Our Sale, Our Success - Magic Millions 2024 Wrap Up
Jan 17, 2024
Well, where to start!
The Magic Millions 2024 has been a spectacular success for us and our owners. Thanks to your amazing support we were able to secure over 40 of the best yearlings we could find through the week long sale, on our own account and in partnership. The rich Magic Millions race day allowed us to repay some of that faith with Storm Boy stamping his future star status in the feature $3m MM 2YO Classic, So United taking out the $1m Subzero for Blueblood Thoroughbreds, and Too Darn Lizzie getting her career off to the right start for her famous ownership group in the $500,000 MM Debut for fillies.
The expansion of the Magic Millions race and sales week, through the vision of Katie Paige and Gerry Harvey, has been spectacular. We were able to capitalise in their new $500,000 1400m Maiden race programmed the week before the main event, with Vanquished dropping his maiden tag in the richest way possible against his own grade.
In 2025 the Magic Millions week is set to get even BIGGER. More $1m+ races, and a whole Friday night race card under lights preceding the main race day, including a new $3m slot race. A staggering $20,000,000 across 24 hours of racing from Friday night through Saturday.
This addition to an already fantastic week of FUN (sales, races, polo/showjumping, night life, calcuttas) will make the 2025 edition a must attend! As the LEADING BUYER at MM 2024 we are the best set up stable to make the most of the opportunities that will present themselves.
Gai, Adrian, Claudia and Bruce sat down to recap the week and highlight a few opportunities to be involved in the yearlings we secured at Magic Millions:
Thank you all for your incredible support at Magic Millions 2024. Now the real work starts. The education of the next generation is paramount, we have an incredible system in place that gives us a handy competitive advantage, as measured by 2YO race wins.
Until then, we look forward to keeping you updated every step of the way along the journey.
Happy Racing,
Adrian, Gai and the team at Tulloch Lodge
COLTS WITH STALLION SHARES
Part of Storm Boy's owners include a group of people who bought stallion share (5% or 2.5%) size ownership in a group of colts we highlighted with stallion prospect profiles. Here is a group of these colts from 2024 with only small opportunities remaining, who fit the exact same brief:
Lot 579 - Alabama Express x Devine Lass (No Nay Never) colt
Purchase Price: $400,000
Alabama Express has certainly made a big impression with his first crop of 2YOs, and our very own Shangri La Express is at the top of the leader board for prizemoney earned, having won the $1 million Golden Gift. This colt was purchased from the same farm that produced Shangri La Express, and he is very much in the same mould as our gun 2YO colt.
Lot 263 - Extreme Choice x Supersay (Rothesay) colt
Purchase Price: $400,000
By a sire who is your best chance in the world of siring you a Group 1 winner, stallion prospect, or Stakes winner, from a mare whose first foal we trained to win on debut at Sydney Metro level earlier this month. Sweet mover this colt in the mould of his own father.
Lot 962 - Exceed and Excel x Miss Toorak Flyer (Toorak Toff) colt
Purchase Price: $650,000
Sharp colt. Incredible angles and levers, plus muscle on muscle. His is by our leading sire of precocity from a mare whose first foal is a Group winning 2YO. He was born in early August and he looks like a rocket.
FAST HORSES, SELLING FAST
In addition to above, the following horses have less than 20% remaining in their ownership, so if you have interest please let us know quickly:
Lot 18 - Ole Kirk x Oxford Angel (Nicconi) colt
Purchase Price: $300,000
We would hate to think what this colt could have made later in the sale when the buying bench is more organised. He is by one of the best profile first crop stallions from that famously fast 'Mother Duck' family (Quack etc) that throws fast horses no matter which stallion/trainer/state.
Lot 125 - Better Than Ready x Secret Indulgence (Fastnet Rock) colt
Purchase Price: $240,000
We were thrilled to secure a son of leading QLD sire, Better Than Ready. This colt is out of a very good producing mare who has had five foals to race for four winners, two of those being Group horses in Amangiri and More Secrets. With only two dams on the page littered with Black Type, this colt represents terrific value.
Lot 141 - Anders x Sayahailmary (Keep The Faith) colt
Purchase Price: $260,000
Anders was a very fast, dominant 2YO and to this day, he holds the race record in the Group 3 San Domenico Stakes. Being a son of Not A Single Doubt, we were eager to secure his progeny at the sale and this colt looks all speed. Sayahailmary's seven foals to race have all been winners, including Group 2 winner, Mella Maria.
Lot 209 - Written Tycoon x So Far Away (Snitzel) filly
Purchase Price: $350,000
Some very savvy operators have combined to buy this sharp looking filly and we have limited opportunities available if you would like to join them for the journey. She is by a Champion sire, from a good running and well related mare by another Champion sire in Snitzel.
Lot 590 - Pierata x Dizelle (Zabeel) filly
Purchase Price: $250,000
Well bought filly with so much residual value to fall back on. Her sire has started very well with his 2YOs and this filly looks like a Guineas/Oaks winning filly of the future should - athletic, balance and real class.
Lot 941 - Microphone x Miramare (O'Reilly) colt
Purchase Price: $280,000
Great buying - one of the flashest colts on complex by one of the best profile young stallions going around, and from a full sister to Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Shamexpress, a leading strike rate sire.
Please contact our Bloodstock team for more information:
Claudia Miller - claudia@gaiwaterhouse.com.au or 0422 545 990
Emma Coleman - ecoleman@gaiwaterhouse.com.au or 0474 161 041
Bruce Slade - bruce@kestrelthoroughbreds.com.au or 0400 505 238