The 2023 Magic Millions Yearling Sale was highlighted by 20 yearlings that sold for $1million or more which was up by one on last year when 19 were in the millionaires club and just one mare was able to do the double and go back to back.
The mare was Bel Esprit’s Group II winning daughter Sweet Sherry, whose first two living foals were both sold by Silverdale Farm with her Snitzel filly selling for $1.35million last year and her Exceed and Excel filly making $1.1million this year.
There will certainly be plenty of interest in her third foal and he’s a colt by I Am Invincible, so we can expect she’ll have a great shot to make it three million dollar yearlings in a row next year!
Sweet Sherry was a good looking yearling having been the top priced Bel Esprit sold in 2015 when she made $260,000 at Inglis Premier and was purchased by Cloud 9 Thoroughbreds. She won the Listed VRC Maribyrnong Trial on debut and won a further two more stakes races including the Group II SAJC Euclase Stakes.
Below we’ve tabled all the million dollar yearlings with the foal produced last year by their dam and subsequent covering.
Those that were covered all went to top end sires last spring with the exception of the Emirates Park owned duo of Mosssfun and her daughter Tumooh, who both went to young Brazen Beau stallion Tassort in his third season , a Darley bred sire they stand in conjunction with Newgate Farm.
Tassort stands at a fee of $11,000 and had his first yearlings sell at this sale for up to $160,000.
Price |
Sire |
Dam/ YOB |
2022 Foal |
2022 Covering |
$2.7 million colt |
I Am Invincible |
Anaheed 2016 |
C I Am Invincible |
|
$2.6 million filly |
Zoustar |
Solar Charged 2007 |
C Zoustar |
Zoustar |
$2.5 million colt |
I Am Invincible |
Booker 2014 |
F I Am Invincible |
Home Affairs |
$2 million filly |
I Am Invincible |
Flippant 2012 |
F I Am Invincible |
I Am Invincible |
$1.8 million colt |
Exceed and Excel |
Ichihara 2009 |
Slipped |
Exceed and Excel |
$1.65 million colt |
I Am Invincible |
Mossfun 2011 |
F Capitalist |
Tassort |
$1.6 million colt |
I Am Invincible |
Tumooh 2016 |
C Capitalist |
Tassort |
$1.6 million colt |
I Am Invincible |
Spright 2013 |
F I Am Invincible |
I Am Invincible |
$1.45 million filly |
Zoustar |
Fuddle Dee Duddle 2009 |
C Zoustar |
Zoustar |
$1.4 million |
Justify (USA) |
Sunlight 2015 |
C Wootoon Bassett (GB) |
Home Affairs |
$1.25 million filly |
Snitzel |
My Conquestadory (USA) 2011 |
Slipped |
Russian Revolution |
$1.2 million filly |
I Am Invincible |
Super Too 2013 |
C I Am Invincible |
Home Affairs |
$1.15 million filly |
Zoustar |
Alter Call 2013 |
Mare deceased |
|
$1.1 million filly |
Zoustar |
Members Joy 2009 |
Missed |
Snitzel |
$1.1 million colt |
Snitzel |
Super Cash 2012 |
Slipped |
Snitzel |
$1.1 million filly |
Exceed and Excel |
Sweet Sherry 2013 |
C I Am Invincible |
Snitzel |
$1million colt |
Extreme Choice |
Sweet Bouquet 2014 |
C Time to Reign |
|
$1 million filly |
Snitzel |
Darling Point 2016 |
Missed |
Snitzel |
$1 million filly |
Too Darn Hot (GB) |
Enbihaar 2015 |
C I Am Invincible |
I Am Invincible |
$1million colt |
Zoustar |
In Times of War 2013 |
F Snitzel |
Zoustar |