Scene Set for Gold Coast MM HIT Sale After Strong Breeze Ups

Media Release - Thursday Oct 8

The next generation of racetrack stars have gone through their paces and the scene is set for next week's Magic Millions Gold Coast Horses in Training Sale.

To be held from 3.30pm (QLD time) on Monday, the auction has brought together a quality line up of youngsters by a great range of 77 individual sires. 

Three breeze up sessions have now been completed across two venues over the past couple of weeks with prospective buyers getting to see the youngsters gallop.

With the industry leading TripleS chip technology first class data has been compiled on each lot - from stride length, frequency and speed - the Gold Coast Horses in Training Sale gives buyers the edge in their search for future stars.

Lot 141 - The half-brother by Capitalist to Group winners Generosity and Midnight in Tokyo breezed in 10.39 seconds.

For the first time buyers will have the opportunity to pay up eligible 2YOs from this Sale to the lucrative Magic Millions Race Series. Adding immense value for prospective purchasers, there are 74 lots in the catalogue which are already nominated to the undisputed world's best and richest sales-based Race Series.

Gold Coast Breeze Ups - September 22

A large session of breeze ups with some impressive performances from drafts from around the country. The quickest 200 metre timed breezes achieved on the course proper were:

  • 10.00 secs - Showtime-Mileyva colt (Lot 127)
  • 10.11 secs - Kingman-French Dispatch colt (Lot 92)
  • 10.30 secs - Russian Revolution-Don'ttelltheboss colt (Lot 83)
  • 10.31 secs - Castelvecchio-Miss Super Quick colt (Lot 131)
  • 10.35 secs - Wild Ruler-Breannon colt (Lot 69)
  • 10.37 secs - Stronger-Urban Jewel colt (Lot 32)
  • 10.39 secs - Capitalist-Orabelle colt (Lot 141)
  • 10.50 secs - Super One-Keep the Filly colt (Lot 106)
  • 10.50 secs - Admire Mars-Lucky Helmet colt (Lot 120)
  • 10.50 secs - Earthlight-Medea colt (Lot 125)

Following that many more strong gallops were recorded on the Polytrack including:

  • 10.39 secs - Better Than Ready-Ambar colt (Lot 56)
  • 10.47 secs - Portland Sky-Whitten's Delight filly (Lot 44)
  • 10.56 secs - Tagaloa-Agent Sonya filly (Lot 50)
  • 10.61 secs - Stronger-Brazen Rocker colt (Lot 68)

Scone Breeze Ups - September 30

A quality line up of 33 youngsters breezed on either the grass or synthetic track at Scone on September 30. Those stopping the clock impressively on the day included:

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  • 10.65 secs - Capitalist-Madeira Bay colt (Lot 160)
  • 10.78 secs - Stronger-Dawn Moon colt (Lot 79)
  • 10.88 secs - Starspangledbanner-We are Many colt (Lot 39)
  • 10.91 secs - Written By-Seasonal Chaos colt (Lot 8)
  • 10.93 secs - All Too Hard-Zauberin colt (Lot 45)
  • 10.95 secs - St Mark's Basilica-Ozidization filly (Lot 143)
  • 10.96 secs - Exceedance-L'Amoureuse filly (Lot 108)
  • 10.99 secs - Better Than Ready-Dowager Duchess filly (Lot 84)

Gold Coast Breeze Ups - October 8

Some 18 lots breezed earlier today - 12 on the course proper grass and six on the synthetic Polytrack. The quickest two breezes came on the grass.

  • 10.32 secs - Trapeze Artist-Counterplay colt (Lot 76)
  • 10.38 secs - Supido-All in a Row filly (Lot 54)
  • The quickest poly breeze was the Stronger-The Darling colt (Lot 24) who ran 10.51 seconds.

"Across the three breeze up sessions we have seen some impressive performances," Magic Millions Managing Director Barry Bowditch. "And the strong track efforts are matched by some impressive pedigrees and types."

"The quality is strong across the catalogue and our trusted and experienced vendors have done a great job educating and preparing them for the Gold Coast Horses in Training Sale." 

"There looks to be some great buying opportunities and we encourage everyone to check the online catalogue - this is a sale where buyers are spoilt for information and data."

"Anyone interesting in getting involved who can't make it to the sale on Monday are encouraged to reach out to a member 0f the Magic Millions team who will be able to assist with any questions or assistance." 

"This is a sale that has a proud history of producing stakes horses around the world and from what we have seen over the past few weeks this record will only continue into the future," Bowditch added.

Inspections at the Gold Coast Sales Complex will be held from Saturday until the sale on Monday. Seven supplementary lots are listed on the Magic Millions Online Catalogue (Lots 154-160).

To view the online catalogue featuring pedigrees, breeze up times and videos, the TripleS data reports, updates, photos and more click here

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