Geese That Lay Golden Eggs – What’s in the Future?

Tara Madgwick - Sunday January 15

The 2023 Magic Millions Yearling Sale was highlighted by 20 yearlings that sold for $1million or more which was up by one on last year when 19 were in the millionaires club and just one mare was able to do the double and go back to back.

$1.1million Exceed and Excel filly from Sweet Sherry bought by Kia Ora / TFI.

The mare was Bel Esprit’s Group II winning daughter Sweet Sherry, whose first two living foals were both sold by Silverdale Farm with her Snitzel filly selling for $1.35million last year and her Exceed and Excel filly making $1.1million this year.

Magic Millions 2022 - Snitzel filly from Sweet Sherry.

There will certainly be plenty of interest in her third foal and he’s a colt by I Am Invincible, so we can expect she’ll have a great shot to make it three million dollar yearlings in a row next year!

Sweet Sherry won four of 16 starts, three of those wins in Black Type races - image Michael Dodge / Racing Photos

Sweet Sherry was a good looking yearling having been the top priced Bel Esprit sold in 2015 when she made $260,000 at Inglis Premier and was purchased by Cloud 9 Thoroughbreds. She won the Listed VRC Maribyrnong Trial on debut and won a further two more stakes races including the Group II SAJC Euclase Stakes.

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Below we’ve tabled all the million dollar yearlings with the foal produced last year by their dam and subsequent covering.

Those that were covered all went to top end sires last spring with the exception of the Emirates Park owned duo of Mosssfun and her daughter Tumooh, who both went to young Brazen Beau stallion Tassort in his third season , a Darley bred sire they stand in conjunction with Newgate Farm.

Tassort stands at a fee of $11,000 and had his first yearlings sell at this sale for up to $160,000.

Price

Sire

Dam/ YOB

2022 Foal

2022 Covering

$2.7 million colt

I Am Invincible

Anaheed 2016

C I Am Invincible

$2.6 million filly

Zoustar

Solar Charged 2007

C Zoustar

Zoustar

$2.5 million colt

I Am Invincible

Booker 2014

F I Am Invincible

Home Affairs

$2 million filly

I Am Invincible

Flippant 2012

F I Am Invincible

I Am Invincible

$1.8 million colt

Exceed and Excel

Ichihara 2009

Slipped

Exceed and Excel

$1.65 million colt

I Am Invincible

Mossfun 2011

F Capitalist

Tassort

$1.6 million colt

I Am Invincible

Tumooh 2016

C Capitalist

Tassort

$1.6 million colt

I Am Invincible

Spright 2013

F I Am Invincible

I Am Invincible

$1.45 million filly

Zoustar

Fuddle Dee Duddle 2009

C Zoustar

Zoustar

$1.4 million

Justify (USA)

Sunlight 2015

C Wootoon Bassett (GB)

Home Affairs

$1.25 million filly

Snitzel

My Conquestadory (USA) 2011

Slipped

Russian Revolution

$1.2 million filly

I Am Invincible

Super Too 2013

C I Am Invincible

Home Affairs

$1.15 million filly

Zoustar

Alter Call 2013

Mare deceased

$1.1 million filly

Zoustar

Members Joy 2009

Missed

Snitzel

$1.1 million colt

Snitzel

Super Cash 2012

Slipped

Snitzel

$1.1 million filly

Exceed and Excel

Sweet Sherry 2013

C I Am Invincible

Snitzel

$1million colt

Extreme Choice

Sweet Bouquet 2014

C Time to Reign

$1 million filly

Snitzel

Darling Point 2016

Missed

Snitzel

$1 million filly

Too Darn Hot (GB)

Enbihaar 2015

C I Am Invincible

I Am Invincible

$1million colt

Zoustar

In Times of War 2013

F Snitzel

Zoustar

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