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Divine Madonna Sets Millions Record

The opening session of the Magic Millions broodmare sale was strong as Divine Madonna set a record, selling to Darley for Aus$2.7 million. The sale saw 123 hips sell for Aus$11,747,250.

 Monday, June 02, 2008

General Session Ends Weanling Sale

The record-breaking 2008 Magic Millions national weanling sale came to a close Friday on Australia's Gold Coast with a general session that generated a gross of Aust$496,600 for the 132 yearlings sold.

 Friday, May 30, 2008

Magic Millions Sale Sets Records

The select portion of the Magic Millions national weanling sale ended its three-day run on Australia's Gold Coast Thursday with a record gross of Aust$19,581,750 and a record average price of Aust$46,846 for the 416 horses sold.

 Thursday, May 29, 2008

Exceed and Excel Colt Sets Pace

A colt by Exceed and Excel topped the second session of the Magic Millions national weanling sale on Australia's Gold Coast Wednesday.

 Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Redoute's Choice Weanling Leads Way

Redoute's Choice Weanling Leads Way

The Magic Millions national sale got off to a positive start on Australia's Gold Coast May 27 when the first session of the weanling sale was held.

 Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Mull of Kintyre Colt Goes to Brocklebank

Mull of Kintyre Colt Goes to Brocklebank

Pinhooker John Brocklebank purchases session topper as Magic Millions sale ends.

 Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Brocklebank Discusses Plans

American pinhooker John Brocklebank is going to bring his own staff out to prepare all the horses he has purchased at the Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions yearling sale, which is nearly finished.

 Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Exceed and Excel Colt Shines

A colt by Exceed and Excel was the top seller March 31 during the sixth session of the Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions yearling sale on Australia's Gold Coast. Consigned by Woodlands Stud, agent, the colt was purchased by Queensland-based buyer Alan Acton for $210,000.

 Monday, March 31, 2008

Sequalo Filly Leads Way at Millions Sale

The 171 yearlings sold grossed Aust$5,518,000 March 30 during the fifth session of the Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions yearling sale on Australia's Gold Coast. Their average price was Aust$32,269.

 Sunday, March 30, 2008
Redoute's Choice Colts Set Records

Redoute's Choice Colts Set Records

Two colts by Redoute's Choice each bring Aust$2.2 million at Magic Millions sale.

 Thursday, March 27, 2008

Patinack Continues Buying Spree

Patinack Farm bought 19 yearlings during the Magic Millions sale's third session.

 Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Market at Magic Millions Heats Up

Redoute's Choice colt sells for Aust$1 million during second session.

 Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Redoute's Choice Colt Is Magic

Redoute's Choice Colt Is Magic

Redoute's Choice colt brings Aust$725,000 as Magic Millions Sale opens in Australia.

 Monday, March 24, 2008

Desert King Colt Tops MM Final Session

Northern Territory-based Larrem Lodge paid top price of Aus$28,000 for a colt by Desert King to top Wednesday's final session of the Adelaide Magic Millions Yearling Sale.

 Thursday, March 13, 2008

Magic Millions breeze-up sale

New sire Catcher In The Rye was the sire of a colt that sizzled a furlong in :10.15 at the Magic Millions breeze ups last week.

 Thursday, November 29, 2007
Ramseys Pursuing Australian Venture

Ramseys Pursuing Australian Venture

Ken and Sarah Ramsey are pursuing a major business venture in Australia with their homebred champion Kitten's Joy and are considering another.

 Monday, November 26, 2007

Inglis Again Revises Easter Yearling Sale Dates

Due to mounting pressure by heavyweight Australian breeders on Inglis and Magic Millions to rethink their previously announced new dates for the all-important sales series in Australia next year, one of the auction companies -- Inglis -- has yielded. It announced revised dates for its marquee Easter yearling sale.

 Friday, October 12, 2007

Magic Millions Sale Rescheduled for Easter Period

After considerable thought, negotiation and wranglings, Australia's biggest yearling sale -- the Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions Yearling Sale - will be held over the Easter period in 2008.

 Thursday, October 04, 2007
Queensland Declares EI Natural Disaster

Queensland Declares EI Natural Disaster

The Queensland racing industry is in ruin, so Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has declared the horse flu crisis a "natural disaster." She has placed the state's Disaster Management Group in charge of handling the outbreak and announced an emergency relief package for people directly employed in the racing industry.

 Thursday, September 27, 2007

Hits Keep Coming Down Under Because of Virus

Magic Millions, which conducts the largest movement of yearlings in Australia with its eight-day sale each January, has acknowledged the sale won't take place as previously advertised because of the equine influenza outbreak.

 Monday, September 24, 2007

Magic Millions National Sale Ends Record-Breaking Run in Australia

The Magic Millions National sale ended with a record-setting gross of more than Aust$87 million for weanlings, broodmares, and yearlings following a three-week run on Australia's Gold Coast.

 Thursday, June 14, 2007

Redoute's Choice Colt Sets Magic Millions National Sale Yearling Record

A colt by Redoute's Choice sold for Aust$800,000 Tuesday to top the first session of the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale in Australia.

 Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Wiener Leads the Way During Australian Broodmare Sale's Second Select Session

Kitchwin Hills manager Mick Malone purchased Wiener for the top price of Aust$1.25 million Tuesday during the second select session of the five-day broodmare section at the Magic Millions National Sale.

 Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Gypsy Dancer Tops Opening Session of Magic Millions Broodmare Sale

Gypsy Dancer sold for Aust$1.5 million as the Magic Millions broodmare sale got off to a record-setting start.

 Monday, June 04, 2007

Fastnet Rock Colt Tops Magic Millions Weanling Sale

A Fastnet Rock colt sold for Aust$370,000 (U.S. 307,000) Thursday to top the second and final session of the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale in Australia.

 Thursday, May 31, 2007

Redoute's Choice Weanling Sets Southern Hemisphere Record

A Redoute's Choice weanling sold for Aust$1,150,000 (U.S. $943,000) Wednesday during the opening session of the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale Wednesday.

 Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Royal Academy Filly Leads Way on Day Two of Adelaide Sale in Australia

A filly by Royal Academy sold for Aust$160,000 (U.S. $127,00) to top the second day of the Magic Millions Adelaide yearling sale.

 Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Redoute's Choice Filly Tops Day 1 of Adelaide Sale

As the Adelaide Magic Millions Yearling Sale got underway, a filly by Redoute's Choice brought the top price.

 Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Magic Millions Sale Ends With Record Gross

The Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions yearling sale had a record gross of Aust124,475,450 ($98,360,541) for its eight sessions.

 Monday, January 22, 2007

Expanded Magic Millions Maintains Hot Pace

The experiment to make session five of the expanding Magic Millions Yearling Sale didn't produce the fireworks expected -- but records still continued to fall.

 Friday, January 19, 2007

Coolmore Scoops Up Redoute's Choice Colt at Magic Millions

Coolmore's world famous representative Demi O'Byrne paid the Magic Millions Day 4 top price of (Aus) $900,000 for a colt by Arrowfield Stud current Australian champion sire Redoute's Choice.

 Friday, January 19, 2007

Top Lot Goes for $625,000 at Magic Millions Saturday

The excitement of seeing two magnificent racing fillies win the two $1 million races at the Magic Millions race day on the Gold Coast Jan. 13 stole much of the excitement out of the crowd. As day three of the sale wound down, the best was bought for $625,000 by Katsumi Yoshida.

 Sunday, January 14, 2007

Gold Edition Staggers Aussie Rivals in MM 3-Year-Old Classic

It is so pleasing when the best horse in the race wins. And that's excatly what turned out as the dust settled on the (Aus) $1 million Magic Millions 3-Year-Old Classic when Gold Edition, Australia's premier sprinting sophomore, scorched the turf to lead all the way and win by a widening five lengths.

 Saturday, January 13, 2007

Mimi Lebrock Puts Aussie Sire's Heart on Display

It was the run of a born superstar and when Mimi Lebrock overcame every obstacle to land the (Aus)$1 million Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions 2-Year-Old Classic (1,200 meters) at the Gold Coast, and everyone knew they had seen something special.

 Saturday, January 13, 2007

Sadler's Wells Colt Sets Magic Millions Record in Australia

Champion horse trainer Gai Waterhouse completely stunned everyone in the packed auditorium when she opened and closed the bidding on a Sadler's Wells colt at Aust$2million (U.S. $1,560,000) as session two of the Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions yearling sale in Australia ended on Friday.

 Friday, January 12, 2007

South Africa's Laird Leading Buyer as Magic Millions Sale Opens

The Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions yearling sale has been a happy hunting ground for South African trainer Charles Laird, who led the buyers during Thursday's first session on the Gold Coast in Australia.

 Thursday, January 11, 2007

Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale Opens Thursday

Magic Millions yearling sale features top horses and will have a celebrity visitor, Tara Reid.

 Friday, January 05, 2007

Dehere Colt Sets Australasian Record for 2-Year-Old in Training

New Zealand-based bloodstock agent Rob McAnulty out-bid Starcraft's owner Paul Makin and paid Aust$825,000 (U.S.$658,000) for a Dehere colt (setting a new Australasian record for a 2-year-old in-training.

 Monday, September 25, 2006

Dehere Colt Brings Record Price in Australia

A record price for a 2-year-old sold at public auction in Australia was established Thursday when a Dehere colt was sold for AUS$825,000 during the Magic Millions Gold Coast horses in training sale.

 Thursday, September 21, 2006

Continued Upswing at Magic Millions Sale

The end of the tunnel is in sight. Not that those who run Magic Millions want it to be. As day three of the broodmare section of the 14-day long Magic Millions sale on the Gold Coast wound down, new heights were reached yet again.

 Friday, June 16, 2006

Merlene Tops Second Day of Magic Millions Broodmare Sale

Vendors who presented mares with black type from their racing days and in foal to a high profile stallion Wednesday walked away with Christmas money for their kids.

 Thursday, June 15, 2006

Surrealist Tops Magic Millions Broodmare Sale

It seems the reputation of the mammoth National Sale on the Queensland Gold Coast in Australia has spread abroad.

 Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Magic Millions Weanlings Set Records

The weanling section of the Magic Millions national Gold Coast sale ended Sunday in Australia in spectacular fashion.

 Monday, June 12, 2006

Encosta de Lago Colt Tops Magic Millions Action

The Magic Millions national weanling sale produced more highlights on day two of the weanling section.

 Sunday, June 11, 2006

Redoute's Choice Weanlings Top Choices at Magic Millions Sale

Redoute's Choice rewrote every record yearling sale page earlier this year. And it seems his awesome presence has spread to weanlings, too.

 Friday, June 09, 2006

Rock of Gibraltar Colt, Filly Share Top Honors at Magic Millions National Sale

Excitement continued to build Tuesday in Australia as day three of the massive Magic Millions sale on the Gold Coast concluded.

 Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Business Continues to Boom During Magic Millions National Sale's Second Session

If sale watchers thought there simply couldn't be any more cash left to buy yearlings, then they shook their heads as buyers spent up again Monday on day two of the Gold Coast Magic Millions national yearling sale in Australia.

 Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Magic Millions National Sale Opens Impressively

On Sunday in Queensland, Australia, day one of the biggest Thoroughbred sale in southern hemisphere history began.

 Monday, June 05, 2006

Record Price at Australia Yearling Sale

Just about every keen judge of horseflesh in Australia got it wrong as the curtain fell on the main sessions at Adelaide's Magic Millions Yearling Sale Thursday in Australia.

 Thursday, March 16, 2006

Perth Sale Breaks High Price Record Again in Australia

The ploy by Magic Millions' senior staff to lure Sydney-based bloodstock agent Kieran Moore all the way across Australia to visit the Perth yearling sale, which ended Wednesday, proved a masterstroke.

 Thursday, February 16, 2006
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