Second Season Sires MM Book 1 – How Did They Fare?

Tara Madgwick - Monday January 13

Having looked  at the performance of first season sires at Magic Millions Book 1 on Sunday, we decided to take a look at the second season horses given the strong racetrack start for Wootton Bassett (GB), Farnan and Ole Kirk, who have all sired top class pre-Christmas juveniles.

The first season sires table by earnings as at 13/01/2025.

It is normal for sires to register a drop in average into their second year as the novelty of being a first season horse is a powerful market influencer and for a lot of sires, their first crop average may very well be the best they ever achieve.


2025 Second Season Sires MM Book 1 (three or more sold)

Sire

Sold

Avge

Agg

2022 Fee

Wootton Bassett (GB)

23

$439,348

$10,105,000

$71,500

Farnan

20

$276,750

$5,535,000

$55,000

Ole Kirk

13

$230,000

$2,990,000

$55,000

Tagaloa

4

$190,000

$760,000

$30,250

Peltzer

3

$170,000

$510,000

$16,500

Bivouac

11

$153,182

$1,685,000

$66,000

Prague

4

$152,500

$610,000

$16,500

King's Legacy

6

$126,667

$760,000

$33,000

Hello Youmzain (Fr)

3

$120,000

$360,000

$30,000

Anders

5

$107,000

$535,000

$16,500

Admire Mars (Jpn)

5

$104,000

$520,000

$22,000

Cool Aza Beel (NZ)

4

$102,500

$410,000

$16,500

2024 First Season Sires MM Book 1 (three or more sold)

Sire

Sold

Avge

Agg

2021 Fee

Wootton Bassett (GB)

32

$465,625

$14,900,000

$71,500

Farnan

29

$309,483

$8,975,000

$55,000

Hanseatic

3

$238,333

$715,000

$17,600

Prague

5

$217,000

$1,085,000

$16,500

Ole Kirk

25

$206,300

$5,157,500

$55,000

Hello Youmzain (Fr)

3

$195,000

$585,000

$30,000

Anders

10

$194,000

$1,940,000

$16,500

Admire Mars (Jpn)

6

$181,667

$1,090,000

$22,000

Bivouac

27

$173,796

$4,692,500

$66,000

Doubtland

3

$168,333

$505,000

$16,500

Graff

4

$163,750

$655,000

$13,200

Time to Reign

3

$160,000

$480,000

$9,900

King's Legacy

27

$157,963

$4,265,000

$33,000

Cool Aza Beel

9

$147,778

$1,330,000

$16,500

Dirty Work

8

$140,625

$1,125,000

$19,800

North Pacific

15

$137,000

$2,055,000

$22,000

Tagaloa

10

$109,500

$1,095,000

$33,000

$1.7million Wootton Bassett (GB) colt from Battleofwinterfell (USA).

Wootton Bassett held his ranking as the best of them in the sale ring albeit with a marginal drop in his average and Farnan also held up well with his results boosted by a very strong group of colts with his seven top sellers priced from $280,000 to $750,000 all colts with his top seller from Festivity bought by James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership/Tony Fung Colts.

$750,000 Farnan colt from Festivity.

Wootton Bassett had an even mix of colts and fillies amongst his best results with the $1.7million colt from Battleofwineterfell (USA) his best result and purchased by a great judge in Dean Hawthorne for his client Jonathan Munz.

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Ole Kirk did not have as strong a hand on paper as his two rivals, but was clearly in demand with 100% clearance in Book 1 and his average actually increased from 2024, so I’m sure Magic Millions would have liked more of them if they could have gotten them and buyers will definitely be seeking them out at upcoming sales with 18 in Inglis Classic and 13 in Inglis Premier.

His top seller at Magic Millions was the North consigned colt from Pop Girl that made $700,000 which was more than three times the price of $200,000 paid for his full brother at the same sale last year.

$700,000 Ole kirk colt from Pop Girl.

Yulong’s Tagaloa was an interesting one with a massive increase in his average from last year achieved by just four fillies in Book 1 all offered and sold by Yulong. They are all from young mares in the Yulong band being bred to their sires, so there is plenty of hope for pedigree upgrades in the future and the top seller at $270,000 for a filly from Talented bought by Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Racing is his best sales result so far.

Tagaloa was the go to stallion for Yulong in 2022 covering 214 mares including some to Northern Hemisphere time so he has a huge crop of yearlings and has 25 for Inglis Premier. A Group I winning juvenile with a Japanese pedigree,  Tagaloa has had seven runners so far for three place-getters.

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