Unprecedented demand at Magic Millions Perth Sale
The booming Western Australian racing industry, a sponsor of the state’s rich resource sector and large prize pools, could see the Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale exceed 20 for the first time. million Australian dollars next year.
That is the ambition of Magic Millions management, after demand for horses skyrocketed during a two-day sale, proving that the annual fortunes caused by Covid “locked” last year were not a one-time occurrence.
Demand was unprecedented for horses, with almost AU$19.50 (US$13,111,118, AU$1=0.6724) traded across the Book 1 and 2 portfolio of 327 lots. at an average of AU$73,525 (US$49,436), continuing into the second day of the festive season. sold with 87% of the horses finding new homes in the second session.
Following the record sale of Volume 1 on February 23, the Volume 2 offering has reached new heights, with an average of AU$50,419 ($33,900), averaging AU$45,000 ($30,256). USD) and a total of AU$5,899 million ($3,966,281).
Magic Millions WA manager David Houston entered the sale confident that the buying bench had considerable depth and investors did not let him down.
Thirteen horses were purchased by interstate owners, dealers or trainers, the army being numbered by locals, who ensured the 246 would stay in Western Australia.
“Given everything everyone has said, I’m pretty confident that we definitely have very strong buying here, and we’ve had interstate drivers come in and that hasn’t worked out,” Houston said. told ANZ Bloodstock News last night.
“(Interstate buyers) have been away for a few years and they probably don’t realize how strong things are here, especially last year, but they left and said they’d be back. again.”
Houston has set a target of AU$20 million in sales by 2024 and that is a number he believes could have been broken this year if not for the forced recall of some tall saplings. granted during the preparation for the auction.
“We won’t back down, so we’ll head for the stars,” he declared.
“Unfortunately we’ve lost some very nice horses, so we’d definitely make over AU$21 million if they were here.
“It’s a pity, but either way, hopefully it’ll happen next year.”
Parnham Keen on Kay Cee Lookalike
Meanwhile, the top shipment from Friday, a daughter of Play God will be trained by master trainer Neville Parnham in Perth, who has spent AU$170,000 on the young, the most expensive of the eight in Book 2 aspiring to earn $100,000 or more, as the local market hits continued to spend heavily.
No one knows the Playing God horse better than Parnham—he trained it to win two Kingston Town Classics (G1)—and Ascot’s successful equestrian has also prepared his only group 1 winner. top WA stallion so far in Kay Cee.
And that’s Kay Cee, the 2019 Kingston Town Classic winner, whom Parnham introduced when asked about the Book 2 session leader, one of seven trainers purchased by the prince at the Perth sale. year 2023.
Deposited by the Western Union of Breeders as Lot 304, she was the first of the chubby Nickel Queens to have won the juvenile, to be placed in Perth.
Parnham said of Playing God stock: “Honestly, they come in all shapes and sizes and the only things that I would probably shy away from are the smaller ones.
“I saw her at the ranch about a month ago and she has continued since. She’s a good hiker and I think she’s probably on the top end of the money we had to. paid her, but she presented it very intelligently.”
Santo Guagliardo of Ridgeport Holdings, a longtime supporter of Parnham’s, will race against the coach.
God of play is deposited as Lot 274
WA trainer Paul Hunter is also hoping to replicate the filthy game’s success with Playing God after buying an aspiration for AU$130,000, the equivalent second-highest lot of the Book 2 session.
The Albany-based hunter, who has 12 working horses, raised the bet winner at the last start feel joyful at the beginning of her career and when her talent became apparent, he chose to send her to the city to be trained in Ascot by Mitchell Pateman.
“We rented Feels Playful a year and a half ago off the yard and we thought she was a pretty girl and the breed is hard to beat, Playing God, so there’s a lot of demand for them. ,” Hunter told ANZ Bloodstock News yesterday.
“We liked this chubby girl from the start, she’s a cute, big and strong girl. They’re all different, the Gods of Play.”
The pony deposited at Elvira Park is the second of a four-time winning Helena Miss, the first of which is Playing God’s underrated 2-year-old pony named Holy Knight.
“They were a little too strong for us (on Thursday), so we kept trying to see if we could find one and we thought we’d found a good one,” Hunter said. “After seeing what Playing Gods sold yesterday, we had to raise the stakes and we did.”
Long Leaf deposit lot 216
Coach Simon Miller signed another AU$130,000 contract of Rangeview Stud first season long leaves, their progeny have been warmly received by domestic and interstate buyers. They grossed an average of AU$75,469 from 16 sold across both books, second only to Playing God, who took in an average of AU$121,750 from 20 bestsellers.
Parnham spent AU$1,927,500 on 17 cubs a year, while Dan Morton bought 11 cubs and dealer John Chalmers signed a contract to buy 10 pups a year.
The Alliance of Western Breeders of Darling View’s Brent Atwell, Westbury Park’s Phil Ibbotson and Einoncliff Park’s Wayne Beynon are top suppliers on both books, selling 28 pups a year for a total value of 2,305 .500 Australian dollars.
Ibbotson said the Coalition’s results said it all.
Ibbotson told ANZ Bloodstock News: “We started about eight years ago and we have been a leading provider for many years and it does very well.
“We market horses together and we can do things a lot more professionally between the three farms. It’s a concept that has worked very well.”