The first day of the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale commences on the Gold Coast with 374 lots cataloged to go through the ring with action starting at 11 a.m. local time June 1-2.
It is the penultimate live yearling sale on the Australian calendar with the Perth Winter Sale set for later this month and the last chance for buyers to access next season's $20 million (all figures AU$) Magic Millions Race Series.
Supported by over 50 vendors with yearlings by 117 different stallions (14 first season), the National Sale may be the smallest catalog in almost 15 years but has depth and variety to rival most sales and it won't be short of some headline acts with lots by proven stallions Snitzel, I Am Invincible, Zoustar, Extreme Choice, Lope de Vega , and new sensation Home Affairs.
Fresh from notching his 19th individual stakes winner May 30 when his Magic Millions graduate Berzelius won the $1 million Sires Produce Stakes (G2) at Eagle Farm, sire phenomenon Extreme Choice is represented by no fewer than four lots. To be offered under the Newgate banner, the three fillies and colt are 10% of his 2026 sale crop, which is the most in any one sale outside of the majors.
Champion Sire-elect, Snitzel, will be represented by five yearlings, four colts, and one filly, from Baramul, Arrowfield, and KBL Thoroughbreds.
Baramul Stud, 2025's leading vendor when grossing over $2 million, will again make its presence felt with 33 lots cataloged ahead of Arrowfield Stud with a draft 20, all of which have been paid up for the lucrative race series already. Baramul Stud has provided the top lots in the last two editions of the National Sale with an $850k Extreme Choice colt last year and a $400k Zoustar in 2024. Currently second on the General Sire table, Widden stallion Zoustar is represented by six lots, whilst fellow top five sires The Autumn Sun has four and I Am Invincible has a sole representative from Newhaven Park.
Local Queensland stalwart Better Than Ready will, not surprisingly, be represented by the most lots with 13 yearlings set to walk through the ring having had yet another remarkable season on the track. Coolmore Stud's Best Of Bordeaux and Widden's Jacquinot have the most cataloged of any first-season sire with half a dozen each.
The National Sale offers buyers some of the best value yearlings eligible for the rich $20 million Magic Millions race series run across six states next season, highlighted by the $13.25 million Magic Millions Raceday on the Gold Coast in January.
