The 2016 Magic Millions sale at the Gold Coast January 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 has a good representation of quality sires across the 1016 lots catalogued for sale.
A snapshot of the catalogue from a sire’s perspective shows:
Sires with performers of racing age with five (5) or more lots alphabetically are:
All American (6), Al Maher (9), Bernardini (USA) (8), Casino Prince (8), Charge Forward (11), Choisir (23), Commands (19), Congrats (USA) (17), Denman (13), Dream Ahead (USA) (8), Duporth (7), Exceed and Excel (13), Fastnet Rock (36), Foxwedge (30), Helmet (16), High Chaparral (6), Hinchinbrook (21), Husson (Arg) (11), I Am Invincible (37), Lohro (7), Lope de Vega (Ire) (5), Love Conquers All (5), Magic Albert (7), Manhattan Rain (7), Medaglio d’Oro (13), More Than Ready (USA) (18), Mossman (6), Nicconi (8), Not a Single Doubt (31), Poet’s Voice (5), Real Saga (9), Rothesay (11), Savabeel (6), Sebring (50), Sepoy (41), Smart Missile (37), Snitzel (60), So You Think (69), Starcraft (NZ) (5), Starspangledbanner (6), Star Witness (8), Stratum (16), Street Cry (Ire) (19), Stryker (5), Uncle Mo (USA) (12), Written Tycoon (7 lots) and Zoffany (Ire) (5).
The quality of the 2016 Magic Millions catalogue has been enriched by a striking collection of sires with first crop yearlings.
Destined to command widespread appeal at the top end of the market are the two Australians who were the most brilliant performers in the world in their time:
ALL TOO HARD, Black Caviar’s half-brother based at Vinery stud (by Casino Prince – a son of Flying Spur) (47 lots) and
PIERRO (by Lonhro) the Coolmore Stud based sire with (41 lots).
In the World Rankings of older performers for 2013, the best Australians were:
Black Caviar (World Champion) and
All Too Hard (8th best miler),
Pierro (Leading 3YO Male Sprinter) and
Atlantic Jewel (Fastnet Rock; World’s third best mare).
Also high up in those World Assessments that are First Crop sires are:
Cox Plate winner
Ocean Park (NZ) (Thorn Park)
Animal Kingdom (USA) (8),
Reliable Man (GB) (
Dalakhani – A Group1 winner France and Australia) (5 lots).
Other sires represented by first crop yearlings in the Magic Millions catalogue are:
Delago Deluxe (Encosta de Lago – Succeeding, by Flying Spur) (17 lots), Australian bred South African juvenile champion and Group1 winning sprinter standing at Newhaven Park, Boorowa, NSW;
Your Song (29 lots), a Group1 winning sprinter at Widden Stud;
Harbour Watch (Ire) (8 lots), Emirates Park shuttler and a son of speed prepotent Acclamation who was one of the best juveniles in Europe in 2011;
Bullet Train (GB) (10 lots), a talented three-quarter brother by Sadler’s Wells to Frankel visiting Bowness Stud;
Excelebration (Ire), Coolmore dual hemisphere sire (9 lots), a world class miler in Ireland by Aussie sire Exceed and Excel;
Golden Archer (4), a Rock of Gibraltar winner eight races, five at two, successful five stakes, third to Black Caviar in the Group1 Lightning at Flemington, stands Raheen Stud, Gladfield, Qld;
and
Mulaazem (2 lots) the Emirates Park, Victoria located, three times winner to Group 2 level from seven starts, he’s a half-brother by Dubai Destination (USA) to Sepoy.
Vendors with 15 or more lots in the catalogue by lot number order are:
Baramul (79), Arrowfield (48), Coolmore (45), Widden (37), Newhaven Park (33), Yarraman Park (33), Newgate Farm (23), Glenlogan Park (22), Vinery (21), Turangga (19), Amarina Farm (18), Attunga (21), Eliza Park (20), Element Hill (20), Raheen (18), Bowness (17), Emirates Park (17), Sledmere (16), Segenhoe (15), Corumbene (15), Edinglassie (15) and Willow Park (15).