Magic Millions First Season Sire Galleries –The Autumn Sun

Tara Madgwick - Thursday December 30

The 2022 Magic Millions Yearling Sale will showcase the first Australian progeny for a number of high profile first season sires and Breednet’s user friendly image galleries make a swift assessment of their stock an easy task.

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The Autumn Sun

Today we look at Arrowfield’s exceptional Champion 3YO The Autumn Sun, a Group I winner at two of the BRC JJ Atkins Stakes, he trained on to win four Group I races at three – Caulfield Guineas, Randwick Guineas and Rosehill Guineas, not to mention the Golden Rose.

The best colt sired by the legendary Redoute’s Choice, The Autumn Sun retired with eight wins and a third from nine starts earning $3.4million and is from a daughter of another legendary sire in Galileo.

The Autumn Sun stood for $77,000 in his first season and covered 167 mares.

Click to see all the MM images for The Autumn Sun.





 

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