National Sale Comes To A Close

Sale-topping Written Tycoon colt | Magic Millions

The marathon Magic Millions National Sale came to a close after 10 days of trade on the Gold Coast with the single-session National Racehorse Sale on Thursday. With nearly 100 fewer horses offered compared to last year's renewal, the session saw 58 sold for a total of A$1,166,600 with a buyback rate of 14.7%. The average was down marginally, 2.3%, to A$20,114, while the median climbed 37.5% to A$11,000.

The lone six-figure transaction of the racehorse sale was lot 2070, a 2-year-old broken in, but unraced, son of leading juvenile sire Written Tycoon (Aus). The chestnut is the first foal out of the winning mare Inamorata (Aus) (Flying Spur {Aus}) from the family of five-time Group 1 winner Racing To Win (Aus) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}). He was bought by Brad Spicer's Spicer Thoroughbreds for A$150,000.

Leading Brisbane trainer Steve O'Dea was very active during the session and he bought the next four top-priced lots, all from the Godolphin draft, led by the 5-year-old gelding Sabkhat (Aus) (Reset {Aus}) (lot 2020) for A$80,000. Sabkhat is a five-time winner.

“Today's sale closes out what has been a wonderful National Sale Series,” Magic Millions Managing Director Vin Cox said. “This sale has become the second-highest grossing sale in the Southern Hemisphere behind our own Gold Coast Yearling Sale in January. There have been a lot of people who have contributed to the success of this sale. It's a massive job to sell 1350 lots and for everyone that has contributed to the outstanding success of this event, we thank you.”

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