Gold Coast set to host Magic Millions after mad scramble as track poisoning mystery continues

Saturday's iconic Magic Millions race day looks set to go ahead at the Gold Coast track after a frantic week fixing a large section of turf.

Trainers, jockeys and officials were stunned last Friday when they arrived to find a patch of the track had been poisoned.

While it was initially blamed on horse racing protesters, no group has come forward to claim it and many people have pondered whether it was merely an accident on the behalf of track staff.

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A turf specialist was flown to Queensland from Melbourne's Flemington to provide urgent advice on how to fix the problem.

Last weekend's meeting was moved down the highway to the Sunshine Coast.

After days of labour, Racing Queensland boss Jason Scott told Nine's Today on Thursday the track is almost good to go.

Half a dozen horses were run over the track on Thursday morning and it was given the all-clear by jockeys.

"Yes I'm incredibly confident," Scott said.

"The people who have done the work for us have had incredible experience previously, we've had people like Chris Waller and other leading trainers look at the turf yesterday.

"I would be amazed if we didn't come through and race at the Gold Coast on Saturday.

"It was dead. By Saturday morning the grass was well and truly dead, so some sort of poison had been put on.

"We will go through worrying about how that happened, and if vandals were responsible, in the next week, but right now it's all about making sure we can race on Saturday."

Earlier in the week Scott had cast doubt on the allegation protesters were responsible for the poisoning.

An investigation is underway but so far is has not yielded a finding.

"I would be surprised if it is vandals," Scott told SEN radio.

"We will make a decision by Thursday morning, we can't have the mad rush, we know there is a lot of people flying into Queensland ... so we won't drag this on.

"We are going to make every endeavour to run there.

"They tell me they can have it by Wednesday morning at the worst and then we need to put some horses over it."

Some reports have suggested the staff may have made an error in their preparations and are trying to pin it on protesters.

The 10-race card, which headlines a massive week that includes sales of the country's best yearlings, is the biggest race day of the year on the Gold Coast.