Sire Strength and Quality Abounds in MM National Yearling Sale

Craig Tompson - Thursday May 1

The country's most successful sires feature heavily in a quality packed catalogue for the 2025 Magic Millions Gold Coast National Yearling Sale.

Group One winner Mornington Glory is a MM National Yearling Sale graduate. Photo: Grant Courtney

The build up to the two day auction, on June 2 and 3, has intensified with today's online release of the catalogue.

The National Yearling Sale has in recent years been responsible for producing high class gallopers including Mornington Glory, Stretan Angel, Yellow Brick and cult horse Behemoth.

The 2025 line-up features 418 quality lots (plus supplementaries) by a great spread of 119 individual sires - 19 of them with members of their first Australian crop.

Represented sires include All Too Hard, Better Than Ready, Capitalist, Castelvecchio, Dundeel, Exceed and Excel, Extreme Choice, Farnan, Harry Angel, Home Affairs, I Am Invincible, Ole Kirk, Proisir, Snitzel, So You Think, Spirit of Boom, Stay Inside, Tarzino, The Autumn Sun, Too Darn Hot, Wootton Bassett, Written Tycoon and Zoustar.

There's a score of yearlings from black type mares catalogued - they include De La Terre, Ellicazoom, Lady Lynette, Legless Veuve, Ms Catherine, Night Raid, Only Words, Palacio de Cristal, Persuader, Pretty Brazen, Rimraam, Samara Dancer, Simply Breathless, So Far Sokool, Telepathic, Ticket to Ride and Two Blue.

As well as the world leading Magic Millions Race Series, buyers are in for a treat with 289 lots at the sale being BOBS eligible, while many more are set to reap QTIS and VOBIS rewards.

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"This is a sale that has a remarkable record for producing high class gallopers right around the world," Magic Millions Managing Director Barry Bowditch said. 

"Horses purchased from the National Yearling Sale have won races such as the Golden Slipper, Victoria Derby, Dubai Golden Shaheen, AJC Oaks, Rosehill Guineas, Memsie Stakes, Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, AJ Moir Stakes, Kelt Capital Stakes and New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas."

"This year's catalogue will see youngsters by all the country's leading sires go under the hammer and the majority are eligible to be paid up for the $20 million plus Magic Millions Race Series with 28 races across six states each year for horses of all ages - including the $1m National 2YO Classic, with the 2025 edition on 23 May under lights at the Gold Coast." 

"Over recent years the sale has been a happy hunting place for traders looking for a future breeze-up or trial and racetrack star," Bowditch added.

To view the catalogue for the 2025 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale click here, or download it via the Equineline Catalog app tomorrow. 

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