Geese That Lay Golden Eggs – What’s in the Future?

Tara Madgwick - Saturday Jan 11

The 2025 Magic Millions Yearling Sale was highlighted by just 13 yearlings that sold for $1million or more which was 10 less than last year when 23 were in the millionaires club following on from 20 in 2023.

$3.2million Home Affairs filly from Sunlight - image Magic Millions

Coolmore’s star producer Sunlight was on top of the list with her third foal, a filly by Home Affairs topping the sale at $3.2million. Sunlight was bought in 2020 at MM National by Tom Magnier as a broodmare prospect for a then record of $4.2million and her first three foals have all sold for upwards of a million with the trio netting $6million all up.

The dam of the $1million Stay Inside colt from Bleu Zebra was covered by Don Corleone..

The mares below have all been covered by high profile sires last year with the exception of Bleu Zebra, who went to Extreme Choice’s Group I placed son Don Corleone, who stood his first season at Eureka Stud last spring at a fee of $13,200 and covered 133 mares.

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Below we’ve tabled all the million dollar yearlings with the foal produced last year by their dam and subsequent covering.

Price	Sire	Dam/ YOB	2024 Foal	2024 Covering
$3.2million filly	Home Affairs	Sunlight 2015	F Justify	Snitzel
$2.8million colt	Snitzel	Humma Humma 2015	C I Am Invincible	Zoustar
$2.3million filly	I Am Invincible	Eloping 2011	C I Am Invincible	I Am Invincible
$1.8million filly	Written Tycoon	Away Game 2017	C Written Tycoon	Pierata
$1.8million colt	Written Tycoon	In Her Time 2012	F Diatonic (Jpn)	Pierata
$1.7million colt	Wootton Bassett (GB)	Battleofwinterfell (USA) 2017		Mare deceased
$1.7million colt	Snitzel	Fashion Faux Pas (USA) 2016	F Extreme Choice	Snitzel
$1.6million filly	I Am Invincible	Avantage 2015	F I Am Invincible	Zoustar
$1.6million filly	Snitzel	Sweet Sherry	F I Am Invincible	Snitzel
$1.15million colt	I Am Invincible	Fiera Vista 2015	Missed sent to UK	Too Darn Hot – SH Time
$1.05 million filly	Home Affairs	Champagne Cuddles 2014	Slipped sent to USA	Justify – SH Time
$1million colt	Stay Inside	Bleu Zebra 2017	F Pinatubo (IRE)	Don Corleone
$1million colt	Snitzel	Dream Date 2010	C Dundeel	Maurice (Jpn)

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