Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale

Wodeton (Aus) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) punched his ticket for the G1 Golden Slipper with a 3 3/4-length win at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday for trainer Chris Waller (video). The A$1.6-million yearling commanded plenty of hype and was already second in the betting for the Slipper, but the manner of his performance sees him vying for the top spot. Overcoming a slow start in the 1100-metre affair, the bay unleashed a powerful bid at the 300-metre mark under James McDonald, ultimately zipping home. He distanced the field in a couple of...

With increasing frequency over the last decade or so, major players on the Australian bloodstock landscape have raided the November mixed sales in Kentucky, looking to fortify their ever-strengthening industry. Acquisitions by major Australian stud farms and bloodstock agents renowned and respected around the world have often made a favorable--not to mention profitable--impression on the yearling market Down Under. With the last of the 1,021 yearlings catalogued in Book 1 of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale having gone through the ring on Friday, here are a handful of...

by Kristen Manning/Dane McLeod/Thomas Baddock/TTR AusNZ The 2025 Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling scaled new heights on Friday as superstar mare Sunlight (Aus)'s third foal, a filly by Home Affairs (Aus), beat yesterday's newly set top-sale price by a whopping A$400,000, selling for A$3.2 million to Japanese trainer Mitsumasa Nakauchida.   Lot 1007 - Home Affairs (Aus) x Sunlight (Aus) (Zoustar {Aus}), filly - A$3,200,000 Records continued to be shattered at the 2025 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale on the fourth and final day of Book 1, with a...

by Kristen Manning/Dane McLeod/Thomas Baddock/TTR AusNZ The top sales prices continued on Thursday as racing's heavyweights clashed over a cracking son of Snitzel (Aus) from Group 3-winning mare Humma Humma (Aus) (Denman {Aus}), setting a new Magic Millions Yearling Sale record of A$2.8 million.   Lot 489 - Snitzel (Aus) x Humma Humma (Aus) (Denman {Aus}), colt - A$2,800,000 Just moments into Day 3 on the Gold Coast, the sale ring erupted with excitement for lot 489, the second foal of three-time stakes-winning mare Humma Humma by champion sire Snitzel....

by Kristen Manning/Dane McLeod/Thomas Baddock/TTR AusNZ On the second day of the 2025 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, five exceptional yearlings surpassed the million-dollar mark, as eager buyers vied for their next star runner, fiercely competing to secure the finest offerings in the market.   Lot 353 - I Am Invincible (Aus) x Eloping (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}), filly - A$2,300,000 Ian Moses (Laguna Partnership) and John Sargent stepped into lot 353 in a big way, outmuscling Chris Waller and Guy Mulcaster to acquire the full-sister to Godolphin's dual Group...

A son of multiple leading sire Gun Runner and the G1 Golden Slipper heroine Estijaab (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) consigned by Emirates Park went for AU$500,000 (US$310,135) as Lot 369 to PR Thoroughbreds on the second day of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale in Australia. "He has a great walk, a great attitude, and has that rich chestnut color," Mark Player told The Thoroughbred Report AusNZ. Player represented PR Thoroughbreds alongside Rob Roulston. "We saw him several times and he just did everything beautifully and kept on improving. We...

by Thomas Baddock/Kristen Manning/TTR AusNZ Day 1 of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale saw a rush of action late, with progeny by Written Tycoon (Aus), Wootton Bassett (GB), I Am Invincible (Aus) and Snitzel (Aus) sending buyers into a frenzy towards the end of the session. The auction began with a sense of caution, with several lots by champion sire Snitzel garnering most of the early attention, however the bidding became fast and fierce later in the afternoon with Written Tycoon, I Am Invincible and first-season sire Wootton...

A total of 1,401 lots have been catalogued for the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, which takes place from January 7-13. The full catalogue is available to view here. Previous graduates of the Gold Coast Yearling Sale include multiple Group 1 winners such as Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}), Golden Sixty (Aus) (Medaglia d'Oro), Imperatriz (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Aus}) and Alligator Blood (Aus) (All Too Hard {Aus}), in addition to the recent G1 Melbourne Cup hero Knight's Choice (Aus) (Extreme Choice {Aus}). The yearlings catalogued across the six...

A colt by Extreme Choice (Aus) (lot 349), nicknamed "Jack" in honour of the late Jack de Bromhead, brought A$1.6 million on the bid of James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership during the second day of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Jack de Bromhead was a son of leading Irish NH trainer Henry de Bromhead who died in a pony racing accident at the age of 13 in 2022. The colt, bred by Kia Ora Stud racing manager Luke Wilkinson who also was involved in the purchase of his...

Golden Sister (Aus) (Capitalist {Aus}), a 3-year-old half-sister to dual Hong Kong Horse of the Year, seven-time Group 1 winner and $16-million earner Golden Sixty (Aus), will be bred to the latter's Darley America-based stallion Medaglia d'Oro to Northern Hemisphere time in 2023. The news was confirmed by Denys Chan, agent for All Winners Thoroughbreds, who purchased the filly for A$425,000 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale in 2021, and Darley's Darren Fox. Like Golden Sixty, Golden Sister was bred by the Hutchins family's Asco International Pty Ltd....

The Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale began Tuesday on Australia's east coast in Queensland, and through the first two days of the sale, four horses have breached the seven-figure threshold, including a colt by the pensioned Not A Single Doubt (Aus) that fetched A$1.7 million (about US$1.23 million) from Ciaron Maher Bloodstock. In Tuesday's TDN, we previewed a few of the Gold Coast offerings hailing from female families sourced in the U.S. and here we list a handful of others that were set to go under the hammer during the...

The Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale, one of Australia's two premier yearling sales, was to kick off Tuesday (Australian time) in Queensland, with the cream of the crop of those foals born in 2020. Buyers will relish the opportunity to get not only into some of Australia's pre-eminent female families, but also into some American bloodlines that have been sourced by a variety of bloodstock professionals at auction houses in this country. In today's TDN, we look at horses selling in the first two sessions. Horses being offered Thursday and...