“This sale is the most influential for our industry with features sires Snitzel, Pierro, Savabeel, Written Tycoon, Pierata, Stay Inside, Farnan, Zoustar, Capitalist all being sold in this Sale ring.”
“And now we host their progeny in January, as our team has inspected yearlings across Australia and New Zealand, and assembled what we feel is a truly world class offering of future stars.”
“We’re proud of the development of our graduates, with 34 individual Group One winners and 237 stakes winners over the last five years,” said MM Managing Director Barry Bowditch.
“Buyers should be confident knowing they can come in January to fill orders, be that for Golden Slipper winning colts, Coolmore winners, Guineas winners, along with Oaks and Derby winners.”
“Buying a yearling at the 2025 Gold Coast Yearling Sale provides the opportunity to race for more than $20 million in 28 races nationally every year as part of the Magic Millions Race Series.”
The Gold Coast Yearling Sale has led the way for individual Group 1 winners since 2019, more than double of any other Australian yearling sale, and winning three times more Group 1 races.
With past graduates including superstars Winx with 25 Gr1s, Golden Sixty 10 Gr1s, Imperatriz 10 Gr1s, Alligator Blood 7 Gr1s while Melbourne Cup hero Knight’s Order is now a major Group 1.
Yes, the Gold Coast Yearling Sale in January has launched the careers of so many First Season Sires with 21 this year highlighted by dual Gr1 Home Affairs, whose weanlings sold up to $430,000.
With the Coolmore-bred Home Affairs being by three-times champion sire I Am Invincible and winner of the Coolmore Stud Stakes and Lightning Stakes, he’s now with 63 first crop yearlings.
Also from Coolmore is World Champion 3YO St Mark’s Basilica whose five Gr1’s include the French Derby, and with 84 lots his first European’s sold for €1.7m, while speedster Acrobat has 9 lots.
The Dewhurst Stakes winner Pinatubo with 21 lots heads Darley’s three shuttle sires, along with five-times Gr1 winner Palace Pier with 16 and French 2000 Guineas Victor Ludorum with 6 lots.
Newgate Farm again heads the popularity listings with Slipper winner Stay Inside having 43 lots, dual Gr1 winner Wild Ruler 37, Golden Rose hero Tiger of Mellay with 8 and Profiteer 10 lots.
However, it’s the success and strength of the Gold Coast Yearling second and third crop sires that continue to develop their graduates in regularly winning across all distances and all age groups.
Today the Golden Slipper winner and $550,000 2019 Gold Coast graduate Farnan is the Leading First Season with North England winning the Gr3 $1m Golden Gift, and having 37 top-lots selling.
With King Kink winning the Gr3 Breeders Plate and O’ Ole the Wyong MM 2YO Classic in being a $300,000 Gold Coast buy, their sire Ole Kirk has 22 lots as Leading First Crop Stakes Winning Sire.
Second to Farnan is Yulong’s Lucky Veda with 5 lots having Within the Law win both the Inglis Banner and Nursery, while Wotton Bassett has 30 lots with West of Swindon being a Gr3 second.
The Australian and European sire sensation Too Darn Hot has 24 class yearlings at the Gold Coast, and as Leading Second Crop Sire had Broadsiding add the Gr1 Golden Rose to his two 2yo Gr1s.
Castelvecchio sits second to Too Darn Hot, and had El Castello, his $220,000 Gold Coast buy, win the Spring Champion Stakes, Alabama Express with 7 lots had Treasurethe Moment win the VRC Oaks.
Yes, the race and breed shaping event the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale will commences on January 7 with the finest 1,401 yearlings of Australasia selling at the famous Bundall complex.
