Bojack (Michael Cahill).

Which five runners, who have had more than one race, have had different jockeys on their back in every one of their races so far, and will have another new jockey on board on Saturday?
Shaquero (James McDonald, Luke Dittman, Glen Boss) – Hugh Bowman takes over.
Rambeau (Luke Currie, Glen Boss, Ryan Maloney) – Craig Williams takes over.
Mura (Tim Clark, Sam Clipperton, Hugh Bowman, Thomas Sherry) – John Allen takes over.
Swift Witness (Tim Clark, Glen Boss) – Brenton Avdulla takes over.
Ranch Hand (James McDonald, Nash Rawiller) – Glen Boss takes over.

Which five horses have already recouped their purchase price in prize-money?
Alpine Edge - $237 500 in earnings - $160 000 purchase price.
Finance Tycoon - $216 800 in earnings - $150 000 purchase price.
Readily Availabull - $139 700 in earnings - $25 000 purchase price.
Mishani Scandal - $96 925 in earnings - 7 000 purchase price.
You’ll Be Mist - $81 700 in earnings - $18 000 purchase price.

Who are the best represented stallions in the race and with how many runners?
I Am Invincible - 2 - Ghostwriter, She’s All Class.
Not A Single Doubt - 2 – Mura Mura, Queen Of Wizardry.

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