The Book 1 section of the 2025 Gold Coast Yearling Sale rounded out with a gross of over $205.43 million, an eight per cent drop on the $223,475,500 aggregate recorded at the end of Book 1 12 months earlier. The average finished at $272,507, a 2.4 per cent decrease on last year’s figure. The clearance... Read More

Successful syndicator Nathan Bennett went further than he has ever gone before when he paid $600,000 for a Zoustar (Northern Meteor) colt during Friday’s session of the Magic Millions sale.  Bennett has enjoyed success with the progeny of Widden’s marquee stallion Zoustar, with the likes of Group 3-winning pair The Astrologist (Zoustar) and Zou Dancer... Read More

Belmont Bloodstock’s Damon Gabbedy is hoping the Frankel (Galileo) filly he purchased in partnership with Ciaron Maher for $900,000 early on the fourth and final day of Book 1 of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling can develop into an Oaks filly in the future.  Bred by Yulong, the grey filly is out of the... Read More

Coolmore Stud-consigned daughter of Home Affairs tops trade as the curtain comes down on Book 1 Sunlight (Zoustar) created a slice of history when she made $4.2 million at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale in 2020 and on Friday evening her third foal delivered the mare, her first-season sire Home Affairs (I Am Invincible)... Read More

Trainers Tony Gollan and co-trainer Lloyd Kennewell are each backing their polar opposite approaches to prevail as they send two of the favourites into another fillies-dominated Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) on Saturday. La Bella Boom (Spirit Of Boom) is Brisbane king Gollan’s shortest and ostensibly strongest chance for the $3 million Gold Coast... Read More

At the close of trade, Magic Millions reported $144,500,000 had been spent on 521 lots at a clearance rate of 80 per cent, which is down 6.7 per cent from the same point 12 months earlier, which finished with an aggregate of $155,338,000 with a clearance of 85 per cent.  The average also dropped 4.2... Read More