New Friday Super Session for 2025 Gold Coast Yearling Sale

Media Release - Thursday September 26

A Super Session of selling on Friday 10 January, the eve of The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions Raceday, will be a new feature of the 2025 Gold Coast Yearling Sale with a revised schedule of selling announced today.

The traditional Saturday night session will be discontinued from January 2025 and in its place a Super Session to crescendo the day before will wrap Book One selling of the globally renowned auction.

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"We strongly believe these changes to the schedule will be of huge benefit to all involved in our flagship sale," Magic Millions Managing Director Barry Bowditch said. 

"The Gold Coast Yearling Sale has gone from strength to strength, year after year. Therefore, this is not a decision we have made lightly, knowing that the success of January is critical to the yearling sales calendar across Australasia." 

"Our aim is to continually enhance the operations of the Gold Coast Yearling Sale and the overall experience for all our key stakeholders who actively attend the sale each year.”

The allotment of yearlings traditionally offered following the raceday on the Saturday night will now be transferred to directly follow the regular Friday line-up, with the total session estimated to run through until approximately 8pm. 

"Our aim is to continually enhance the operations of the Gold Coast Yearling Sale and the experience of all in attendance." 

The yearlings traditionally offered following the raceday on the Saturday night will now be added to Friday's line-up with that day's selling anticipated to run until approximately 8pm. 

"The new Friday Super Session will provide the perfect prelude for the $14.5 million The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions Raceday the following day with 10 feature events at the Gold Coast Turf Club."

"With the addition of the new feature twilight meeting on Saturday 4 January, offering $6.05 million in prizemoney, there will be a phenomenal $20.55 million over 20 races distributed to trainers, owners and jockeys across the two Saturdays book-ending the sale," Bowditch added.

The catalogue for the 2025 Gold Coast Yearling Sale will be released in November.

2025 The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions Carnival
Key Dates

Wed 1 Jan - Inspections commence for Book One yearlings
Sat 4 Jan - $6.05M Twilight Races at Gold Coast Turf Club - 10 race program featuring the $3M TAB Magic Millions Sunlight 
Sun 5 Jan - Pacific Fair Magic Millions Polo & Showjumping at Doug Jennings Park
Tue 7 Jan - Barrier Draw event at Surfers Paradise Beach
Tue 7 Jan - Gold Coast Yearling Sale - Day 1 from 10am
Wed 8 Jan - Gold Coast Yearling Sale - Day 2 from 10am
Thur 9 Jan - Gold Coast Yearling Sale - Day 3 from 10am
Fri 10 Jan - Gold Coast Yearling Sale - Super Session - Day 4 from 10am (to 8pm approx)
Sat 11 Jan - $14.5M The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions Raceday at Gold Coast Turf Club - 10 race program featuring the $3M Magic Millions 2YO Classic & $3M Magic Millions 3YO Guineas
Sun 12 Jan - Gold Coast Yearling Sale Book 2 - Day 5 from 2pm
Mon 13 Jan - Gold Coast Yearling Sale Book 2 - Day 6 from 10am  

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