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In a short space of time Aquis Farm have made serious inroads into all facets of the Australian bloodstock industry with a clear demonstration of their success and commitment coming at the Gold Coast this month with three Aquis Farm purchased and syndicated fillies to run in the $2million Magic Millions 2YO Classic.

The double Danehill cross does polarise the bloodstock industry, but given its widespread prevalence and steadily growing success it can’t be ignored and one stallion that has really added some fuel to the fire is Spirit of Boom, whose three two year-old stakes-winners are all bred that way.

An effusive Roger James believes the sky’s the limit for Rondinella.

A black type plan for Calligraphy was confirmed with her latest victory at Tauranga while stablemate Contraband may also be chasing higher honours following his debut success, both horses with siblings headed for Karaka.

Perth-based Pedigree Dynamics clients Michael and Jill MacDermott experienced the thrill of a home town victory in the Group II WATC Perth Cup on New Year's Day 2018.

It’s the last chance saloon for plenty of Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic hopefuls on Saturday but Tony McEvoy’s classy filly Sunlight looms as a huge stumbling block.

An Irish stud is taking a chance on the Bitcoin boom by offering a racehorse for sale in exchange for the cryptocurrency.

Daytona Red can make his mark in stronger company over ground.

The most represented first season sires at Magic Millions this year were all sold as yearlings, so we thought a look back in time at what they were like as yearlings might be a good insight for buyers inspecting their offspring this week.

Second to Pounamu in both the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic and Group II Ted Van Heemst Stakes, Material Man turned the tables on his old foe in a heart-stopping finish to the $500,000 Group II Perth Cup (2400m) at Ascot on New Years Day.

Well known and hugely successful WA based breeders Bob and Sandra Peters enjoyed stakes success on both sides of the Tasman on New Year’s Day having bred and sold NZ Group II winner Demonetization and bred and retained Stratum six year-old Battle Hero, winner of the Listed WATC Summer Scorcher Stakes at Ascot.

Unable to find a home at stud, Lord Of The Sky returned to the track to claim the Group III Standish Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on New Year’s Day.

On the same day that Prince Cheri (FR) won his last race, the Group III Kingston Town Stakes at Rosehill, Fiorente (IRE) opened his Australian account in the Group II Dato'tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.

Newgate Farm’s foundation sire Foxwedge sired his second Group I winner in New Zealand on New Year’s Day when his high class daughter Volpe Veloce scored a well-deserved victory at the elite level.

Coldplay will head to Trentham later this month in her quest for a full house of Group level victories.

The powerful Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman training partnership added another feature event to their season’s tally with enigmatic gelding Zacada coming of age with a gritty victory in the Group II Laser Plumbing Te Puke Avondale Cup (2400m) at Ellerslie.

Twelve months on from Helmet filly Limestone winning the first race of the year in Melbourne, the New Year Plate (1000m) at Flemington, it was the turn of another daughter of Helmet to open her winning account in the same race and she achieved it by holding the challenge of a filly by Helmet’s half-brother Epaulette.

Vinery Stud’s All Too Hard added an important Group II winner to his resume in New Zealand on New Year’s Day.

A change of gear made all the difference for promising three-year-old Hello It’s Me who stormed to victory in the Group II Stella Artois Royal Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie.

Nigel Tiley is hot on a trail paved with Group One gold with his unbeaten filly Melt.

All but pulled out of the race when trailing home last behind the smart Sunlight at the Gold Coast a week back, the Michael Nolen-trained Spirit’s Pride turned his fortunes around at Toowoomba on Sunday to rack up the seventh winner for boom stallion Spirit Of Boom.

Fresh from giving us a budding stakes horse on Saturday in the shape of Care to Think, So You Think gave us the ‘One to Watch’ on the last day of the year with an eye-catching winner at Nowra.

Hills that have produced a Magic Millions 2yo winner, a Golden Slipper winner, a Derby winner plus a myriad of other notable G1 winners, Kitchwin Hills look to have produced another top liner in Pierro colt Pierata.

The China Horse Club colours were carried to victory at Randwick on Saturday by promising filly Sasso Corbaro, a $290,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Mill Park draft.

Promising Hinchinbrook two year-old filly Graceful Storm made it two wins in as many starts when saluting at Sandown on Saturday.

Matamata trainer Graham Richardson admits the nerves aren’t far from the surface as he contemplates what could be a very big day for his stable at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day.

New Zealand is known for its staying fillies and mares, and the stamina-oriented fillies in this season’s three-year-old crop will get their chance to shine when New Zealand Bloodstock’s Filly of the Year Series steps up in distance for the $100,000 Group 2 Stella Artois Royal Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day.

Kamada Park principal Kevin Pratt has had an outstanding few weeks with graduates of Karaka sales, and that great run continued on Thursday when Kolonel Kev (NZ) (Darci Brahma) took out the $50,000 Listed Craigmore Timaru Cup (1600m) at Phar Lap Raceway.

The Turffontein meeting in South Africa on Saturday produced two Aussie bred winners with Alfolk capturing the Group III Lebelo Sprint, while royally bred Street Cry (IRE) colt Mutrib won on debut to become the sixth winner from six to race from blue hen Dane Belltar.

The $41 chance Don'tbabylon closed out Saturday’s meeting at Doomben on a sour note for punters when she led every step of the way in the Listed Magic Millions Nudgee Stakes (1200m).

Exciting colt Pierata stamped himself as the horse to beat in the $2million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas on Saturday week with a dominant win in the Group III BRC Vo Rogue Plate at Doomben on Saturday and the son of Pierro is also in line for the biggest payday in Queensland racing history.

Just over four years since his previous stakes win, 9yo gelding Someday scored a fighting victory in Saturday’s $300,000 Listed Bernborough Hcp (1600m) at Doomben.

The thoroughly game Music Magnate will forever have a special place in the heart of trainer Bjorn Baker.

Lightly raced So You Think gelding Care to Think secured a start in the $1million Magic Millions Cup (1400m) on January 13 with a brilliant victory in the $150,000 Magic Millions The Buffering at Doomben on Saturday.

A winner at Ipswich when making his seasonal debut on September 23, Snitzkraft came off a letup for an emotional maiden stakes win in Saturday’s Listed Falvelon Quality (1100m) at Doomben.

The Triple Crown colours were carried to victory at Randwick on Saturday by promising Your Song colt Brave Song, a $67,500 Inglis Classic purchase from the Yarraman Park draft, so there will be no Magic Millions race day for him.

A week after Epaulette registered his first winner in Australia with Magic Millions 2yo Classic aspirant Katy's Daughter, the Darley based stallion chalked up his first stakes-winner when the Lee Curtis-trained Meryl proved too strong in Saturday’s $200,000 Group III Magic Millions Bruce McLachlan Stakes (1200m) at Doomben.

The covers came off two smart trial performers at Taupo by Animal Kingdom (USA) and Sepoy and both lived up to their stable reputations with winning debuts bring good news for vendors selling their siblings at upcoming sales.

A big baldy faced chestnut son of Not a Single Doubt, the Mark Newnham trained two year-old Quackerjack put himself into the Magic Millions pictured with a fast finishing win over slick filly Secret Lady at Randwick on Saturday.

Shaune Ritchie is looking longer-term with Sultan Of Swing rather than the more immediate future.

Peter Williams sees no reason to back off his Ellerslie debut winner Spanish Whisper, who has a half-brother headed to the NZB Premier Yearling Sale.

Five juvenile heats at Randwick on Friday morning produced some interesting winners, but none more so than Magic Millions contender Nomothaj, who sported blinkers for the first time.

Magic Millions pin-up girl Global Glamour showed she was ready to rumble at the rich $10 million Magic Millions race day at the Gold Coast on January 13 when cruising clear for an easy trial win at Randwick on Friday morning.

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 for those seeking inspiration ahead of the 2018 sale starting on January 10.

A Godolphin castoff, Pecans has proven to be an inspired purchase by Tricolours Syndications with three wins and two seconds in five starts, culminating with her victory in Thursday’s $150,000 Group III Gosford RSL Club Belle Of The Turf Stakes (1600m).

Newly gelded Star of Monsoon finally broke his maiden at start 17 at Gosford on Thursday after enduring one of the most frustrating runs of minor placings.

Masa Tanaka’s willingness to travel to continue his association with Kamada Racing has been rewarded with a black type success.

It would be no surprise to many that if there was a picture under the term work-ethic in the dictionary it would show Cambridge jockey Trudy Thornton.

South Australia is a long way from the Gold Coast, which is why Mill Park bring only their best to Magic Millions each year and this year’s draft features a selection of colts by champion sires and star fillies including the half-sister to $3million plus earner Fawkner.

A couple of months back Kodiac was making news for breaking the world record for two year-old winners previously held by Sunday Silence (51 winners) and with just a couple of days left of 2017, the three-quarter brother by Danehill to Invincible Spirit has cracked 60 two year-old winners.

YOU could argue there has been two boom horses of 2017 - so it’s any wonder Wingrove Park are shouting from the rooftops their close ties to Royal Symphony and Jonker as the year comes to a close - with both horses expected to make an even bigger name for themselves in 2018.

Aquis Farm’s high class shuttler Artie Schiller (USA) featured in the US on Boxing Day with a new Graded winner after Bowies Hero took out the $200,000 Grade II Mathis Brother Mile at Santa Anita.

Talented three year-old Denman filly Kanga’s Eye finished a close and unlucky second to Godolphin runner Jorda in the 2016 Listed ATC Gimcrack Stakes, but amazingly it has taken until today for her to win a race.

A positive report from Opie Bosson paved the way for The Real Beel's winning debut at New Plymouth.

Four runners stepped into the ring on Boxing Day bearing the DGR purchase tag and three emerged as winners headed by exciting debut two year-old winner Into the Abyss.

Brave, honest and blessed with Group I talent, Juggler was a horse remembered by many and loved by all so his passing just before Christmas is well worth the chance to re-tell his story and reflect on a life well lived.

Nigel Tiley has never lost faith in The Justice League, who was one of the very early stakes-winners for leading sire I Am Invincible, and his patience looks set to reap ongoing rewards.

Fifth in the Group I New Zealand 2,000 Guineas, Dream Ahead (USA) colt Sensei showed he was on track for more success with an easy win at Wingatui in New Zealand on Boxing Day.

The Boxing Day meeting at Greyville in South Africa was highlighted by the Listed Christmas Handicap with victory going to talented Pierro three year-old Roy Had Enough, a $95,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Element Hill draft for World Wide Bloodstock.

Champion trainer Darren Weir won the last stakes race in Victoria for 2017 with talented Star Witness gelding Stellar Collision.

The Not A Single Doubt mare Payroll will head to the Gold Coast in top form after adding the Listed Lord Stakes (1700m) at Caulfield to her recent win in the Group III Eclipse Stakes at Sandown.

With a half-sister by I Am Invincible heading to the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale in January, the More Than Ready gelding Montauk could not have picked a better time to open his stakes account.

Trelawney Stud’s Brent and Sherry Taylor probably did not know whether to laugh or cry when the Jimmy Choux mare Addison, nosed out Winkelmann in a blanket finish to the Dennis Hanrahan Handicap at Caulfield.

Lisa Latta enjoyed one of the most satisfying wins of her training career when the veteran Authentic Paddy claimed a Group One victory on Boxing Day, his yearling half-sister headed for Karaka next month.

The Graeme & Debbie Rogerson trained Contessa Vanessa upset predictions with a narrow victory in the Group II Cambridge Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie to give her sire Bullbars his first stakes-winner.

A thrilling finish to the Listed Hallmark Stud Handicap (1200m) saw the Ellerslie judge take an eternity before declaring Savile Row the narrowest of winners.

Balcairn trainers John and Karen Parsons may be tempted to test star mare Starvoia against the best after her Listed Allied Security Hazlett Stakes (1200m) win.

The two year-old maiden at Randwick on Boxing Day was a competitive affair featuring some well-bred types with the John Thompson trained Foxwedge filly Into the Abyss emerging triumphant.

A determined late run has carried talented three-year-old Age Of Fire to victory in the Shaws Wires Ropes (1400) at Ellerslie.

Peter Lock has taken a different approach to have his stable star Hiflyer at the top of his game for the first Group One challenge of his career.

It’s show time again on Boxing Day for the Group One-bound Carnival.

Joy Anna has the opportunity on Tuesday to crown her quick rise through the sprinting ranks with a black type success.

With a winner from his first runner, Glen Eden Stud resident Scintillo (GB) looks sure to attract more interest from breeders.

Exciting young sire Pierro already has Pierata and Cruze heading towards a possible start in the $2million Magic Millions 3YO Classic and produced another contender at the Gold Coast on Saturday with a fast finishing win for promising filly Femme Fireball.

Pounamu scored a career highlight win when defeating Material Man in the Group 1 Kingston Town Stakes on November 25 and the pair were at it again in Saturday’s $400,000 Group II Ted Van Heemst Stakes (2100m) at Ascot but the result was the same.

Northern Meteor’s champion son Zoustar broke the ice with his first winner at the Gold Coast on Saturday after exciting filly Sunlight scored an explosive victory that prompted bookmakers to put her on the third line of betting for the $2million Magic Millions 2YO Classic next month.

David Ellis has enjoyed a golden year with his Karaka-sourced army of black type success stories.

Saturday’s Aquis Farm Ladies Day QTIS Two-Years-Old Handicap at the Gold Coast was chockful of Magic Millions 2yo Classic aspirants.

An afterthought proved to be a masterstroke when the lightweight Clarify produced a strong staying performance to defy his Group III Manawatu Cup (2100m) opposition.

Darley resident Dawn Approach (IRE) is currently the only first season stallion throwing down a challenge to the runaway leader Spirit Of Boom.

Cox Plate winner Ocean Park has been enjoying a flurry of success in recent week, his winners including the promising three year-old Scream Park from the Chris Waller stable.

A youngster bought with a staying career in mind is in contention for a massive juvenile pay day.

Perennial champion Western Australian stallion Blackfriars has been euthanised at the age of 21 after breaking a leg.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2017-18 Filly of the Year Series heads to the northern half of New Zealand’s North Island for the first time with the $100,000 Group 2 Cambridge Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day.

A former ‘Best On Breeding’, the Tony McEvoy-trained Sunlight, will be favoured to break her maiden status in Saturday’s Magic Millions QTIS Two-Year-Old Handicap at the Gold Coast and push her claims for the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic, but she may be beaten to the punch as the first winner for Zoustar by a high-priced colt at Warwick Farm.

Plenty of interesting two year-old trials around the country in the past week so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.

Renowned Hunter Valley nursery Willow Park Stud have won the Breednet Favourite Foal of the Year for the second year running.

Four juvenile heats on Friday morning at Rosehill produced some promising winners, but none more so than the second foal of John Singleton’s champion mare More Joyous.

Untapped juvenile Jonker raced to favouritism for next month's $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classicwith a stunning win in today's $200,000 Magic Millions Wyong 2YO Classic (RL).

A purple patch being enjoyed by Yarraman Park’s Hinchinbrook during the month of December continued on Thursday at Wyong with a stylish win in the $100,000 Magic Millions Three and Four Year Old event for Wild Heart, a $170,000 Magic Millions purchase for Vinery Stud from the Turangga Farm draft.

A new $2million race for 2YOs and a $1million race for 3YOs will highlight a bumper annual Inglis Race Day at Warwick Farm each February.

The Spirit of Boom show rolled into Wyong on Thursday with a breathtaking win in the $200,000 Magic Millions 2YO Classic for his brilliant son Jonker.

Pierro covered a stellar book of mares in his first season at stud, but none had more ability that former wild child Aqua D’Amore.

Each year the National Yearling Sales holds plenty of interest for Marie Leicester, but this time there’s more happening for her both before and after she attends Karaka.

She will be remembered as a pocket-dynamo but sadly one of Australia’s best performed race mares of recent times died earlier this month.

A stakes-winner at Flemington during the Spring Carnival, Hellova Street was a short priced favourite to win the $100,000 Listed Tasmanian stakes at Launceston on Wednesday evening, but had to settle for third place behind Wordsmith’s classy daughters Gee Gees Top Notch and Gee Gees Goldengirl.

Four year-old Poets Voice(GB) gelding Trap for Fools continued his rapid rise through the WA staying ranks to post his sixth successive win at Ascot on Wednesday when taking out the $100,000 WATC ATA Stakes.

Pierro has had a great run through December siring nine winners including this promising three year-old, who scored with authority at Doomben on Wednesday and has stakes goals on the horizon.

This time last year Dynamic Syndications were thinking Magic Millions with talented Exceed and Excel filly We Have Lift Off, who finished a debut fourth in the BRC Calaway Gal Stakes.