Top Performers Yearling Galleries

Tara Madgwick - Monday Jan 8

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.

Use the search box at the top of the page of the gallery to search for any stallion.

Capitalist is the most represented stallion at Magic Millions, so you definitely need to know what a good one looks like.

I Am Invincible is the best stallion in the country, so let’s look at his stars as yearlings.

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So You Think has been second to I Am Invincible for the past two years on the Australian General Sires List and had the Everest winner last year in addition to his usual slew of SW’s and is one of the few leading Australian sires that is truly versatile.

Zoustar was the leading sire of winners in the world for 2023 and is enjoying his best ever season in Australia.

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