Pierata Heads Magic Millions 3YO Guineas Field

Tara Madgwick - Monday January 8

A competitive line up of 18 three-year-olds has been finalised for Saturday's 2018 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas (1400m) at the Gold Coast with Pierro's star colt Pierata to carry the number one saddle cloth.

Pierata - Magic Millions With a maximum of 16 runners allowed, there are two emergencies.

Pierata is the favourite and runs for trainer Greg Hickman and jockey Corey Brown while last start winners Saint Patricks Day, Bel Sonic, Wild Heart, and Sasso Corbaro have also forced their way into the $2 million set weights and penalties contest.

Goodfella, Whypeeo, Shogun Sun, and Calculated are among the other leading chances in the capacity field.

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The barrier draw for both the Guineas and 2YO Classic will be held at the Gold Coast on Tuesday morning.

Below is the final field for the 2018 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas.

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Weight
1	PIERATA	Gregory Hickman	Corey Brown	57
2	GOODFELLA	Bjorn Baker	Jason Collett	56.5
3	WHYPEEO	Toby Edmonds	TBA	56.5
4	CURDLED	Peter Robl	Jim Byrne	56.5
5	SAINT PATRICKS DAY	Chris Munce	Ron Stewart	56.5
6	BEL SONIC	Jason Warren	Ben Melham	56
7	SHOGUN SUN	Kelly Schweida	Damian Browne	56
8	ARRESTAR	Matthew Dunn	TBA	56
9	WILD HEART	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brenton Avdulla	56
10	MAGNUFIGHTER	Gary Duncan	Jamie Kah	56
11	CALCULATED	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	56
12	PINCH PASSION	Robert Heathcote	Christian Reith	56
13	SMARTEDGE	Peter & Paul Snowden	TBA	56
14	CELLARGIRL	Kelly Schweida	Michael Walker	54.5
15	SASSO CORBARO	Kris Lees	Damien Oliver	54
16	LADY OF CREBILLY	Phillip Stokes	Regan Bayliss	54
17e	I AM IMPINGE	Toby Edmonds	TBA	56
18e	CRUZE	Barry Lockwood	TBA	56

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