Magic Continues for Better Than Ready's Hidden Wealth

Breednet - Friday January 17

Tony Gollan and Tommy Berry capped a huge night on the Gold Coast on Friday when Hidden Wealth won the $1 million Racing Queensland Magic Millions QTIS Open (1300m).

Hidden Wealth wins

The win gave both the trainer and the jockey a double, after Berry captured the Magic Millions 2YO Classic on O’Ole and Gollan won his fourth Magic Millions Snippets with Zarastro.

Like Zarastro, Hidden Wealth has made a habit of winning in Gollan’s care, with Friday’s win over Cifrado and Boom Torque taking his record to nine victories from 17 starts.

A $110,000 purchase alongside bloodstock agent John Foote from the Kynoch Thoroughbreds draft at the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale, the Better Than Ready gelding has now netted more than $1.5 million in prizemoney and bonuses for his connections.

Gollan said the four-year-old can continue his rise in 2025.

“It’s awesome,” Gollan said.

“It’s one of our biggest days of the year up here in Queensland and it’s certainly a day you want to train winners in your home state.

“I’ve got a lot of faith in this horse.

“I felt he’d done really well during the week and I came here with a lot of confidence tonight.

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“We were happy to be up on the speed and Tommy is a great rider, I think he’s only ridden the horse three times for three wins so he’s got as much faith in the horse as I do.

“He’s a horse that will win a good race.”

Berry has now won three races on Hidden Wealth and hailed the five-year-old as pone of the easiest horses he’s ridden, albeit he said there were a few nervous moments shortly after the barriers opened.

“He actually just dropped his head coming out of the gates at the start and he never does that but he recovered so quickly, got himself into the right spot and just relaxed so quickly as well.

“He’s the easiest horse I’ve ever ridden to put in a spot.

“I shouldn’t get paid for him but I will.”

All but three of the 25 yearlings by Better Than Ready in the catalogue for the 2025 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale sold last week, including Lot 526, a filly out of Redoute’s Choice mare Istiraaha, that was bought by Gollan, Foote and Blacksoil Racing for $200,000.

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Race Result - Racing Queensland Magic Millions Open 1300m

Gold Coast Track: Good(4) Time: 1:15.55
1
Hidden Wealth
- 5g Better Than Ready (AUS) x Miss Stash (AUS) (Bradbury's Luck (AUS))
Tnr: T J Gollan Rdr: Tommy Berry 57.5
2
0.5
Cifrado
- 4g Encryption (AUS) x Madame Fly (AUS) (Excites (AUS))
Tnr: R G Lipp Rdr: Boris Thornton 58
3
1.3
Boom Torque
- 5g Spirit Of Boom (AUS) x Outback Saga (AUS) (Real Saga (AUS))
Tnr: M J Dunn Rdr: B Shinn 55.5
4
2.6
Safework
- 7g Spirit Of Boom (AUS) x Ossie's Secret (AUS) (Red Dazzler (AUS))
Tnr: S J Morrisey Rdr: R Dolan 52
5
3.1
Yellow Brick
- 5g The Mission (AUS) x Magical Mist (NZ) (High Chaparral (IRE))
Tnr: Tony & Maddysen Sears Rdr: J R Collett 61
6
3.6
Bohemian Lad
- 4g Better Than Ready (AUS) x Nahab (AUS) (Snitzel (AUS))
Tnr: David Vandyke Rdr: Ron Stewart 52
7
3.8
Corfe Castle
- 5g Better Than Ready (AUS) x Quick Witted (AUS) (Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE))
Tnr: Toby Edmonds & Stephen McLean Rdr: Tyler Schiller 54
8
7.1
Skirt The Law
- 4m Better Than Ready (AUS) x Outlaw Kate (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: T J Gollan Rdr: Craig Williams 53
9
8.9
Mishani Aloha
- 3f Kobayashi (AUS) x Hawaiian Princess (AUS) (Refuse To Bend (IRE))
Tnr: Donna Stanbridge Rdr: Cejay Graham 54
10
10.7
Viminele
- 5h Spill The Beans (AUS) x Gala Affair (AUS) (Pure Theatre (AUS))
Tnr: L J Gough Rdr: Bailey Wheeler 52
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