Mixed Fortunes for Magic Millions Favourites at Barrier Draw

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday January 9

The favourites have had mixed fortunes with the barrier draw for this year'sMagic Millions 2YO Classic.

Leading hope Jonker drew a single figure barrier in three, while the Tony McEvoy-trained Sunlight was not as fortunate, drawing 15 and Ef Troop fared even worse with 18.

A bad barrier can be overcome as we saw last year when Houtzen jumped from 16 in the field of 16 and scored an easy win.

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Below is the field with barriers for the 2018 Magic Millions 2YO Classic

No	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	JONKER	David Atkins	Hugh Bowman	3	57kg
2	EF TROOP	Tony Gollan	Matthew McGillivray	18	57kg
3	QUACKERJACK	Mark Newnham	Koby Jennings	19	57kg
4	LEGISLATION	P & P Snowden	Damian Browne	7	57kg
5	FULLAZABOOT	Stuart Kendrick	Tye Angland	21	57kg
6	CROCKETT	Tony McEvoy	Jamie Kah	10	57kg
7	BONDI	P & P Snowden	Blake Shinn	20	57kg
8	SKYRAY	Clarry Conners	Jason Collett	8	57kg
9	MERYL	Lee Curtis	Christian Reith	5	55kg
10	SECRET LADY	Gary Portelli	Ben Melham	11	55kg
11	SUNLIGHT	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	15	55kg
12	NOMOTHAJ	Hayes / Dabernig	Stephen Baster	2	55kg
13	OUTBACK BARBIE	Tony Gollan	Jim Byrne	6	55kg
14	ANTHEMOESSA	Matt Cumani	Jordan Childs	4	55kg
15	WITHERSPOON	Brad Widdup	Corey Brown	12	55kg
16	WHISKEY SHOOTER	Waterhouse & Bott	Tim Clark	9	55kg
17e	PAQUIRRI	Gary Moore		17	57kg
18e	TERMINOLOGY	Waterhouse & Bott		14	55kg
19e	SPIRIT'S PRIDE	Michael Nolan		1	57kg
20e	SUGAR SIZZLE	Angela Plumb	Ryan Plumb	16	55kg
21e	CATASTROPHIC	Chris Munce		13	57kg

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