The $250,000 Magic Millions Maiden (1200m) started a big day of action at the Gold Coast on Saturday and was won by the Yarraman Park sold filly Newsreader, whose half-brother will be offered by Yarraman Park at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale as Lot 377.

Six decades on from the heyday of the legendary sprinter Yahabeebe, the same colours have played a starring role at Trentham.

A remarkable week for Arrowfield Stud just got a whole lot better when their homebred Snitzel colt Remarque put himself in the mix for the Golden Slipper following a dramatic win on debut at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.

The runaway leader of the National jockeys’ premiership, Danielle Johnson, notched her 100th winner for the season when she guided Te Akau Racing two-year-old Quattro Quinta to victory in the Listed IRT No.1 Wellesley Stakes (1000m) at Trentham on Saturday.

Aga Khan Studs have announced the sad passing of Arc winner and champion sire Dalakhani at age 21.

Newhaven Park have announced the acquisition of Champion New Zealand 2YO Cool Aza Beel to stand at stud in 2021.

For the second straight day a colt by Not a Single Doubt colt has topped a day's trade at the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

Emirates Park are understandably fans of Written Tycoon, who is the sire of their homebred superstar juvenile filly Enthaar, but they also got a big pay day from the Arrowfield sire in the sale ring at Magic Millions on Friday when selling his colt from Taqaseem for $1.2million.

Arrowfield Stud’s champion sire Snitzel weighed in with another seven figure colt on Friday at the Magic Millions Magic Millions when Newhaven Park’s dashing grey colt from Suprara sold for $1,050,000.

The number of yearlings making $1million or more increased to eleven on day four of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale.

Colts by Arrowfield Stud’s now pensioned Not a Single Doubt have been in hot demand at Magic Millions this week and he posted his fourth seven figure colt at this sale on Friday when Sledmere Stud’s colt from Soleil Brulant fetched $1.5million.

He won the Magic Millions 2YO Classic in 2016 before going on the be Champion 2YO and Capitalist has been doing big business in the sale ring this week at Magic Millions with a sensational filly from his second crop of yearlings selling for $720,000 on Friday.

Boutique Hunter Valley farm Valiant Stud have enjoyed strong results during Magic Millions Book 1 and have more lovely horses to be offered on Sunday and Monday including the half-brother to dual Group I winner Platelet and the half-sister to Group II winner Dig Deep.

New South Wales based Bowness Stud have a great reputation for breeding and selling top class performers which include current season stakes-winners Chapada and Indian Pacific as well as $1million earners Funstar and Youngstar, so their Book 2 draft is well worth closer inspection and includes the only colt left in the sale by Menari.

Vinery Stud’s exciting young sire Star Turn will have a runner in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic on Saturday in Miss Hipstar and he also posted his second winner at Geelong on Friday with a brave victory for Pegasi.

Victorians weren’t only present on the selling front but also managed to produce some strong buying results.

Te Akau have bolstered their numbers for the $1M Doubletree By Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) next week with a good result at Tauranga on Friday with Millefiori, who comes from the family of champion racehorse Winx.

The sale might be centre stage on Friday, but come tomorrow morning it will all be about the race day so let’s have a look at the Sale Mail to see just who bought and sold the runners at Magic Millions grand final day on the Gold Coast.

There were five juvenile heats at the Rosehill trials this morning and three of them were won by the progeny of I Am Invincible, but before we get into that, you need to see the first heat which was wall to wall Group I performers.

Legendary breeder Sir Patrick Hogan is looking forward to getting back to Karaka in just over a week for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 95th National Yearling Sales Series.

Deep Field has been doing the job in the sale ring this week at Magic Millions and on Saturday will have his glamour filly Isotope running as favourite in the $2million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas, but there are still plenty of opportunities to buy his stock at the Gold Coast with good representation right through until the end of Book 2 on Monday.

As we prepare for Friday’s fourth session of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale it’s worth taking a look at our first season sires to see where they sit in the pecking order.

A flashy colt by super sire Not a Single Doubt topped Day Three of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale when selling for $1.8 million this afternoon.

Another rollicking good day on the Gold Coast but it's proving a test of stamina.

Let’s hear from some of those involved in a big day’s selling on Day Three at the Gold Coast Magic Millions incluidng Gerry Harvey from Baramul Stud and Magic Millions talking about his unexpected colt that made $1million and his expected one that didn't.

Out of the wreckage of the Magic Millions conducted Patinack Farm Complete Dispersal in 2014 has come the beginnings of a colt that sold at the Gold Coast on Thursday for $1.8 million.

Arrowfield Stud’s Japanese shuttle sire Maurice (Jpn) became the latest first season sire to post his first Australian winner with a debut victory at Eagle Farm on Thursday for promising gelding Balmaurice.

On paper, Gerry Harvey’s Baramul Stud draft did look to be a vintage one for this year’s Magic Millions Yearling Sale and it produced a seven figure sale on Thursday when the Not a Single Doubt colt from Medaglia Valore sold for $1million.

Preparations are ongoing for next month’s Classic Yearling Sale, which will proceed as a live auction at Riverside from February 7-9.

The Magic Millions Yearling Sale produced it’s first seven figure filly on Thursday, but it was not without it’s drama as the  full sister to Loving Gaby initially left the ring unsold.

The big results keep coming at Magic Millions for Widden Stud with a powerful chestnut Zoustar colt from Lone fetching $800,000 on Thursday to the bid of James Harron Bloodstock.

It didn’t take long for Team Vic to assert their presence at the 2021 Magic Millions Yearling sale.

He’s Australia’s leading sire of two year-old winners and has one of the top fancies in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic on Saturday in Alpine Edge, so if you are shopping for a two year-old at the sale look no further than Better Than Ready.

Though the focus on Saturday will be up north at the Gold Coast on Magic Millions raceday, there will be plenty of interest in the opening event for two-year-olds at Rosehill with the long-awaited debut of a colt that has trial watchers excited.

As we prepare for Thursday’s third session of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale it’s worth taking a look at our first season sires to see where they sit in the pecking order.

The first Inglis Digital Online Auction of 2021 has become the third consecutive sale to gross more than $2.3 million and posted another excellent clearance rate of 84%.

Here is the full list of 54 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A colt by outstanding young English sire Kingman topped Day Two of the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale today when selling for $1.8 million.

Let’s hear from some of those involved in a big day’s selling on Day Two at the Gold Coast Magic Millions.

The 2020 Magic Millions Yearling Sale was topped by a Deep Impact colt from young Redoute’s Choice Group III winner Honesty Prevails and her second foal, a colt by Shalaa (IRE), also hit the mark with buyers selling for $1.15 million to James Harron Bloodstock.

No signs yet of a shortage of cash on the Gold Coast and there are plenty of more jewels to be uncovered on day three. 

It was another day and another seven figure sale for Widden Stud at the Magic Millions on Wednesday with an exceptional colt by Zoustar from Fuddle Dee Duddle knocked down for $1million.

Promising Bjorn Baker trained I Am Invincible three year-old Able Hill scored his second win at Warwick Farm on Wednesday bringing a timely update for his half-sister that will be offered by Mill Park at Magic Millions on Friday.

The decision to send blue-blooded Group III winning Redoute’s Choice mare Florentina to the UK to be covered by leading young European sire Kingman paid big dividends at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale on Wednesday when her colt resulting from that mating fetched $1.8million.

The Kia Ora Stud colours were carried to victory at Warwick Farm on Wednesday in the first race by promising Sebring filly Shivani, whose half-brother by I Am Invincible will be offered at Magic Millions on Saturday night.

Godolphin made their first purchase at the 2021 Magic Millions Yearling Sale on Wednesday when outlaying $900,000 for a cracking I Am Invincible filly from former brilliant sprinting filly Eloping.

The Fastnet Rock x Galileo cross runs at 22% stakes-winners to runners and there was only one yearling to be offered at Magic Millions bred this way and she duly attracted keen competition before being knocked down for $800,000.

The second session of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale on Wednesday produced an early highlight when a powerhouse bay Not a Single Doubt colt from Denmagic fetched $1.1million.

After an unprecedented twelve months, a sigh of relief was taken by all yesterday, when a few minutes shy of 12:00pm, the Minister for Racing in Queensland the Hon. Grace Grace, officially opened the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling sale. 

Newgate Farm’s young gun sire Extreme Choice made his mark early during the second session of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale on Wednesday when his colt from Convention (GB) sold for $400,000 to become the most expensive yearling produced by his sire.

While remarkable stallion Zed continues to put Grangewilliam Stud’s name in lights on both sides of the Tasman, the next generation gets its time to shine with Derryn’s first yearlings going under the hammer at Karaka 2021.

Juddmonte have announced sad news with the death of His Highness Prince Khalid bin Abdullah at age 83, who died peacefully on Tuesday 12th January 2021.

The first foal of stakes winning mare Bonny O'Reilly, a colt by champion sire Snitzel, was the stand out act on Day One of the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale today.

Here is the full list of 30 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

With an average of around $250,000 and an 85 percent clearance rate, the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale is off to a phenomenal start.

Widden Stud and David Redvers Bloodstock made a big investment at the 2019 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale paying $1.2million for young stakes-winning O’Reilly mare Bonny O’Reilly, who was in foal to Snitzel, and the foal she was carrying produced a big pay day at the Gold Coast on Tuesday when selling for $1.9million at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale.

At the 100 lot mark on day one of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale over $16 million has been traded so we thought we’d check the stats to see how it’s tracking.

It was a big day for trainer Jamie Richards and his team at the Matamata trials on Tuesday, with 32 runners, including star mares Melody Belle and Probabeel.

Boom Written Tycoon filly Enthaar could not have been more impressive when winning the Group III ATC Gimcrack Stakes back in the spring and she tuned up for autumn goals at the Werribee barrier trials on Tuesday morning and she wasn’t the only Written Tycoon 2YO to win a heat.

Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman were buoyed by Aegon’s 1200m trial victory at Matamata on Tuesday ahead of his tilt at the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie later this month.

After the first 50 lots of the 2021 Magic Millions Yearling Sale at the Gold Coast on Tuesday it was Attunga Stud’s I Am Invincible colt from Zighy Bay (USA) that was setting the pace when knocked down to Waller Racing/ Mulcaster Bloodstock for $800,000.

This morning’s barrier draw proved eventful with many of the top fancies drawing wide and the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Swift Witness being promoted to equal favouritism with She’s All Class.

While international buyers won’t be able to be physically present at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series later this month, Beaufort Downs will ensure there is still some international flavour at their Karaka Sales Centre. 

On Day One of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale we thought it perfect to look at the mares who are yet to fail when their progeny hit the track

Lime Country Thoroughbreds have a great draft of 15 for Magic Millions Book 1 that includes a very rare grey colt by Fastnet Rock that is turning heads at the Gold Coast this week.

Here is the full list of 23 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Despite the pandemic and uncertain economic future, there seems to be a note of optimism as the first yearling sale of the season gets underway on the Gold Coast on Tuesday.

There’s nothing like a stakes winning catalogue update to prick the ears of a buyer and put a smile on a vendor’s face so here’s the list for the Magic Millions sale which starts tomorrow.

New South Wales based Bowness Stud have a great reputation for breeding and selling top class performers which include current season stakes-winners Chapada and Indian Pacific as well as $1million earner Funstar, whose half-brother by Pierro is one of the stars of their 2021 Magic Millions draft.

Inglewood Stud moves into a new era this year with the first yearlings by War Decree going through the sale ring.

For the second consecutive year, the winner of the Chester Manifold Stakes was branded with Chatswood's AW brand. 

Waikato Stud's champion sire Savabeel has been busy adding new stakes-winners to his tally over the holiday period and did it again on Sunday with promising three year-old Milford, who is the 20th stakes-winner for his sire bred from a daughter of O'Reilly.

A spectacular over-achiever in his racing career, Srrowfield Stud shuttler Maurice (Jpn) is exceeding his brief as a stallion too. 

Seven new winners in Australasia and Hong Kong on Sunday with siblings in upcoming yearling sales by Satoni Aladdin, Deep Field, Proisir, Caravaggio, Pariah, Gold Standard and Verdi.

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

When Danehill covered his final book of mares in Australia in 2001 there was much soul searching on how his absence would affect the yearling market.

The familiar combination of trainer Stephen Marsh and owner Lib Petagna combined to take out another feature three-year-old staying event at Ellerslie on Sunday when Milford dashed home late to win the Listed Te Akau Gingernuts Salver (2100m).

Te Akau Racing’s challenge for supremacy in the $1m DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) later this month was strengthened at Ellerslie on Sunday when On The Bubbles produced a comprehensive victory is his final lead-up to the big event.

A few months after celebrating a milestone 80th anniversary, time-honoured Little Avondale Stud is set to break new ground in early 2021.

The new and improved G1 Goldmine platform offers unprecedented easy access to pedigree analysis when you need it most and in the week of Magic Millions, the first big yearling sale of 2021, what better time to start your free trial.

The scene is set for next weekend's $10.25 million The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions Raceday after a string of quality performances across the card on Day One of the Carnival on Saturday.

Boutique Hunter Valley farm Valiant Stud have a sensational draft for Magic Millions featuring youngsters consigned on behalf of owners from as far away as New Zealand, Western Australia and Victoria.

Victorian based Daisy Hill are presenting a draft of five at the upcoming Magic Millions Yearling sale including a Merchant Navy colt from the family of Saturday's brilliant two year-old winner Swift Witness, now a leading contender for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic..

After three consecutive stakes-placings in Melbourne, the four-year-old Epaulette mare Paradee was deserving of a big payday and it came in Saturday’s $250,000 The TAB Wave (1800m) at the Gold Coast.

Maree McEwen was out speaking to plenty of people at Magic Millions on Saturday so hear what they had to say.

Plenty of siblings to yearlings entered in upcoming sales were winners around Australasia on Saturday including some black type and six new siblings with yearlings by Extreme Choice, Star Witness, Pierro, Snippetson, Rommel and Tivaci.

As we head into the sales season every yearling buyer thinks they know what they are looking for, but do they? This new Breednet innovation seeks to shed light on what the best progeny of a sire looked like as yearlings so we can maybe learn a lesson going forward, this time we look at I Am Invincible.

Here is the full list of 89 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Progressive So You Think mare Stolen Jade extended her winning streak to four victories in a row when taking out the $244,000 Magic Millions Rising Stars Class 4 (1300m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday.

Fourth in the Group I ATC Golden Rose as a three year-old, Yao Dash has always shown well above average ability and confirmed that with a dominant win in the $244,000 Magic Millions Rising Stars Class 4 (1300m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday putting the spotlight on his half-sister to be offered at Magic Millions.

The six-year-old High Chaparral (IRE) gelding Never Again broke through for a maiden stakes success in Saturday’s Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1400m) at Flemington.

With three top chances, Mark Newnham had a Chris Waller-like stranglehold on Saturday's Listed January Cup at Randwick, and he duly got the job done with a stayer that has a future.

Finance Tycoon will head to next weeks $2million Magic Millions 2yo Classic with a favourites chance after a hard-fought win in Saturday's Aquis Gold Nugget (1100m) Gold Coast.

Widden Stud’s Zoustar has had a hot run of late with over 30 winners in the past 30 days and one of the most promising of those winners is the Les Bridge trained gelding All Time Legend.

Comprehensively beaten into third place in Wyong Magic Millions won by She’s All Class, the Star Witness filly Swift Witness will renew rivalries with that daughter of I Am Invincible in the $2million Magic Millions 2yo Classic after thumping her rivals by upwards of three lengths in Saturday’s Aquis Gold Pearl Quality (1100m) at the Gold Coast.

Exciting stayer Beauden returned to the scene of his 2020 triumph in the Listed Japac Marton Cup (2200m) on Saturday and made it back-to-back victories in the race with a devastating performance.

Newgate Farm’s promising young sire Extreme Choice posted his third winner at Flemington on Saturday when talented gelding Abseiler powered to a stylish debut victory bringing a super pedigree update for his Magic Millions consigned full sister.

Trainer John Bary admitted his overwhelming feeling was one of relief after he watched his stable star Callsign Mav lump topweight of 63kg to an emphatic victory over 1400m at Awapuni on Saturday.

Purchased for just $21,000 as a weanling, the Shalaa (IRE) filly Saasmit showed she is a filly with a future following a dominant win at her career debut in the Irongate Plate (1000m) at Murray Bridge on Saturday.

Ian Smith’s Edinburgh Park has built an impressive record for racetrack success with current star graduates Glenfiddich and Eleven Eleven poised to achieve at the highest level in 2021.