Widden Produce the Magic Winners

Media Release - Monday December 22

The beauty of buying a Magic Millions yearling is their eligibility for a rich program of races scheduled around the country and no farm has a better record for producing the winners of these races than Widden Stud with Unit Five the latest name added to the list.

Another Widden Stud produced MM winner - Unit Five salutes at Caulfield - image Grant Courtney

Widden have offered/sold 22 individual winners of Magic Millions incentive races and those winners include nine juveniles highlighted by three very special youngsters that captured the rich Magic Millions 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast, a race that is now worth $3million!

Driefontein was the first Widden sold juvenile to salute at the Gold Coast in 2012, followed by Le Chef in 2015 and the great champion Sunlight in 2018.

All going well the Ciaron Maher trained Supido colt Unit Five will be given the chance to emulate their success next month, read about him here. The colt will be headed to Sydney this week as he continues his build up towards the Gold Coast.

The full list of Widden’s Magic Millions winners is below:

MM GC 2yo Classic

Sunlight 18, Le Chef 15, Driefontein 12

MM GC Country Cup

War Jet 16

MM Gold Coast Cup

Cosmic Rays 03

MM GC Fillies & Mares

Krone 21, Driefontein 14, Gai’s Choice 11

MM GC Maiden 1100m

Elle Lou 15

MM GC Snippets

Madam Rouge 20, Straturbo 15

MM GC Subzero

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Stratum Star 17, Break The Barrier 06

MM Ballarat 2YO Classic winners

Sunsource 22, Hawker Hurricane 18

MM Ballarat 3yo & 4yo Classic

Sisstar 20, Hawker Hurricane 19

MM SA 3yo and 4yo classic

Stupendo 23

MM SA 2YO classic

Amish Boy 20

MM Vic 2YO Classic

Invincible Woman 24

MM Vic 2YO Classic

Unit Five 25

MM Vic 3YO & 4YO classic

Yes Lulu 24

MM WA 2YO Classic

Wyndam Glory 02

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