Reward For Effort - New Winner

Plenty of people in the New Zealand racing fraternity are looking forward to the inaugural Champions Day at Ellerslie on March 8, but none more so than Rayner and Lynn Bonnington.

You’ve read endless stories over the past week on the million dollar yearlings sold at the Gold Coast last week and the vendors, buyers and sires responsible, but the story of sire profitability is often a little less clear, so let’s take a closer look at the sires that made money for their supporters.

Here is the full list of 7 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Magic Millions Book One is Australia’s biggest sale and the first sale, with nearly a thousand horses selling from $20,000 to $3.2million so we’ve taken a look at how the top, middle and lower markets fared in this vital barometer.

Haunui Farm will head to Karaka next week with a 51-strong draft for New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales, led by a number of blueblood fillies in Book 1.

Having looked  at the performance of first season sires at Magic Millions Book 1 on Sunday, we decided to take a look at the second season horses given the strong racetrack start for Wootton Bassett (GB), Farnan and Ole Kirk, who have all sired top class pre-Christmas juveniles.

A colt by leading sire So You Think topped the sixth and final day of the 2025 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale when selling for $185,000 today.

Darryn Weatherley is unable to split his talented stayers Ess Vee Are and Arby ahead of Saturday’s Gr.3 NZ Campus Of Innovation And Sport Wellington Cup (3200m), and with the same ownership group in both horses, he would be happy to see either take the Trentham feature.

Unbeaten colt To Bravery Born powered into TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) contention with his comeback victory at Ellerslie on Sunday.

Fast-improving mare Acquarello produced the perfect dress rehearsal for her Karaka Millions Night assignment at Ellerslie on Sunday, putting away a compact field of class horses in the Auckland Co-Op Taxis (1400m).