Sales
Freedman happy to hunt for bargains on the Coast
Emerging trainer Mitch Freedman’s budgets demand he must raid yearling sales with a rapier rather than a scattergun, but he’s optimistic he’s found his touch with two Magic Millions yearlings. The Ballarat horseman yesterday paid $130,000 – among the higher prices on day one of Book 2 – for a Eureka Stud-consigned filly by Encryption... Read More
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The Autumn Sun top of the charts after standout colt in final session
The Autumn Sun top of the charts after standout colt in final session The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice) saved his best until the second-last lot of Book 1 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale yesterday, when Justin Bahen and trainer Kris Lees fought off fierce competition to purchase a colt by Arrowfield’s young... Read More
Record Book 1 figures Exceed expectations as Fernrigg’s colt Excels in final session
Four Saturday night seven-figure yearlings help Magic Millions hit remarkable new level A booming finish to Book 1 of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale last night, in which four lots hit the million-dollar mark to create an auction house record and set new benchmarks for established and fledgling vendors, has left one of... Read More
Widden Stud’s young guns Trapeze Artist and Written By enjoy brilliant day on the Coast
Widden Stud’s exciting first-season sires Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) and Written By (Written Tycoon) posted their best sale ring performances at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale yesterday, once again highlighting the buying bench’s confidence in this year’s crop of new stallions. Having purchased a pair of fillies by the son of Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice)... Read More
Extreme Choice hands old ally Wilkinson yet another boom result
Breeder Luke Wilkinson – the man who picked out Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) as a yearling – had some deserved good fortune when his colt by Newgate’s boom stallion sold for $600,000 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale yesterday. Wilkinson, who bought Extreme Choice from Inglis Classic for $100,000, sourced an... Read More
Moody and Dalziel fall for Rosemont’s flashy Frankel colt
With a presence and a strut drawn straight from his incredible father – and his four white socks to boot – what is believed to be the only Frankel (Galileo) colt to be offered at public auction in Australia this year commandeered the ring, and justified Rosemont’s ambitious play in breeding him. Moving like a... Read More