Racking up his fourth consecutive win at Hobart on Friday in the Listed $100,000 Tasmanian Guineas was promising Dundeel three year-old The Inevitable.

The dreaded Saturday night session will bring the curtain down on book one of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale and there are several lots that look certain to keep the overflow crowd entertained.

Two weeks week’s into his 11th season at Widden Stud, the 2005 Group 1 Golden Slipper hero Stratum had a heart attack and died in his paddock.

Newgate Farm’s exciting young sire Deep Field sired a tenacious debut winner at Gosford on Friday in Roman Wolf and nearly made it a double with Redicon a fast closing second on debut at Wagga.

Better Than Ready is not the only young Queensland first season sire posting winners this season with Whittington adding a third to his tally following a debut victory at Wagga on Friday for Washington Towers.

Te Aroha-based trainer Peter Lock celebrated his gavelhouse purchase Happy Hitter breaking maiden ranks at Matamata Racing's meeting yesterday.

Last-start Group Three winner Crown Prosecutor will head into Saturday's Group I Levin Classic (1600m) in a fresh state, but his trainer Stephen Marsh believes his colt is primed for the Trentham mile.

The most represented sire in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic this Saturday with four runners, Better Than Ready added another winner to his ever growing tally with a six length winner at Rockhampton on Thursday.

Te Akau Racing's hand in this year's $1 million Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) will become clearer this weekend.

A cracking colt by Redoute’s Choice led the wayas five individual lots sold for over $1 million during a spirited day’s selling at the 2019 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale today.

The total number of seven-figure yearlings increased to nine at the completion of the second session of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale and it's like the halcyon days for Arrowfield Stud's living legend Redoute's Choice.

When January 26 rolls around the lights will come down on New Zealand's richest sporting event of the year, the Karaka Million Twilight Meeting at Ellerslie Racecourse.

A well related colt by Redoute’s Choice has topped a record breaking Day One of the 2019 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

Popular opinion had I Am Invincible and Snitzel as the star performers at Magic Millions 2019 and they may well be by the end of this sale, but at the close of day one it was the grand old man Redoute’s Choice sitting atop the sire averages.

China Horse Club tasted global success in 2018, notably through their US Triple Crown hero Justify, and were at the top of the buyers list in partnership with Newgate Farm at the end of the first day of trade at Magic Millions 2019.

The opening session of Magic Millions 2019 proved a good one for Yarraman Park who sold all 12 yearlings consigned for $5,040,000 to be the leading vendor by aggregate.

The momentum continued to build throughout the opening day and there were slam dunks aplenty by vendors.

After the first 150 lots through the ring at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale there have been three million dollar sales and the average sits at a very healthy figure.

The new years 2YO's have been trialling in earnest, so here are the placegetters with breeding and sale data including an impressive Godolphin youngster by Shooting To Win.

The catalogue assembled for New Zealand Bloodstock's 93rd National Yearling Sale Series has serious firepower so buyers can expect a line-up of over 1,200 of the country's best thoroughbred yearlings to inspect.

Champion Abel Tasman sold for $5 million to Coolmore’s M V Magnier to lead Monday’s robust opening session of the 2019 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale.

A new year ticks over and all the beautiful people head to the Gold Coast where bloodstock agents, trainers and owners plot the purchase of their next champion, hopefully before the throng of visiting schoolies bring down civilization as we know it.

The all important barrier draw for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic was held this morning with mixed fortunes for the leading fancies, Unite and Conquer stuck with gate 18 and Dubious blessed with a cosy 7, while first season sire Better Than Ready has more runners than any other sire.

Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman hold a strong hand heading into the Group I Levin Classic (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday, but are disappointed they haven't been able to give last-start Group One winner Madison County a lead-in run ahead of the three-year-old feature.

Our series on first season sires displaying their yearlings in a user friendly format so prospective buyers can get a real insight as to the overall type a sire is producing has been really well received, making us wonder just what sale ring success means at the Magic Millions for a first season sire – is it a passport to success or did the good judges get it wrong.

The Magic Millions Yearling Sale starts on Wednesday so this is the last in our first season sire series showcasing their yearlings in a user friendly format making for an easier assessment of overall type.

The Magic Millions Yearling Sale is well named given the extensive list of sales graduates that have attained millionaire status, so let’s take a look at them as yearlings for those seeking inspiration ahead of the 2019 sale starting on Wednesday.

When $7million earner Criterion retired to Newgate Farm at a fee of $35,750 in 2016, much was expected of the superstar son of Sebring, but three years on we arrive at Magic Millions and instead of a bumper draft of stunning youngsters to rival his top end peers Vancouver and Pride of Dubai, we find just two yearlings to be offered for sale.

The next instalment of our first season sire series highlights two young Arrowfield stallions of very different backgrounds, the Redoute's Choice son Scissor Kick and Japanese bred Australian Group I winner Real Impact (Jpn).

A proven source of Group I winners including Trapeze Artist and Youngstar, Bowness Stud will offer 11 yearlings at Magic Millions including youngsters by proven and popular sires as well as young guns Pride of Dubai, Super One and Outreach.

Fergal Connolly and his team of staff at Valiant Stud have been busy since arriving at the Gold Coast last week with a crackerjack draft of 14 yearlings guaranteed to tempt buyers with the half-brother to leading Magic Millions 2YO Classic fancy Unite and Conquer proving popular.

Australasian breeders are the big winners with a number of changes to the commission structure of Inglis Weanling and Breeding Stock Sales Series in 2019, which will include a 0% sales commission for The Chairman's Sale.

Christchurch based owner-trainer Taylor Burnett is enjoying reigniting the race careers of his gavelhouse purchases, his most recent success being five-year-old Heart of Fame's stylish win yesterday at Greymouth.

The Ricky Yiu-trained Jolly Banner earned his first stakes win in Sunday’s The Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (1000m) at Sha Tin but there were few punters cheering as the 7yo son of Lonhro started at 90/1 in the six-horse field.

He took the 2018 European racing season by storm finishing as the Champion First Crop Sire and now at Magic Millions this week Australian yearling buyers are going to get their first look at the progeny of Scat Daddy’s ground breaking young sire No Nay Never (USA).

Every thoroughbred breeder aspires to produce a winner and many are successful in that regard, but to produce a winner that can go on and make his mark at stud takes that dream to another level.

Cambridge Stud owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay continued their wonderful winning streak of late when talented galloper Hanger resumed off a long spell with an eye-catching performance at Awapuni.

Classy Karaka graduate Celebrity Dream(NZ) (Thorn Park) scored the fifth black-type win of her career with a dominant performance in Saturday's A$150,000 Group 3 Mrs Mac's La Trice Classic (1800m) at Ascot in Perth.

Riding the crest of a winning wave highlighted by the Torryburn Stud bred and sold Hong Kong star Hot King Prawn, the Cornish family owned farm will present a great draft at the 2019 Magic Millions with a colt by exciting young sire Zoustar the obvious highlight.

Fergal Connolly and his team of staff at Valiant Stud have been busy since arriving at the Gold Coast last week with a crackerjack draft of 14 yearlings guaranteed to tempt buyers with the half-brother to leading Magic Millions 2YO Classic fancy Unite and Conquer proving popular.

Australian bred Street Cry (IRE) mare Oh Susanna racked up her fourth Group I victory at Kenilworth in south Africa on Saturday winning the Group I Cartier Paddock Stakes for the second year in a row.

Yearling buyers will have to wait another year to bid on the first offspring of Written Tycoon’s Magic Millions and Golden Slipper winning son Capitalist, but for those interested in the Written Tycoon sireline, a look at the progeny of his first son to stud Rich Enuff is enlightening.

With five runners it was no surprise that Bob and Sandra Peters won their eighth Group II Perth Cup at Ascot on Saturday, but it was a shock that it came with the $35 outsider Star Exhibit who ran down the favoured Action.

Racing and breeding powerhouse Godolphin went shopping at the Magic Millions for the first time in 2018 and they came away with a filly that shapes as a leading chance in next week’s $2 million 2yo Classic.

A brilliant Randwick victory on Saturday for promising I Am Invincible three year-old Ljungberg will not entice connections to chase the lure of the rich Magic Millions 3YO Guineas despite the withdrawal of the favourite for that race in Native Soldier due to injury.

Evergreen galloper Sampson proved that age is just a number when he gave his younger rivals a solid beating in Saturday's Listed Gallagher Marton Cup (2200m).

Looking worth every penny of his $525,000 purchase price, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Written Tycoon gelding Hightail earned a trip to next weeks $2 million Magic Millions 2yo Classic at the Gold Coast with a dominant performance in Saturday’s Events By ATC Hcp (1150m) on the Kensington track at Randwick.

When you can produce sale-toppers and stakes-winners, your yearling draft will always be a must inspect and Edinburgh Park have upped the ante in 2019 to present their biggest and best ever draft at the Gold Coast with 16 Magic Millions yearlings to offer.

Promising three-year-old Miss Labasa retained her unbeaten record with another impressive performance at Awapuni on Saturday.

Leading Magic Millions 2YO Classic contenders Dubious and Yes Yes Yes have something in common with Pierata, winner of last year’s Magic Millions 3YO Guineas and Phelan Ready, the Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner of 2009 - and it’s KWH.

Our series on Magic Millions first season sires continues with the focus falling on Vinery Stud’s Press Statement, the first son to stud of Yarraman Park’s much missed Hinchinbrook, a three-quarter brother to Snitzel.

Staking a claim for the $2million Inglis Millennium at Warwick Farm on February 9 was the John Sargent trained filly My Fire Phoenix, who scored a stylish debut victory at Canterbury on Friday night.

Tim Black's gavelhouse New Zealand buy Wilbermere gave him an extra Christmas present, winning her Australian debut when storming home to win over 1650m at the Nhill Cup meeting on Boxing Day.

Leading South Australian vendors Mill Park bring only their best to Magic Millions each year and this year's draft features a selection of eight colts and fillies by champion sires such as Snitzel, I Am Invincible and Written Tycoon.

The Stephen Marsh-trained Ardrossan extended his unbeaten streak in New Zealand to three after taking out the Pak N Save Thames Sprint (1200m) at Te Aroha on Thursday.

A year after he made a hasty exit from the Philippines to Hawaii on the same private jet as President Ferdinand Marcos, Eduardo Cojuangco received some much-needed good news from Australia.

Foaled and raised at Yarraman Park for Sheikh Hamdan’s Shadwell Stud, six year-old Nicconi gelding Faatinah was back in action at Meydan in Dubai on Thursday night winning the Longines Ladies Record Handicap over five furlongs on turf.

Our series on Magic Millions first season sires continues with the focus falling on Newgate Farm's Super One, a Champion 2YO with speed to burn.

Leading Sydney jockey James McDonald made a fleeting visit back to his homeland on Thursday to ride at Te Aroha, a track that holds some great memories for the expat Kiwi.

"Like A Boss" is enjoying a very successful career after racing in the show ring, as a multiple winning champion ridden hack.

The leading Australian third crop sire by winners, All Too Hard added a juvenile debut winner to his tally at Geelong on Thursday when the Darren Weir trained Better Harden Up gave her big team of Blueblood Thoroughbreds owners a great start to the New Year.

Keeneland has announced that nine horses, including 2018 Grade 1 winner Fatale Bere (FR), will comprise a second group of supplemental entries to the catalog for the four-session January Horses of All Ages Sale, which begins Monday, January 10.

Promising three year-old Smart Missile filly Landela won her fourth successive race in South Africa on Wednesday when saluting at Fairview to bring a timely pedigree update for her Gold Coast bound three-quarter sister.

Sun Stud is certainly enjoying their time in the sun, with brilliant results coming through for their young gun stallion Squamosa and the ever-consistent stakes producer, Magnus.

The next stallion on our list of featured first season Magic Millions sires is Vinery Stud’s handsome Group II ATC Silver Slipper winner Headwater, a son of champion sire Exceed and Excel.

Just days after winning the Group III BRC BJ McLachlan Stakes, promising Zoustar colt Sun City is out of contention for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic after suffering a leg infection.

Sebring had a super year in 2018 with 14 Australian stakes-winners in that calendar year, but 2019 promises to be even better with a pair of lightly raced three year-olds stamping themselves as horses to follow after scoring impressively at Sandown on Wednesday.

It’s January 2 and business as usual in the racing world for the New Year ahead with five two year-old trials run at Rosehill on Wednesday morning with winners including the full brother to Press Statement, whose first yearlings will be presented at the Magic Millions next week.

In a mouth-watering taste of what might be to come in the Karaka Million (1200m) at Ellerslie on January 26, three highly rated Karaka graduates fought out an exciting finish in the $70,000 Group 3 Barneswood Farm Eclipse Stakes (1200m) at the same venue on New Year's Day.

Te Awamutu trainer Stephen Ralph experienced the biggest day in his racing career on New Year's Day after winning the Group I  Sistema Railway (1200m) with Santa Monica, but it was the wave of support he received after the race that meant more to the Waikato horseman.

Racing at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on New Year’s Day produced a new stakes-winner for Starcraft with exciting prospect Conte overpowering his rivals to win the Group III Chinese Club Challenge Cup bringing a big pedigree update for his Magic Millions bound half-sister.

Lightly raced Exceed and Excel three year-old Big Party looked a horse on the rise at Sha Tin on New Year’s Day, great news for his half-sister headed to Magic Millions.

The next stallion on our list of featured first season Magic Millions sires is Darley's powerhouse sprinter Exosphere, a horse whose physical presence on raceday was formidable.

After breaking his maiden at Pakenham at his second start back in September 2015, Etymology took another 18 starts to win his second, which came at Moruya nearly three-years later.

A week after Fierce Impact (JPN) opened his stakes account in the Group III Summer Cup, another former Qatar Racing-owned gelding to sell at the 2017 Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale, Naval Warfare (IRL), earned his black-type win in Saturday’s Listed Tatts Cup (2400m) on the Kensington track at Randwick and what a win it was.

Quality Hinchinbrook mare Whispering Brook was a two year-old sensation in Perth winning her first five starts in succession highlighted by the Group II WATC Karrakatta Plate and is still going strong at age five with a stylish victory in the Group III VRC Standish Handicap at Flemington on New Year’s Day.

Outsider Santa Monica belied her $77 winning-odds to take out the Group ISistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year's Day.

Winning trainer and jockey combination Lloyd Kennewell and Joe Bowditch have enjoyed the highs of Group I racing with their outstanding I Am Invincible mare Viddora and have a new star on the rise by the same sire in exciting prospect Jedastar, who won brilliantly on debut at Flemington on New Year’s Day.

Apprentice Ryan Elliot celebrated his recent red-hot run of form when he guided outsider Prince Jabeel to an upset victory in the Group III Pencarrow Stud City of Auckland Cup (2400m) at Ellerslie.

Going without over the festive season has paid off for jockey Jake Bayliss after he took out the Group II Rich Hill Mile (1600m) at Ellerslie on New Year's Day aboard the Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard-trained On The Rocks.

Matamata filly Imelda Mary caused a minor upset when she dashed away from her age-group rivals to take out the Group II Valachi Downs Royal Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on Tuesday.

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike may have unveiled a major player in New Zealand's three-year-old ranks after Surely Scared showed a devastating turn of foot to take out the Group II Jamieson Park Auckland Guineas (1600m) at Ellerslie on Tuesday.

Exciting two-year-old Whiskey Neat cemented his claim for the favourite's tag for the rich Listed Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) later this month when he led all the way to take out the Group III Barneswood Farm Eclipse Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie bringing a huge pedigree update for his Magic Millions bound three-quarter brother.

The Magic Millions first season sire focus on New Year’s Day falls on a dual Group I winning son of Street Cry (IRE) from one of the world’s best modern stallion making families.

New Year’s Day racing always delivers some quality horses and all eyes will be on Flemington race one for the debut of a $1million daughter of Japanese sire sensation Deep Impact.

Amidst the season of XMAS festivities, goodwill and hope for a prosperous 2019, I'm in no mood to be a sad sack and update you on negative tax issues currently relating to the breeding and racing industry.

gavelhouse graduate Griffin , a full brother to Gingernuts, produced a promising fresh up performance at Taupo on Sunday, much to the delight of the Te Akau Slam Dunk Syndicate.

Memories of Jezabeel's Group I Auckland Cup (3200m) triumph will be rekindled when her colours are in action at Ellerslie on Tuesday, exactly 21 years after the first leg of her notable staying double.

Caulfield trainer Mick Price has a good opinion of tough Moonee Valley winner Oceanex and believes the daughter of Ocean Park can tackle feature fillies' races in autumn.

Mongolian Marshal's performance in the Group III Pencarrow Stud City Of Auckland Cup (2400m) on Tuesday will determine how far his stamina will be tested this campaign.

The performance of first season sires at the Magic Millions is judgement day for many studs, you can market and promote and spin all you want but at the end of the day it comes down to type and if a sire throws appealing yearlings he'll sell well – whether they can run at this point is the big unknown, we find that out in 12 months time!.

The 2013 Ready to Run Sale Graduate Davinci (Mastercraftsman) picked up his eighth and most significant win in Sunday's RM350,000 Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Gold Cup (2000m) at Penang.

He may never soar to the heights of his champion full sister More Joyous, but this lightly raced four year-old gelding is now a winner and did the job in style at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.

The 21st of December marked the four-year anniversary of the death of High Chaparral (IRE) who continues to be a major influence in Australasia.

Zoustar has been riding the crest of a winning wave in 2018 and added a new string to his bow at Sha Tin on Saturday when siring his first winner in Hong Kong.

The famous colours of the late TJ Smith were carried to an impressive seven length victory at Randwick on Saturday by Mister Songman, a lightly raced son of Widden Stud’s Your Song.

After Tally earned a wildcard for Godolphin into the Magic Millions Trophy when he won the Shoot Out Quality earlier in the day at Doomben, Manicure doubled up for the racing and breeding powerhouse when she won the Listed Nudgee Stakes.

The least fancied of Steve Tregea’s three runners, the 5yo gelding Bergerac pulled off a 30/1 shock in Saturday’s Listed Bernborough Quality (1600m) at Doomben.

While the short-priced favourite Outback Barbie endured a horror run from her outside barrier in Saturday’s Group III Vo Rogue Plate (1350m) at Doomben, Boomsara was ridden along by Damian Browne to overcome barrier 12 and he kept up a relentless gallop to win by four and a half lengths.

Stakes-placed at his first two starts, exciting Zoustar colt Sun City cast off maiden status with a powerful win in the Group III BRC BJ McLachlan Stakes(1200m) at Doomben securing his place in the $2million Magic Millions 2YO Classic next month.