I photographed the Magic Millions Sale Drafts for 7 of my clients back in December: Cressfield, Emirates Park, Kingstar, Strawberry Hill, Edinglassie, Ridgmont and Middlebrook Valley Lodge.
The 7-day sale at the Gold Coast netted record returns to many vendors with the sale gross soaring to a new Southern Hemisphere yearling sale record of over $243 million.
3 of my clients recorded million dollar Lots (Emirates Park achieving 2). Top Lots for each client are as follows:
LOT 153 I Am Invincible x Mossfun colt [consigned by Emirates Park] sold to Hawkes Racing for $1.65 million
LOT 417 I Am Invincible x Spright colt [consigned by Cressfield Stud] sold to Tom Magnier for $1.6 million
LOT 504 I Am Invincible x Tumooh colt [consigned by Emirates Park] sold to James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership for $1.6 million
LOT 449 Extreme Choice x Sweet Bouquet colt [consigned by Kingstar] sold to Aramco Racing/Mick Price Racing & Breeding/Rick Connolly Bloodstock for $1 million
LOT 61 Lonhro x Light Up The Room colt [consigned by Ridgmont] sold to Annabel Neasham Racing for $450,000
LOT 219 Written Tycoon x Paris Match filly [consigned by Strawberry Hill] sold to Gai Waterhouse/Adrian Bott/Kestrel Thoroughbreds for $340,000
LOT 119 Zousain x Miss Amelia filly [consigned by Edinglassie] sold to Magic Bloodstock/Noel & Maria Greenhalgh/Julia Ritchie/Neil Werrett for $280,000
LOT 820 Writen By x Elliptical Orbit filly [consigned by Middlebrook Valley Lodge] sold to Matthew Dunn/Neil Jenkinson Pty Ltd (FBAA) for $140,000
Congratulations to the Stud Staff who prepared the horses for sale and congratulations to all vendors on some outstanding results to kick off the new year :-)