Thursday January 9
Selling early on Thursday morning at the Gold Coast, Widden Stud’s Snitzel colt from Humma Humma set a new Magic Millions yearling sale record when selling for $2.8million to Ciaron Maher Bloodstock.
Thursday January 9
Promising juvenile Tale Of The Gypsy will head to Ellerslie on Sunday for the first time with an aim to return to the venue later this month for a shot at a million-dollar prize.
Thursday January 9
We know all about the two year-olds running in the $3million Magic Millions 2YO Classic on Saturday following the sun and surf barrier draw earlier this week, but what about the babies that missed the boat for that one, but are ready to kick off in the $500,000 Magic Millions Debut ?
Wednesday January 8
Here is the full list of 47 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday January 8
In Secret's full sister topped a successful second day of the 2025 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale when selling for $2.3 million this afternoon.
Wednesday January 8
I Am Invincible and Snitzel are duking it out at the top of the sires stats and while I Am Invincible had the best of it on Day Two, Snitzel looks set to launch an admirable response on Day Three so here's the lots to watch.
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Wednesday January 8
Rosemont Stud have invested in some high profile quality young mares in recent years and one of them was multiple Group winning I Am Invincible mare Fiesta, whose first foal sold for $700,000 at Magic Millions on Wednesday.
Wednesday January 8
Kia Ora Stud’s Farnan has made a great impression with his first runners including $1million Golden Gift winner North England and the Golden Slipper winning sire produced an outstanding result for Lime Country Thoroughbreds at Magic Millions on Wednesday when they sold one of his colts for $750,000.
Wednesday January 8
Segenhoe Stud produced their second million dollar yearling at Magic Millions on Wednesday when the half-brother by I Am Invincible to unraced boom colt Wodeton sold for $1.15million.
Wednesday January 8
Coolmore have become fast fans of Snitzel thanks to his Group I winning sons Shinzo (Golden Slipper) and Switzerland (Coolmore Stud Stakes) with Tom Magnier swooping on another outstanding colt by the champion sire at Magic Millions on Wednesday.
Wednesday January 8
Segenhoe sold a lovely filly by I Am Invincible from Eloping at the 2021 Magic Millions Yearling Sale for $900,000 to Godolphin and she went on to be dual Group I winning $5million earner In Secret, so when her sister walked into the sale ring at the Gold Coast on Wednesday fiscal fireworks were always expected.
Wednesday January 8
Arrowfield Stud produced their first million dollar offering at the Magic Millions on Wednesday when a stylish Snitzel colt from Dream Date was knocked down for $1million to China Horse Club/Newgate Bloodstock & Partners.
Wednesday January 8
Well-performed mare Pearl Of Alsace will have conditions to suit on Saturday in her quest to add a major title to her CV before the curtain comes down on her career.
Wednesday January 8
Juddmonte Farm’s champion sire Frankel was the leading sire by average at Magic Millions last year and he made a splash on Wednesday at the sale when his colt from Australian bred mare Cleanup sold for $900,000.
Wednesday January 8
The first million dollar yearling sold on day 2 at Magic Millions did not take long to arrive with the Coolmore consigned Home Affairs filly from Champagne Cuddles selling for $1,050,000 in the first half hour of the sale.
Wednesday January 8
Glamour colt Savaglee will commence an exciting summer programme at Trentham on Saturday, taking his place in the Gr.2 Top Kat Roofing Levin Classic (1400m).
Tuesday January 7
The first foal of former Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Away Game was the top seller during a spirited Day One of the 2025 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale today.
Tuesday January 7
The first day of Magic Millions had plenty of highlights but that’s done and dusted – here’s what we’re looking forward to on Day Two, and if you thought I Am Invincible was a little quiet on Day One – sit tight.
Tuesday January 7
Here is the full list of 31 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday January 7
Late on Tuesday, Queensland based nursery Eureka Stud hit a home run at the Magic Millions when their colt from the first crop of Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside from Bleu Zebra sold for $1million.
Tuesday January 7
The highest priced colt during the opening session of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale on Tuesday was the Milburn Creek bred and consigned Wootton Bassett (GB) colt from Battleofwinterfell (USA) that sold for $1.7million.
Tuesday January 7
Just three lots after the I Am Invincible filly from Avantage sold for $1.6million, the Magic Millions had it’s second million dollar youngster when the Yulong bred and offered first foal of Away Game sold for $1.8million to North American investor John Stewart of Resolute Bloodstock in conjunction with Ciaron Maher Racing.
Tuesday January 7
The first million dollar yearling to be sold at the Gold Coast at Magic Millions this year arrived late in the afternoon when the Coolmore consigned I Am Invincible filly from Avantage stepped into the sale ring.
Tuesday January 7
At the 2023 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale Bowness Stud bid $70,000 to secure a young well related mare by American Pharoah (USA) in foal to Too Darn Hot (GB) in her first season and the resulting colt from that mating provided a huge windfall when selling for $650,000 on Tuesday at the Gold Coast.
Tuesday January 7
Queensland farm Daandine Stud have bred and sold a lot of good horses including Golden Slipper and Magic Millions 2YO Classic winning sire Capitalist and a mare they purchased at the Magic Millions Broodmare Sale in 2023 for $250,000 produced a great result for them on Tuesday at the Gold Coast.
Tuesday January 7
Bred by Fairway Thoroughbreds and sold by Segenhoe is often a recipe for stakes success and Go Bloodstock will be hoping they have got the recipe right again after purchasing a Snitzel colt from Villami for $850,000 at Magic Millions on Tuesday.
Tuesday January 7
Te Akau Racing boss David Ellis knows exactly what he is looking for at the Gold Coast having bought Champion Sprinter Imperatriz and Champion 2YO Sword of State from Magic Millions and he made his first purchase at this year’s sale early on Tuesday paying $625,000 for a colt by champion sire Snitzel.
Tuesday January 7
A dual Group I winning son of champion sire I Am Invincible, Coolmore based Home Affairs is the most represented sire at Magic Millions this year and the first of his yearlings was offered as Lot 10 and got the sale off to a good start when selling for $550,000 to the newly former partnership James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership/Tony Fung Colts.
Tuesday January 7
Further top-flight success on the home front and an overseas double has boosted spirits at Jamieson Park ahead of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale.
Tuesday January 7
Following a lucrative spring campaign in Sydney, multiple Group One winner Belclare has returned to New Zealand in a bid to secure her third successive Gr.1 NZ Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) crown at Ellerslie on Champions Day in March.
Tuesday January 7
A big crowd was on hand at Surfer’s Paradise on Tuesday morning for the annual beach races and accompanying barrier draw for the $3million Magic Millions 2YO Classic on Saturday with the market given a big shake up when the top fancy Icarian Dream drew gate 21.
Tuesday January 7
Maree McEwan is out and about at the Gold Coast this week and you can catch up with all her sales interviews for Breednet in the one place.
Tuesday January 7
Here is the full list of 24 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday January 6
Magic Millions 2025 is about to start, so let’s take a quick look at what happened last year – leading sires, buyers, vendors and Top 10, which includes an unraced colt tipped by many as likely to win this year’s Golden Slipper.
Monday January 6
Magic Millions gets underway on Tuesday with Lots 1 – 240 to be offered and here's the Day One highlight horses with the key sire break up.
Monday January 6
The Magic Millions Yearling Sale kicks off on Tuesday and there is a solid list of yearlings that have been pinhooked into this sale from various weanling sales so read on for the full list and we’ve also had a look at a few of the most expensive including the colt that topped the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale and is primed for his second trip around the sale ring.
Monday January 6
Eye-catching galloper Mad Max delivered on the promise he showed early in his career with a rewarding maiden victory for Andrew Forsman at Otaki on Monday.
Monday January 6
We maintain a lot of data at Breednet and there’s plenty on offer for Magic Millions Gold Coast whether to help with decision making or just perusing, so here’s the ready reckoner.
Monday January 6
Donna Logan will return to her old stomping ground of Ruakaka on Tuesday to resume her training career in New Zealand after plying her trade in Singapore for the last seven years.
Monday January 6
A long-standing breeding partnership has come up trumps again with a daughter of Ace High their latest success story.
Monday January 6
The on-farm parades for the Auckland and Waikato vendors are scheduled to take place from Tuesday 7 January through to Friday 17 January.
Monday January 6
Affinities between certain stallions is real and if you have a particular nick you like and are keen to find horses bred that way at Magic Millions this report will help you find what you are looking for.
Monday January 6
Here is the full list of 63 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday January 5
We’re a week out from grand final day for Magic Millions horses and the 2YO and 3YO order of entry have been updated ahead of Tuesday’s all important barrier draw with feature two year-old winners last Saturday at the Sunshine Coast the big movers and history shows the seven day back up can be a big positive.
Sunday January 5
A spectacular day of Magic Millions showjumping and polo at Surfer’s Paradise on Sunday featured the Off the Track Cup for retired racehorses that qualified for the final through various events in Queensland, Melbourne and Sydney, which proved the best guide with first and second both coming out of the Summer Classic at Horsley Park in December.
Sunday January 5
The bloodstock world is a fickle place that is often hard to please and while Australian speed on speed has saturated the upper echelons of the market here for a long time, change is coming and that change starts with the racetrack and the winning post.
Sunday January 5
Unbeaten 3YO Private Harry (Harry Angel) stamped himself as a star on the rise with a scintillating win in the inaugural $3m Sunlight Plate (1100m) at the Sunshine Coast, defeating a stellar field including G1 Golden Slipper winner Lady Of Camelot and giving young trainer Nathan Doyle one of the biggest wins of his career.
Sunday January 5
Leading the way for him is the Yulong bred Within The Law who has really looked the goods winning both of her starts for the Bjorn Baker stable; the Inglis Banner at Flemington and the Inglis Nursery at Randwick.
Sunday January 5
Star filly Captured By Love continued her preparation towards another Group One goal with an impressive exhibition gallop at Te Aroha on Saturday.
Sunday January 5
An inspired Damian Lane ride delivered a huge ownership group one of their biggest thrills in racing when the Torryburn Stud bred and sold Payline stormed to victory in Saturday night’s $1 million TAB Magic Millions The Syndicate (1100m) at the Sunshine Coast.
Sunday January 5
Russian Revolution has big representation at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale this year and made his presence felt at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday when Group I placed mare Miss Joelene landed a lucrative win in the $500,000 The TAB Wave (1800m).
Sunday January 5
Here is the full list of 94 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday January 5
Bjorn Baker’s hot season continued at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday evening when five-year-old gelding Shalailed landed a $250,000 payday in the Magic Millions Class 6 Plate (1200m).
Saturday January 4
The colts and geldings division of the Magic Millions Rising Stars 3YO & 4YO Class 4 Plate was won by Stuart Kendrick’s million dollar blueblood Redford, who upstaged odds-on favourite Moravia.
Saturday January 4
The richest race in Australia on Saturday was the $3million Magic Millions Sunlight Plate (1100m), a slot race at the Sunshine Coast for three year-olds and the winner Private Harry had a very distinct Inglis flavour to him being a $115,000 Inglis Classic purchase from Rheinwood Pastoral, who will consign his yearling half-brother to the same sale next month.
Saturday January 4
Widden Stud’s young Written Tycoon stallion Dirty Work is on the board with his first winner after Do I Feel Lucky scored a dominant victory at Ascot on Saturday.
Saturday January 4
Wooloowin’s rise through the ranks for Newcastle horseman Nathan Doyle continued in Saturday’s Magic Millions Rising Stars 3YO & 4YO Class 4 Plate (1300m) for fillies and mares at the Sunshine Coast.
Saturday January 4
A homebred for John Cordina, Romantic Choice set the pace in front at Geelong on Saturday in the $200,000 Listed Black Pearl Stakes (1200m) and was tenacious all the way to the line holding a neck margin on the post.
Saturday January 4
Geelong has now staged two runnings of the A$300,000 Coastal Classic (1700m), and both of them have been won by the Kiwi-bred gelding Holymanz.
Saturday January 4
Champion Thoroughbreds owners enjoyed that ‘magic’ feeling when the $250,000 Magic Millions Maiden (1400m) at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday was won by talented Hellbent three year-old Hell to Pay, who has a full brother to be offered by Yarraman Park at the sale next week.
Saturday January 4
Exciting Spirit Of Boom filly La Bella Boom will follow a successful path and head to the Magic Millions 2YO Classic next Saturday after her win in the Aquis Gold Pearl at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.
Saturday January 4
Within the space of just two starts as a four-year-old, Grail Seeker has announced her arrival as one of the brightest stars in New Zealand racing.
Saturday January 4
Talented New Zealand-bred filly Perfumist extended her increasingly impressive winning sequence to three with a commanding all-the-way victory in the A$160,000 Captivant @ Kia Ora Handicap (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday.
Saturday January 4
The Sydney form of quality Wootton Bassett (GB) colt Pallaton was given a boost at the transferred Gold Coast meeting that was run at Sunshine Coast on Saturday when Capitalist colt Quietly Arrogant improved off his debut fourth behind that colt to win the $150,000 Aquis Gold Nugget (1100m) at his second start.
Saturday January 4
Outsider Ruby Rocks overcame plenty of pre-race drama to register her biggest career victory when she led all the way to upset at odds of $61 in Saturday’s Listed Lincoln Farms Marton Cup (2200m).
Saturday January 4
The $150,000 Geelong Diamond (1100m) for two year-olds was run on Saturday and the winner Cherish Me has earned ballot exemption for the Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes in February.
Saturday January 4
A black-type victory eluded My Lips Are Sealed by the barest of margins in the Gr.3 Eulogy Stakes (1600m) at Trentham last season, but the talented mare returned to Wellington on Saturday and went one better in the Gr.3 Rydges Wellington Airport Phar Lap Trophy (1600m).
Saturday January 4
The focus might be on Magic Millions two year-olds at present, but at Randwick on Saturday the Kris Lees trained Too Darn Hot (GB) colt Rivellino created a good impression with a debut victory and is a $180,000 Inglis Classic purchase from Lime Country Thoroughbreds.
Saturday January 4
Debutant runner Tale Of The Gypsy continued the winning roll for the Stephen Marsh stable when she headed off stablemate Miss Moet All to take out the opening event at Te Aroha, the Graeme Wright Transport (1000m).
Friday January 3
Here is the full list of 44 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Friday January 3
Saturday’s rich Magic Millions meeting, which includes the $3million Sunlight Plate, at the Gold Coast has been sensationally moved to the Sunshine Coast after a suspected poisoning event made the Gold Coast track unsuitable for race.
Friday January 3
Lightly raced Santos filly Moorlands Miss overcame a wide run to score a brave first stakes win at just her fourth start in Friday’s Tasmanian Guineas (LR).
Friday January 3
Prime Thoroughbreds made it a winning start to 2025 when two year-old filly Zany Girl made it two wins as many starts when scoring at Hobart on Friday.
Friday January 3
There were four heats for juveniles at Warwick Farm on Friday morning and they featured the first appearance of the new year for highly rated unraced Wootton Bassett (GB) colt Wodeton and while he did not win his heat, he certainly did all that was required on this occasion.
Friday January 3
Vinery sires have been firing on all cylinders in the lead up to Magic Millions and particularly the young guns with Ole Kirk riding high on the first season sires list with two stakes-winners and Exceedance siring his fourth individual stakes-winner earlier this week.
Friday January 3
This week’s Gr.2 Sir Patrick Hogan Stakes (2000m) winner Real Class has been sold across the Tasman to Australian Bloodstock, but the promising filly may remain with her Byerley Park trainer Jenna Mahoney for a $1 million Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) campaign.
Friday January 3
Rich Hill Stud has enjoyed a lengthy and successful association with an Ellerslie feature, with the 2025 edition one of extra special significance for the Waikato nursery.
Friday January 3
Awapuni trainer Roydon Bergerson and respected yearling buyer Chris Rutten have had a dream start to 2025 with their $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) contenders.
Friday January 3
Cambridge stables have a proud recent record in the $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m), and Yaldi (NZ) (Ardrossan) has emerged as a chance to uphold that tradition at Ellerslie later this month.
Friday January 3
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Friday January 3
Wexford Stables are hoping their purple patch of form can continue at Trentham on Saturday where they will line-up three runners in two of the feature events on the card.
Friday January 3
Only one part of Skew Wiff’s build-up to the Gr.1 TAB Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham on Saturday has not gone to plan for trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson, and it is a factor beyond their control.
Thursday January 2
A brilliant winner of the 2024 Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes, top class three year-old filly Hayasugi is sadly no longer with us with her trainer Clinton McDonald announcing the tragic news of her passing on Thursday.
Thursday January 2
There was an overload of racing right around the country on New Year’s Day and rightly so given our national interest in horse racing as a sport to be enjoyed over the holiday break and there was a winner that did catch my eye, but until now have not had a chance to put my thoughts into a story.
Thursday January 2
The emergence of Bourbon Empress has gone a long way toward confirming a future plan for Highline Thoroughbreds.
Thursday January 2
Frostfair will be given her first tilt at stakes level later this month after she recorded her third successive win at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day in the Barfoot & Thompson 1400.
Thursday January 2
A Group One target is in the offing for exciting three-year-old Poetic Champion following his victory in the TAB 1200 at Ellerslie on New Year's Day.
Thursday January 2
At this time of the year, racing related taxation releases from the ATO or relevant court decisions tend to be hard to find.
Thursday January 2
Hunter Valley nursery Cressfield is a name synonymous with elite female pedigrees and Group I performers with their current star flagbearer a filly purchased from their draft at Magic Millions in 2022 for a modest $140,000.
Thursday January 2
When there’s a target race run at the same period every year, history is often a reliable guide so we’ve delved into the Magic Millions 2YO Classic and it points to this weekend’s races at the Gold Coast as being must watch events.
Thursday January 2
The yearling buying groups who have collectively purchased as yearlings the likes of future stallions such as Capitalist, Farnan, King’s Legacy, Prague and Anders today announce that they will be joining forces for their purchasing at the major yearling sales in 2025.
Thursday January 2
Widden Stud’s Zoustar was the leading sire of winners in the world for 2024 with a final tally of 295 including 22 stakes-winners and he’s wasted no time getting on the board for 2025 with his talented son Patch of Theta scoring a dominant win in the Group III Chinese Club Challenge Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin on New Year’s Day.
Thursday January 2
Now pensioned Deep Field is well on his way to a fourth consecutive Champion HK Sire title and added a new stakes-winner to his tally at Sha Tin on New Year’s Day when Howdeepisyourlove took out the Group III Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (1000m).
Thursday January 2
It took 26 starts but Antique Miss became the latest stakes winner into a famous family nurtured by legendary Western Australian breeder Bob Peters in the Group II La Trice Classic (1800m) at Ascot on New Years Day.
Thursday January 2
An $11,000 yearling starting at $101 produced a near last to first finish to take the $1million Perth Cup at Ascot on New Year’s Day.
Wednesday January 1
Some days are diamonds as they say and a $10,000 horse having his 56th start for his first stakes win as the first metropolitan winner for his trainer had that diamond day at on New Year’s day.
Wednesday January 1
Here is the full list of 105 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday January 1
Darby Racing have enjoyed much success as syndicators with the horses they buy at the sales, but Iowna Merc, who gave them a stakes-win on New Year’s Day in the Listed ATC Canterbury Sprint (1200m) is a horse bred and retained by Scott Darby.
Wednesday January 1
Overdue for a win, tough stayer Grand Pierro improved from a recent run of placings to capture the Listed VRC Bagot Handicap (2800m) at Flemington on New Year’s Day to the great delight of his big team of owners.
Wednesday January 1
A stakes-winner last season at three, talented Grunt mare Miraval Rose started the New Year on a winning note taking out the Listed VRC Kensington Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on Wednesday.