Saturday’s Gr.2 Life Direct Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham was a sink-or-swim moment for unbeaten three-year-old Shamus, and he rose to the challenge in superb style.

Isotope’s fairytale return from a near-death bout of colic was completed at the Gold Coast on Saturday when the mare destroyed her rivals in the $1 million It’s Live! In Queensland Magic Millions Snippets (1200m).

Classy mare Snapdancer atoned for an unlucky placing in last year’s TAB Magic Millions Fillies and Mares (1300m) with a dominant victory in Saturday’s edition of the $1 million feature race at the Gold Coast.

Champion trainer Chris Waller might be at the Gold Coast with a big team of horses but he still had plenty of interesting runners at Rosehill including American Pharoah (USA) three year-old Sword Point, who won with a leg in the air.

Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible has had over 660 winners in his stud career to date and just two of them have been able to win at 2400m or further and one of those is blue-blood gelding Navy Cross.

Promising filly Hanalei showed she had taken plenty from her runner-up performance on debut at Te Aroha at the start of the month, when she dominated her two-year-old rivals in the Listed IRT Wellesley Stakes (1100m) at Trentham.

Exciting galloper Bankers Choice showed he is well on his way to becoming a star of New Zealand racing with a last to first performance to take out the Gr.3 Dixon & Dunlop Anniversary Handicap (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday.

A long-range plan to get Bigboyroy to the Gold Coast for a tilt at the Magic Millions Raceday paid dividends on Saturday when Chris Waller’s gelding monstered his rivals in the $250,000 Magic Millions Open (1800m).

Fresh from siring his first $1million yearling at Magic Millions on Friday, Deep Field was in the frame at Rosehill on Saturday siring impressive two year-old debut winner Sweet Ride, who was too strong for a pair of $1million colts by Not a Single Doubt.

Peter and Paul Snowden won their third Magic Millions Maiden Plate (1200m) in seven years when the aptly-named Hinchinbrook mare Warmth scored in the $250,000 feature at a sun-bathed Gold Coast on Saturday.

The impeccably bred Snitzel colt Lofty Strike stamped his Blue Diamond ticket with a stunning debut over 1100m at Flemington on Saturday.

The Breednet Sales Centre offers best stats for analysis – leading sires, buyers and vendors – fully interactive and with one short night session of Book 1 to go we check in on our our first season sires are performing.

Here is the full list of 62 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A filly by I Am Invincible topped Day Four of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale today when selling for $1.1 million.

“The world over we haven’t seen a sale like this in a long time” – Maree McEwan speaks to those involved on Day 4 at Magic Millions Gold Coast.

Book 1 of a record-breaking sale comes to a conclusion with the Saturday night session of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

Following a year in which his service fee was raised to $88,000 it was good to see Newgate Farm’s Deep Field get his first million dollar yearling with a colt from Capital Commander cracking the milestone sum at Magic Millions on Friday.

Late in the day on Friday, Pierro posted his second seven figure yearling at Magic Millions when Tom Magnier bid $1million to secure a strapping bay colt from Ben’s Duchess (USA).

Artie Schiller (USA) has ridden the wave of fashion since he first shuttled to Australia in 2007.

Charismatic Lonhro gelding Kementari will be in action at the Gold Coast on Saturday having gained a wild card entry for Godolphin to start in the $1million Magic Millions Cup (1400m) and over the road in the sale ring his only two foals, who are now yearlings have both been sold this week and will join major Sydney racing stables.

Trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott have timed their run to the DoubleTree By Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie next week to perfection with promising juvenile Time Ruler.

The first million dollar sale at Magic Millions on Friday came with James Harron Bloodstock paying $1.1million for Segenhoe Stud’s I Am Invincible filly from blue-blood mare Villa Carlotta.

It’s a long way from the Scottish borders to the Gold Coast, but this talented horseman with a passion for sales and bloodstock has found himself right at home.

Raheen Stud’s exciting young sire Heroic Valour has two runners from his first crop of two year-olds in the $2million Magic Millions 2YO Classic on Saturday in Heroic Son and Mishani Persuasion, the Group I winning son of Fastnet Rock already making his mark at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale this week.

John North and his team at Bowness Stud have achieved an enviable record for producing Group I performers from their family run thoroughbred nursery at Young on the South West Slopes of NSW and a talented Zoustar three year-old they bred and sold at Magic Millions in 2020 will run for the powerful Chris Waller stable in the $2million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas on Saturday.

The Breednet Sales Centre offers best stats for analysis – leading sires, buyers and vendors – fully interactive see what people are buying and selling during a vintage sale where the 94% clearance was maintained through Thursday and the average soared!

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

A stunning colt by I Am Invincible sold for $1.9 million and topped a record breaking Day Three of the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale with eight individual lots cracking seven figures.

Magic Millions 2022 has been an amazing sale for Newgate Farm and they powered through today’s session providing the star of the show when their I Am Invincible colt from Suspicieuse (Fr) sold for $1.9million to Tom Magnier.

An incredible final hour of day three of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, saw a new sales-topper, Newgate Farm’s $1,900,000 I Am Invincible x Suspicieuse colt, closely followed by a new high mark for the progressive Silverdale Farm.

The Victorian Stallion Alliance are fans of Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar outlaying $1.25 million on Thursday to secure his colt from blue-blooded Group II winner Summer Sham.

Day Three is done at the Gold Coast so let’s hear from Maree McEwan and plenty of those involved in another strong day.

The sale continues on its record setting pace.

Late in the day on Thursday at Magic Millions, Annabel Neasham and Brian McGuire made their mark at the top end of the market paying $1.1million for Segenhoe Stud’s Snitzel colt from Street Secret (USA).

Segenhoe Stud’s much-admired I Am Invincible filly out of Villa Carlotta, due to sell at the Magic Millions on Friday, may have a major update in the not-too-distant future.

John Camilleri’s Fairway Thoroughbreds have bred superstars ranging from Golden Slipper winner Vancouver to world champion racehorse Winx and one of the bluebloods they have bred and sold is promising Dubawi mare In Italian, who resumed from a long lay off to win easily at Tampa Downs with a close relation to be offered at Magic Millions on Friday.

Yarraman Park’s I Am Invincible posted his third million dollar yearling at Magic Millions on Thursday afternoon when Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott combined with Go Bloodstock to buy the colt from Silently for $1million.

Arrowfield Stud’s champion sire Snitzel posted his first million dollar yearling of the sale on Thursday when the Emirates Park bred colt from Red Lodge (USA) was knocked down at $1.1million to Tom Magnier, who then paid the same money for a Not a Single Doubt colt from Rhodamine just eight lots later.

Creating early fireworks in the Magic Millions sale ring on Thursday morning was an outstanding colt by Coolmore’s Golden Slipper winning sire Pierro that was the subject of keen bidding before eventually being secured by Ciaron Maher Bloodstock for $1.5million.

The Magic Millions Yearling Sale might be all about the razzle dazzle of high priced colts and sleek super model fillies, but the reality of the 2022 Magic Millions 2YO Classic race this Saturday is a big field of 16 plus emergencies with the race favourite Coolangatta bought for $280,000 and several key runners coming via the bargain basement.

The Breednet Sales Centre offers best stats for analysis – leading sires, buyers and vendors – fully interactive see what people are are buying and selling during session one when 94% clearance made for a lot of happy vendors!

Day Two was another strong one at the Magic Millions Gold Coast and Maree McEwan spoke to some of the major players.

A colt from the final crop of recently retired champion sire Not a Single Doubt stole the show on Day Two of the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale when he sold for $1.7 million this afternoon.

The potential of a racing career in Hong Kong lured A Value Consulting’s Dr Alan Lee to secure talented 3YO Higher (Exceed And Excel), the top lot of today’s Inglis Digital January (Early) Online Sale.

Here is the full list of 47 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Victorian Stallion Alliance have already had success with their $1million Zoustar colt from last year’s Magic Millions in Brereton and they went back to the source to secure another son of Widden Stud’s champion sire on Wednesday paying $1.3million for the colt from Pirapala.

Day three looks set to be all about the fillies again with sale ring superstars I Am Invincible and Snitzel having a mouthwatering selection.

A winner on debut at Geelong on Boxing Day, the Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained No Diggity was untroubled to make it two from two in the Vale Rick Hore-Lacy Hcp (1200m) at Caulfield on Wednesday.

Tony and Calvin McEvoy enjoyed much success training former brilliant I Am Invincible filly Oohood and they will also train her first foal, a colt by Pride of Dubai that sold at Magic Millions on Wednesday for $240,000.

A homebred for Gooree Stud, three year-old American Pharoah (USA) filly Decisive Move opened her account at Warwick Farm on Wednesday with an all the way win.

Emirates Park made a big splash at Magic Millions last year selling a colt by Not a Single Doubt for $1.8million and they were in the limelight again on Wednesday when selling the full sister to their stakes-winner Najmaty for $1.55million.

Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible produced his first seven figure result at Magic Millions on Wednesday when the full brother to Group III MRC Blue Diamond Prelude winner I Am Immortal was bought by James Harron Bloodstock for $1.1million.

Not a Single Doubt was the leading sire by average at Magic Millions last year and his final crop of yearlings were always going to be a highlight this year with the Segenhoe Stud consigned colt from Miss Admiration setting the sale ring alight when selling for $1.7million on Wednesday.

Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr couldn’t be any happier with the way their star four-year-old I’m Thunderstruck has returned to their Cranbourne stable.

Newgate Farm’s fertility hampered sire Menari delivered the best pinhook result of the first session at Magic Millions on Tuesday with an astonishing sale for his colt from Fadetta (USA)  that made $350,000 for Willow Park when snapped up by Bahen Bloodstock.

The Deep Impact (JPN) mare Snowfall has been put down at Ballydoyle after suffering a serious pelvis injury.

Inglis have released an order of entry list for the $2,000,000 Inglis Millennium over 1100m for 2YOs only. to be run at Randwick on Saturday February 5 with Pierro filly Paris Dior a big mover up the list following her impressive win last week.

The Breednet Sales Centre offers best stats for analysis – leading sires, buyers and vendors – fully interactive see what people are are buying and selling during session one when 91% clearance made for a lot of happy vendors!

The latest yearling from former Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Karuta Queen topped a record breaking Day One of the 2022 Gold Coast Yearling Sale late this afternoon.

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

Day One was a strong start for Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale and Maree McEwan spoke to some of those that were in the thick of it.

A bit of international flavour on day two with the first two of four yearlings by Kingman (GB) on offer.

Arrowfield Stud’s five-time Group 1 winner The Autumn Sun has made a strong start with his first crop on offer at the Magic Millions.

Lyndhurst Stud’s Better Than Ready has more yearlings in Book 1 at Magic Millions than ever before and made his presence felt on Tuesday with a colt from Freezethemillions selling for $300,000 to Annabel Neasham/ Brian McGuire.

The second yearling by Coolmore’s Triple Crown winner Justify (USA) to be offered at Magic Millions on Tuesday doubled the price of his first yearling sold (Lot 1 for $450,000) when fetching $900,000 to the bid of Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (USA) had two runners on Tuesday and both were winners with three year-old geldings Armed and Mighty Willie both saluting at Kilmore.

The first Australian bred yearlings by Coolmore’s undefeated Triple Crown winner Justify (USA) will be offered at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale this week with Lot 1 from Group III winning I Am Invincible Eckstein selling for $450,000.

Perfect morning in paradise for the Magic Millions barrier draw at the Gold Coast with undefeated race favourite for the 2YO feature Coolangatta drawing gate 13 in a field of 16 plus five emergencies with first season sires The Mission, Supido, Heroic Valour, Russian Revolution, Hellbent, Pariah and Spieth all represented.

With the $1m DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) now only 12 days away, the field for New Zealand’s richest two-year-old race is rapidly taking shape. 

On the final day of inspections before it’s game on at Magic Millions Gold Coast, Maree McEwan found time to chat some more players including MM boss Barry Bowditch.

It was third time lucky for this talented daughter of Fastnet Rock when she finally got everything right to win in a breeze at the Newcastle meeting on the Beaumont track on Monday.

It is the eve of the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Which means it’s time to take a look at the yearlings that have caught the eye of prospective buyers during the week long inspections.

Breednet has a quick ready reckoner highlighting yearlings bred on some of those best ‘nicks that click’, read on for the full list and a selection of the best!

Four heats for juveniles at the Warwick Farm trials on Monday morning produced some interesting winners including a $1million Not a Single Doubt colt and a Godolphin blueblood from their Champion 2YO Filly of 2013/2014 Earthquake.

Cambridge horsewoman Chloe Cumming wears several hats within the thoroughbred industry and has now added a training win to her resume.

Here is the full list of 60 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Sunday with winners and result details.

Almost a year after their expansion into Victoria, Widden Stud are pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Robinson as Stud Manager of their Riddells Creek farm.

Maree McEwan has been out and about on Sunday speaking to some more of the players in this week’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale.

Promising three-year-old White Noise had a class edge on his rivals when landing Sunday’s Listed Te Akau Gingernuts Salver (2100m) at Ellerslie, confirming his status as a genuine Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) contender at the same venue in March.

A determined winning effort at Ellerslie on Sunday by promising juvenile Fellini has seen the two-year-old son of Belardo shorten into $6 equal second favourite in the Doubletree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at the same venue on January 22.

Always one of the most interesting aspects of any sale is the presence of yearlings that were bought last year as weanlings for the purpose of re-sale, so a look at the prices of these pinhook horses gives buyers a good starting point as to what their respective vendors will be hoping to get in the sale ring as Magic Millions unfolds this week.

The global standing of The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions Raceday is set to be enhanced in 2023 with the introduction of two new world-first innovative races, along with an added investment of $1.5 million taking the prizemoney pool to $11.75 million across the day.

The Magic Millions order of entry into their $2million 2YO Classic and $2million 3YO Guineas have been updated by Racing Queensland following a busy Saturday of racing.

Here is the full list of 100 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Rarely a winner, but often in contention, the Chris Waller trained Pierro gelding Wheelhouse finally got his timing right at the Gold Coast on Saturday, charging home with a well-timed run under Larry Cassidy to claim an overdue victory in the $250,000 TAB Wave (1800m).

Five-year-old gelding Open Minded is back to winning form after taking out the Cameron Rose Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

If ever a horse deserved to win a stakes race it’s seven year-old gelding So You Win, who has been a regular fixture in the Chris Waller stable for his whole career and scored his first Black Type victory in the Listed ATC January Cup (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

Yarraman Park’s Hellbent has his first winner and Triple Crown Syndications will have a runner in the $2million Magic Millions 2YO Classic next Saturday after promising filly Miss Hellfire scored a stylish victory in the $125,000 Aquis Gold Pearl (1100m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday.

Promising stayer Our Hail Mary demonstrated she will be a force to be reckoned with in the Gr.2 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) in March when she produced a resolute effort to take out the Listed Japac Homes Marton Cup (2200m) at Awapuni.

Trainer Les Ross and owners Mike Crooks will have three representatives in next week’s Magic Millions 2yo Classic after Mishani Spartan detented a few reputations with a dominant performance in Saturday’s $125,000 Aquis Gold Nugget (1100m) at the Gold Coast.

Just a day after Aquis Farm’s Spieth sired his first winner, he followed up with a second as Wild Botanica broke the ice at Ipswich.

An $800,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Widden Stud draft for James Harron Bloodstock, Zoustar colt Philosopher made a winning debut at Caulfield on Saturday.

A passion for racing and breeding has led this likable Queenslander to a dream job with Aquis, but best not let him near the Magic Silver White shampoo!

Here is the full list of 45 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.

Twin Hills Stud’s Denman added a new stakes-winner to his tally on Friday evening when spritely seven year-old gelding Prime Candidate scored a popular win in the Listed ATC Christmas Classic (1200m).

Magic Millions Gold Coast parades are in full swing and Maree McEwan has been out chatting with more of the players.

This Capitalist three year-old was second in the Karaka Million last year and made a winning debut in Australia on Friday night at Canterbury.

Magic Millions Gold Coast parades are in full swing and Maree McEwan has been out chatting with some of the players.

The two year-old race at Canterbury on Friday night always looked a good contest on paper with talented Pierro filly Paris Dior confirming stakes potential with a dominant win over blue-blood colt Current King.

Any number of future winners feature as part of the Inglis Digital January (Early) Online Sale catalogue of 295 lots, which is now open for bidding.