At the 2017 Magic Millions Yearling Sale, Widden Stud launched the career of exiting young stallion Zoustar and their draft featured two of his fillies that sold for $300,000 and $310,000, the first turned out to be the great champion Sunlight and the second was Madam Rouge, whose first foal fetched $1.7million for Widden on Friday when purchased by Jes Sikura/Hill 'n' Dale Farm/Gai Waterh

We've made it through to the Saturday night session of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale to bring the curtain down on Book 1.

It was another day at Magic Millions on Friday and another million dollar yearling sold by Segenhoe Stud, but this $1.3million Zoustar colt from Lady Cosmology was a little different as he was offered on behalf of WA owner breeder Peter Walsh of Amelia’s Jewel fame.

Newgate Farm’s super sire Extreme Choice only had one yearling to go through the ring at Magic Millions on Friday, but she was from I Am Invincible’s Group I winner I Am A Star and she sold like a star fetching $900,000 to the bid of Kia Ora Stud/Shane Nichols Racing.

A 4-year-old mare that has not won since her career debut at two almost two years ago has drawn barrier 18 in race eleven when it will be the last man standing on the Gold Coast on Saturday gets the nod as the Best on Breeding.

Triple Crown winner Justify (USA) has the unbeaten favourite for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic on Saturday in Storm Boy and his colt from Invincible Star lit up the sale ring at Magic Millions on Friday when selling for $1.3million to Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott/Kestrel Thoroughbreds.

Baramul Stud sold a cracking Zoustar colt from In Times of War at Magic Millions last year for $1million to James Harron Bloodstock and he came out and won the Group III ATC Breeders Plate on debut last spring putting the spotlight well and truly on his yearling half-sister by Snitzel who made $1.4million on Friday.

The first million dollar yearling to be sold on Friday at Magic Millions was also the first for Golden Slipper winner Farnan to sell for seven figures with the Bell River Thoroughbreds consigned colt from I Am Excited fetching $1.2million.

A bumper contingent of 29 entries this weekend for Te Akau Racing includes three-pronged attacks on a pair of races that hold special recent memories for the syndication juggernaut.

It’s a long way from Tasmania to the Gold Coast, but Graeme and Bart McCulloch of Grenville Stud will be going home horse free after selling their final yearling of three that made the trip and the Exceed and Excel filly from Galway Girl provided another great result when bought by Peter Moody for $675,000.

Newgate Farm’s promising young sire Tassort has been on the board quickly with three first crop winners including Group III ATC Gimcrack Stakes winner Manaal and his achievement has not gone unnoticed with his five yearlings in Book 1 all being sold in the first three sessions at an average of $209,000.

The Magic Millions race day on Saturday at the Gold Coast is packed with interest and while we know all about the juveniles lining up in the $3million Magic Millions 2YO Classic, those unraced babes in the $500,000 Debut races for colts and fillies are a blank canvas.

Widden Stud’s bargain priced Not a Single Doubt son Anders has been quietly making a very good impression at Magic Millions with eight yearlings selling so far at an average $216,250 off a $16,500 service fee and one of them, a colt from En Aval sold for $300,000 to the great delight of Widden Stud’s yearling manager Liam Attwood.

Saturday’s Magic Millions program at the Gold Coast is one of the most popular race days on the turf calendar and considered the ‘place to be’ and supporters of leading Queensland stallion, Better Than Ready, would know all about that with 11 of his runners – yep, that’s right, 11! – featuring in the star studded program.

Here is the full list of 56 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The first foal of former champion New Zealand based racemare Avantage was the star act on Day Three of the 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale today and after the third day of trade the sale gross has soared past $155 million for 536 lots sold at an average price of $289,810. The clearance rate sits at more than 85 per cent.

After three sessions of the Magic Millions yearling sale Wootton Bassett is a runaway leader on the first season sires by average list with all 25 of his yearlings offered so far selling for 100% clearance at an average $471,000 with a colt from Fiera Vista providing a highlight late in the day when purchased by Tom Magnier for $1.6million.

Newgate Farm is home to outstanding sire Extreme Choice and he rewarded Henry Field and his team on Thursday at Magic Millions when they sold one of his best colts for $1.45million to Rosemont Stud/Suman Hedge Bloodstock (FBAA)/Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott.

The fourth and penultimate session of Book 1 of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale on Friday features several potential sale-toppers by I An Invincible and a glorious Written Tycoon colt out of the outstanding In Her Time.

Champion sire I Am Invincible and Segenhoe Stud combined for another million dollar sale at Magic Millions on Thursday with the full sister to Group I winning filly In Secret knocked down to Damon Gabbedy of Belmont Bloodstock at $1.15million.

Few would argue that Frankel is the world’s best active sire and his stock were in hot demand at Magic Millions on Thursday selling for up to $1million.

John Singleton dispersed the bulk of his thoroughbred portfolio last year and sold his prized Strawberry Hill Stud at Mount White, but he can’t quite let go of his passion for racing and breeding and commissioned champion trainer Gai Waterhouse to find him one horse at Magic Millions.

Ainsley Downs Stud’s policy of purchasing older mares in Australia has been rewarded with another feature race contender across the Tasman.

Attending a New Zealand stud tour could turn into a lucrative payday for Queensland trainers Maddysen and Tony Sears.

Mary Shan is due to go one better and claim a black-type title and the gifted filly is heavily favoured to rise to the challenge in Saturday’s Gr.1 Levin Classic (1600m) at Trentham.

There were four heats for two year-olds on Thursday morning at Rosehill with some interesting unraced winners and some even more interesting place-getters with two heat winners by I Am Invincible, one by Justify (USA) and one for first season sire Dubious that was his highest priced yearling in 2023.

The third session of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale got away to a flying start on Thursday morning with something seriously special selling for $2.1million to big spending Kiwi buyer David Ellis.

It’s a first time at Magic Millions for both new vendor North and Golden Slipper winner Farnan and the two combined to smash it out of the park on Wednesday when the Farnan colt from Za Zi Ba sold for $800,000.

A stunning Too Darn Hot colt led the way as eight yearlings sold for $1 million or more on Day Two of the 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale today with the sale gross now crossing over the $100 million barrier as 349 lots sold at an impressive average of $291,441. The clearance rate is 85 per cent.

Reigning champion sire I Am Invincible added two more million dollar yearlings to his tally at Magic Millions Wednesday with a colt and a filly both selling for an even $1million.

Here is the full list of 51 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Three colts and two fillies by Frankel (GB) add an international flavour to Day 3 of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale.

Just when you through the day could not get any better for Peter O’Brien and the Segenhoe Stud team it did just that, when the Hunter Valley nursery produced their third million dollar yearling on Wednesday and fourth of the sale when the Too Darn Hot (GB) colt from A Time for Julia sold for $1.9million to Ciaron Maher Bloodstock.

Having already won the Golden Slipper with Snitzel colt Shinzo, Tom Magnier is a fan of the champion sire and would like to repeat the experience paying $1.75million on Wednesday at Magic Millions for Segenhoe Stud’s Snitzel colt from Warranty.

Segenhoe Stud sold their second million dollar colt by Zoustar at Magic Millions on Wednesday when the first foal of super fast Foxwedge mare Villami sold for $1million to James Harron Bloodstock.

Newgate Farm’s Extreme Choice will never have the numbers of other champion sires, but he has quality over quantity and set a new benchmark for himself in the sale ring at Magic Millions on Wednesday when Milburn Creek’s stunning colt from Wanted Lady sold for $1.6million to James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership.

Leading Victorian nursery Blue Gum Farm has a proven track record for success and under the new ownership of Jason and Melanie Stenning (Trilogy Racing) and Sean and Cathy Dingwall they were looking to make their presence felt at Magic Millions and did so in spectacular fashion selling an outstanding Snitzel colt on Wednesday for $1.3million.

There was no more improved horse in 2023 than outstanding sprinter Think About It, who started in January with a Benchmark 72 win and finished as a dual Group I winning Everest hero and his half-brother by Wootton Bassett (GB ) was a star attraction at Magic Millions on Wednesday and duly sold for $900,000.

Yulong have been active at Magic Millions purchasing as Highway Farm and secured a cracking Zoustar colt from Widden Stud on Wednesday for $760,000.

There was only one yearling by Triple Crown hero Justify (USA) offered for sale at the Magic Millions on Wednesday and the striking chestnut colt attracted keen competition before being knocked down to Rosemont Stud/Suman Hedge Bloodstock (FBAA)/MG Price Racing & Breeding for $650,000.

The first million dollar yearling on the second day of trade at Magic Millions on Wednesday was a gorgeous grey filly from the first crop of Vinery Stud’s Champion 3YO Ole Kirk, a blue blood son of Written Tycoon from the family of champions Black Caviar and All Too Hard.

Maurice (Jpn) missed a season of shuttling to Australia in 2020 so had no yearlings last year and as a result no two year-olds to run this season and also has only a small crop of three year-olds, but buyers have not forgotten his merits and Rosemont Stud were well rewarded with a colt from Soft Sand selling for $600,000 on Wednesday to set a new benchmark in Australia for his sire.

Here is the full list of 29 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Four lots sold for over $1 million during a red hot opening day at the 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale with an I Am Invincible colt from Palace Talk the top lot at $1.3million, while $45.9 million was traded on 163 lots sold at an average price of $281,767 with an outstanding clearance rate of 85 per cent.

The highest price for a yearling by a first season sire during the first session of Magic Millions on Tuesday was $775,000 paid for a handsome bay colt by Coolmore’s dual Group I winning son of Redoute’s Choice, King’s Legacy.

The fireworks started early on Day 1 with two $1 million yearlings in the first 19 lots.

Displaying the benefits of a debut third at Ipswich on Christmas Eve, That's Interesting broke her maiden in style at Rockhampton on Tuesday to credit Cosmic Force with his third winner.

A savvy $480,000 investment at the MM run Edinburgh Park Dispersal last year by astute pinhooker Jim Carey paid big dividends on Tuesday when the Newgate consigned Snitzel filly from Serena Bay sold for $1.25million to be the highest priced filly sold on the first day of Magic Millions.

First season sires add much intrigue to Magic Millions as buyers get their first look at a whole new cohort of young stallions and Darley’s Champion Sprinter Bivouac had a big result late on Tuesday when the Mill Park consigned filly from Secretly Discreet sold for $675,000.

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All the good judges were on Segenhoe Stud’s Zoustar colt from Ready to Soar with keen competition pushing the handsome chestnut colt past the $800,000 mark until David Ellis finally prevailed with a winning bid of $1.1million.

There were seven heats for juveniles over 899m at Canterbury on Tuesday morning with spring stakes-winners Bodyguard and Manaal both stepping out for the first time in 2024 and we also saw two heat winners by first season sire Pierata and one for Cosmic Force.

The pinhook winners have started at Magic Millions with Kulani Park achieving a big result at the very start of the sale when their striking grey Deep Field filly from Our Crown Mistress sold for $650,000 to Curran Blooodstock.

The first Australian bred crop of yearlings by outstanding Group I sire Wootton Bassett (GB) are selling this week at Magic Millions and the very first into the ring made a splash when selling for $500,000 to renowned judge Craig Rounsefell of Boomer Bloodstock.

Yarraman Park were always hopeful of starting Magic Millions 2024 on a high with two youngsters by their champion sire I Am Invincible offered in the first 20 lots of the sale and they duly hit the target with the first foal of Outback Barbie selling for $1.2million and then the full brother to Group II winner Shuffle Dancer sold for $1.3million.

The final field and barrier draw for the $3million Magic Millions 2YO Classic has been held at the Gold Coast this morning with race favourite Storm Boy drawing gate 10 and Snitzel colt Highness has firmed in the market after drawing ideally in gate four.

Kingstar Farm are looking forward to Friday at the Magic Millions when the three yearlings in Book 1 by their first season sire Time to Reign will all go under the hammer and Conor Phelan reports they have been well inspected this week.

It’s game on today as the first of over 1400 horses go through the ring at Magic Millions on the Gold Coast and I you want to catch up on what the vendors were saying before the sale read on.

Zoustar will be one of the hottest sires in the sale ring at Magic Millions this week with his progeny averaging $628,667 last year, but one of his bargain priced yearlings snaffled from Inglis Classic in 2021 for $40,000 is building a good record in the country with more wins to come and a tilt at the $3million Big Dance.

Here is the full list of 22 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Impendabelle came ever so close to picking up a maiden Group One crown at Riccarton last November, and Tony Pike is hoping the filly can go one better in Saturday’s Gr.1 Cambridge Stud Levin Classic (1600m).

Gird the loins for the first of a monumental 1468 yearlings to go through the ring over seven days at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast. beginning at 11 am on Tuesday.

Breednet have a full list of all the pinhook horses in the Magic Millions Yearling Sale and given the strength of the weanling market last year there were some big investments made and it’s going to be interesting to see how that turns out.

You’ve got your short list and you’re champing at the bit for the first yearling sale of 2024 to get started and while confidence abounds in the lead up where everyone’s a genius, it’s past results that hold the proof of the pudding so if you need a reminder of what the best horses by particular stallions looked like as yearlings check out this gallery.

On the eve of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale where he is the most represented sire this year, Capitalist produced a winning double at Sha Tin on Sunday with two quality winners in Blue Marlin and Capital Delight, who has a yearling half-brother to be offered at Magic Millions this week.

Aussie bred sprinters ran the trifecta in the Group III Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (1000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday with the winner Whizz Kid a brand new stakes-winner for Woodside Park Stud‘s Shalaa (IRE) and the first three home all have siblings for upcoming sales.

Here is the full list of 52 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

North is a new name in the vendor index at Magic Millions this year and they are offering a top class draft of 14 yearlings in Book 1 and Kate Dallimore spoke with Maree McEwan about the new farm, which was formerly Kanangra Stud and is now owned by Mick Malone and his wife Pauline Alix.

The final order of entry for the $3million Magic Millions 2YO Classic and 3YO Guineas is looking like this ahead of Tuesday’s all important barrier draw.

The $50,000 Magic Millions Off the Track for thoroughbreds jumpers at 90cm at the Gold Coast on Sunday produced a great contest with 17 starters and the cream really rose to the top when the top five went through to jump off and the winner has a close relation to be offered at Magic Millions next week!

With just three weeks until the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale commences at Karaka, Stud Manager Leon Casey and his team are busy putting the finishing touches on Pencarrow Stud’s 23-strong 2024 sale draft.

A gear change and a favourable race tempo helped to unlock the potential of Lyrical Gangster (NZ) (Proisir) with an impressive win in Saturday’s A$160,000 Climate Roofing Handicap (2000m) at Randwick.

This time last year Jeff Kruger and his team at Lyndhurst Stud Farm were basking in the glory of having bred and sold the winner of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic in Skirt the Law and 12 months on they are preparing to sell her yearling half-brother by Nicconi and he bares quite a resemblance to the most famous Nicconi of them all.

Here is the full list of 92 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Astute trainer John O’Shea got a good result from Capitalist mare Junqueira, who won a 3YO race this day last year at the Gold Coast and returned 12 months later to win the $250,000 MM Rising Stakes Plate (1400m) for fillies and mares.

Exciting two year-old colt Spywire was not the only Widden Stud graduate in the winner’s circle at the Gold Coast on Saturday with Goulburn trainer Kurt Goldman executing a long range plan to win the $250,000 TAB Wave (1800m) with four year-old Zoustar mare Arts Object.

Never further back than fourth in his five starts, the 3-year-old Vancouver gelding Vanquished chose the right spot to open his winning account in the $250,000 Magic Millions Maiden Plate (1400m) at the Gold Coast.

The 4-year-old Astern mare Va Via upheld a family tradition when opening her stakes account in Saturday’s SEN Geelong Black Pearl Stakes (1200m) at Geelong.

Sporting the colours of Cambridge Stud’s Brendan and Jo Lindsay, the 4-year-old Almanzor gelding Holymanz earned his place in history as the inaugural winner of the $300,000 Bet365 Coastal Classic (1700m) at Geelong.

For a horse with as much talent as Barassi it seems amazing that he had not won a race until today, but the Toby and Trent Edmonds trained five year-old son of I Am Invincible broke the ice in spectacular fashion winning the $250,000 Magic Millions Maiden (1100m) at the Gold Coast by daylight.

A day after his connections took a leap of faith with a late nomination for the Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m), emerging stayer Canheroc rewarded their confidence with a powerful lead-up performance in the Listed Marton Jockey Club Marton Cup (2200m) at Hastings on Saturday.

Exciting New Zealand import Carbonados kept his unblemished career record intact with an impressive Australian debut in Saturday’s A$175,000 SCAADA Group 3YO Handicap (1100m) at Geelong.

The classy Too Darn Hot (GB) filly Arabian Summer staked her claim for next week's $3,000,000 Magic Millions 2yo Classic with a dominant performance in the $150,000 Aquis Gold Pearl (1100m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday.

The highest-priced Trapeze Artist yearling in 2023, Spywire was a $520,000 purchase for Ciaron Maher Bloodstock/Group 1 Bloodstock from the Widden draft at Magic Millions last year and he will start amongst the top chances in next week’s $3million Magic Millions 2YO Classic after a cavalier win in the $150,000 Aquis Gold Nugget (1100m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday.

The faith of connections in Stay Focused is infectious, with a plan mapped out targeting the Blue Diamond Stakes even before the son of Cosmic Force made an exciting debut in Saturday’s $150,000 Rex Gorell Geelong Diamond Hcp (1100m) at Geelong.

Located in the rolling hills of Cootamundra in NSW, Twin Hills Stud is a proven nursery for elite thoroughbreds and they will offer a diverse draft of 17 for Magic Millions including youngsters by the farm’s exciting young sire Peltzer and the only filly in the catalogue by reigning Champion New Zealand sire Proisir.

Chris Waller has had a lot of success with Torryburn Stud graduates – think Home Affairs and Espiona – and he has another promising up and comer with the same brand in Mare of Mt Buller, whose full sister is headed to Perth Magic Millions.

Here is the full list of 68 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The winner of all four of her barrier trials, the 3-year-old Written Tycoon filly Tycoon Deshauna looked like a seasoned pro when making her debut in the Kia Ora Prague Hcp (1100m) at Canterbury on Friday.

A gorgeous grey by So You Think, D’Argento was a charismatic Group I winning member of the Star Thoroughbreds team before retiring to Bowness Stud and he sired his first winner at Canterbury on Friday night with a fast finishing victory for Rag Queen.

Victorian visitor Wings Of Song overcame a sluggish start to capture Friday’s Ladbrokes Tasmanian Guineas (1600m) at Hobart and honour Coolmore Stud’s one-season shuttler Mendelssohn (USA) with his first Australian stakes-winner.

A classy front-running ride from Tegan Newman provided Steven Cole with a special victory at Ruakaka on Friday with Per La Vita.

Progressive Queensland farm Telemon Thoroughbreds have been celebrating the success of star graduate Abounding in recent weeks and are proud to present a draft of 15 for Magic Millions with a nice mix of proven and promising sires represented.

The star-studded Christmas Carnival at Pukekohe on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day produced a number of highly impressive three-year-old winners who may be pointed towards the $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) later this month.

Almanzor four-year-old Holymanz will be vying to secure his ticket back to New Zealand later this month when he heads to Geelong on Saturday to contest the A$300,000 Coastal Classic (1700m).

It was hard not to be impressed with Wootton Bassett (GB) at the Coolmore stallion parades last year and his dark and dashing good looks have been stamped indelibly across his progeny with 35 of his yearlings to be offered at Magic Millions next week including some of the highlight horses of the sale.

As we enter the 2024 season of major yearling and breeding stock sales, our office again prepares for the inevitable calls from new clients with their “how do I start and structure a new horse business” questions.

Maree McEwan is out and about for Breednet at the sales, so catch up with what people have been saying during the busy inspection days leading up to the sale.

Here is the full list of 31 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Hunter Valley nursery Cressfield is renowned for producing quality runners with serious pedigree and this year’s Magic Millions draft will leave buyers seeking elite fillies spoiled for choice.