Magic Millions 2024 – Who are the Biggest Vendors?

Tara Madgwick - Monday November 13

The 2024 Magic Millions Yearling Sale in set to make history as the biggest ever held, so who are the farms that are sending their best and brightest stars to the Gold Coast in January.

Widden top the vendors list with 77 horses to sell in Book 1 and 2, 11 of them by their champion sire Zoustar, while Newgate Farm are going hard with the cream of their crop, some 62 yearlings all to be offered in Book 1 and 11 of them are by their flagship sire Extreme Choice.

Widden Stud are the biggest vendor at MM 2024 and sold the highest priced filly in 2023.

Widden sold the highest priced filly of the sale in 2023 when the sister to Sunlight sold for $2.6million and Newgate were the leading vendor by aggregate selling 54 yearlings for $17.2million.

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Yulong have increased their presence having 43 catalogued which is up from 30 in 2023.

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