Locals Strike as Harry Angel's Heavenly Impact Wins Magic Maiden

Breednet - Saturday January 11

A centimetre perfect ride from Jason Collett paved the way for a last-stride win and a $250,000 payday for connections of Heavenly Impact in the Magic Millions Maiden Plate (1100m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday.

Heavenly Impact wins the Magic Millions Maiden. Image: Magic Millions

A year after the son of Harry Angel was runner-up in the $500,000 Magic Millions Debut (900m) on the same program, he shrugged his maiden tag in the best possible manner for connections to kick off the iconic raceday.

Form barrier two, Collett plotted an economical run behind the speed on the three-year-old, who quickened between runners in the final 300m and edged out King of Dragons on the line.

Trainer Marcus Wilson, who paid $30,000 for Heavenly Impact out of the Fernrigg Farm draft in Book 2 at 2023 Gold Coast Yearling Sale, said it was a satisfying win with a horse that has proved challenging to train.

“I’ve been pulling my hair out with this horse,” Wilson said.

“He’s been a very quirky horse to get into the barriers and he is one horse that makes me nervous on raceday.

“It’s good to see him get the job done.

“He’s a big horse and he’s just needed time so we turned him out (after the Oxlade Stakes in June), we gelded him and that’s probably been the making of him, cutting him, it’s the ultimate gear change.

“He was always going to need a lot of luck because not a horse with early speed so I think you’ll see a better horse over seven furlongs.

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“It’s our grand final, being a local, and we’ve only got a small team so it’s great to win here.

“We don’t have the big cheque books like some of the big blokes, we just chip away and he only cost $30,000 a couple of years ago.”

Collett said the gelding deserved to win after tackling some feature races during Queensland’s winter carnival in 2024.

“He was nicely placed,” Collett said.

“He just missed in a similar race last year and he hadn’t had a lot of luck during the winter.

“They’ve worked on his barrier manners and I was fortunate, I think the gate definitely helped at this stage of the day.”

Four yearlings by Harry Angel, the sire of inaugural Magic Millions Sunlight winner Private Harry, sold for an average of $256,000 during Book 1 of the 2025 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

The half-brother to Heavenly Impact by Exceedance was passed in with an $80,000 reserve in Collingrove Stud’s draft on Friday.

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Race Result - Magic Millions Mdn Plate 1100m

Gold Coast Track: Heavy(9) Time: 1:03.98
1
Heavenly Impact
- 3g Harry Angel (IRE) x Striking Meteor (AUS) (Northern Meteor (AUS))
Tnr: Marcus Wilson Rdr: J R Collett 57
2
0.1
King Of Dragons
- 3c Harry Angel (IRE) x Champalou (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: G Portelli Rdr: C Schofield 57
3
1.6
Brazen Act
- 3g Brazen Beau (AUS) x Rose Of Savannah (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: K M Schweida Rdr: Craig Williams 57
4
1.9
Hell March
- 3g Hellbent (AUS) x Forte (AUS) (Sepoy (AUS))
Tnr: Toby Edmonds & Stephen McLean Rdr: Ethan Brown 57
5
3.9
Shalaa Gold
- 3g Shalaa (IRE) x Murtle Turtle (AUS) (Murtajill (AUS))
Tnr: Bjorn Baker Rdr: J Parr 57
6
4.1
Volatile
- 3g Snitzel (AUS) x Artemis Rose (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: Peter Snowden Rdr: Tommy Berry 57
7
4.4
Ser Joh
- 4g Capitalist (AUS) x Transcendence (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: R L Heathcote Rdr: Martin Harley 58.5
8
6.4
Innervisions
- 3g I Am Invincible (AUS) x Modern Wonder (AUS) (Snitzel (AUS))
Tnr: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald Rdr: B Shinn 57
9
8.9
Superstitious
- 4g Snitzel (AUS) x Cross Amulet (JPN) (Heart's Cry (JPN))
Tnr: M J Dunn Rdr: Tyler Schiller 58.5
10
10.2
King Spirit
- 3g Spirit Of Boom (AUS) x Kakakakatie (AUS) (Zeditave (AUS))
Tnr: S W Kendrick Rdr: Kyle Wilson-Taylor 57
11
11.2
Capitalex
- 3g Capitalist (AUS) x Miss Expensive (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: L & T Corstens & W Larkin Rdr: D W Stackhouse 57
12
17.5
Dibba Dobba
- 4m Spill The Beans (AUS) x Lozza Attitude (AUS) (Bel Esprit (AUS))
Tnr: James Moore Rdr: K Mc Evoy 56.5
13
20
Bullfighter
- 3g Capitalist (AUS) x Espaaniyah (AUS) (I Am Invincible (AUS))
Tnr: G Waterhouse & A Bott Rdr: Tim Clark 57
14
36
Look It's Lucy
- 4m Shooting To Win (AUS) x Graylight Girl (AUS) (Ad Valorem (USA))
Tnr: David Murphy Rdr: Cejay Graham 56.5
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