Entries Open for World Class MM Gold Coast National Sale

Media Release - Thursday February 23

Entries for the Southern Hemisphere’s leading breeding stock sale, the 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast National, are now open.

Attracting the biggest and best buying bench, the National Sale from May 18 to 31 is the number one place to offer world class bloodlines at an auction which has a proven record of producing the highest returns.

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Entries are open for the Magic Millions National Sale.

"The sale is positioned to provide opportunity for breeders to trade bloodstock at all levels with complete confidence," Magic Millions Managing Director Barry Bowditch said.

"The Gold Coast National Sale is the established must-attend sale and one that provides more buyers and more returns each and every year."

"From weanlings and yearlings to racefillies and broodmares, the National Sale is the most trusted and transparent structure for selling stock."

"The Gold Coast is the best place to be in May – a world class thoroughbred auction accompanied by a Group One racing carnival at Australia's holiday playground – it is the perfect combination – the finest thoroughbreds with one of the globe's finest destinations," Bowditch added.

National Weanling Sale – 18-19 May

With a top price of $750,000 in 2022, the National Weanling Sale is the runaway industry leader with an average price of almost $90,000 - almost double the nearest comparable auction. It's the sale that attracts a first class line up of pin-hook buyers but importantly now it's the end users making their mark – and with graduates like Stay Inside, Ellsberg, Pierro, Zoustar and Quick Thinker, it's little wonder why! The 2022 sale boasted a gross of $22.3 million at a clearance rate of 81%.

National Broodmare Sale – 23-25 May

In 2022 some 80% of Australia’s $1 million plus selling mares were sold at the Gold Coast. Racefillies led the way with a gross of over $43 million on a day that boasted 100 individual buyers of 185 lots. The top price was $4 million and the Top 20 average was $1.12 million - over double the nearest competitor. The broodmare section in 2022 saw an average price of over $500,000 for 104 lots and there were 300% more seven figure sellers than the closest like sale. 

National Yearling Sale – 30 May-31 May

Last year’s sale saw 326 lots sell to a large buying bench of 203 individual buyers with no fewer than 21 lots traded for $150,000 or more. The top 50 lots of the sale averaged an impressive $158,000. It's the sale that presents buyers with the last major opportunity to purchase youngsters eligible for the rich Magic Millions Race Series – a series that increases to more than $18 million next racing season and then over $20 million the season after. It's that incredible carrot that leads the buyers to the Gold Coast.

Entries for the 2023 Magic Millions National Sale close on Friday 17 March.

For more information click here to download the Gold Coast National Sales Series brochure or head to our website to nominate

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