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A dream result for family-run farm
“Dad, no one knows who we are. You’ve got to raise our profile!” Days like yesterday will help. If you were at the Magic Millions this week, wandered away from the big hitters and their seven-figure colts, through the gates and across the road to the fittingly obscure sounding Stable X, you might have happened... Read More
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‘I don’t think the pandemic has hurt racing at all’
Lee Freedman has seen yearling sale trends come and go – the booms and the busts and the burst bubbles. And the 65-year-old is convinced the record numbers at this week’s Magic Millions Yearling Sale are no pandemic-inflated anomaly. Theories have been proffered to explain the prices paid in the past week, particularly for relatively... Read More
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
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