a kind of magic Your ultimate guide from our team of experts Thursday, January 14, 2021 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here COOLMORE DIGS DEEP FOR SON OF KINGMAN AS COLT FUNDS DOMINATE AT MAGIC MILLIONS - PAGE 1 Our goal is #RaisingRacehorses NEWGATE.com.au • +61 (02) 6543 8395 a kind of magic Your ultimate guide from our team of experts Thursday, January 14, 2021 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here (02) 8913 1640 hqinsurance.com.au TODAY'SEXCLUSIVE SALES GUARANTEED RENEWAL DATA TABLES - PAGE 9 IT'S IN THE BLOOD - PAGE 15 SALES RESULTS BY SIRE - PAGE 24 Coolmore digs deep for son Read Tomorrow's Issue For: of Kingman as colt funds Maiden Of The Week What's on Metropolitan meetings: Eagle Farm (QLD) dominate at Magic Millions Race meetings: Gunnedah (NSW), Moruya Buyers’ appetites show no signs of relenting during another session of (NSW), Pakenham (VIC), Ararat (VIC), Pinjarra Park (WA), Penola (SA), Wanganui dynamic trade at the Gold Coast Yearling Sale (NZ) Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Gunnedah (NSW), Moruya (NSW), Tatura (VIC), Rockhampton (QLD), Penola (SA), Ashburton (NZ) International meetings: Vaal (SAF), Chelmsford (UK) Sales: Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale International sales: Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale (USA) Lot 322: Kingman ex Florentina colt MAGIC MILLIONS BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS Even the most bullish industry pundits and FOCUS ON QUALITY colt born in the UK to southern stakeholders did not predict, at least publicly, THE FOUNDATION OF hemisphere time by super the insatiable appetite shown by buyers during KHALID ABDULLAH'S European sire Kingman the first two sessions of the seven-day auction, BREEDING SUCCESS - (Invincible Spirit) provided the which resulted in four million-dollar lots being PAGE 17 benchmarkA on another extraordinary day of sold on Wednesday as the key metrics kept pace trade when selling for $1.8 million at the Magic with the corresponding figures from the past Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale yesterday. two years. Continued on page 2>> DAILY PINHOOKING RESULTS - PAGE 19 TUE 12TH - MON 18TH JANUARY 2021 MAGIC MILLIONS GOLD COAST YEARLING SALE SALE LIVE Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Coolmore digs deep for son of Kingman as colt funds dominate at Magic Millions | 2 | Thursday, January 14, 2021 << Continued from page 1 While a colt by Not A Single Doubt (Redoute’s Choice) broke the seven-figure barrier before midday, it was the son of Kingman who stole the show, his sale coming less than 24 hours after it was announced that the stallion’s owner-breeder, Juddmonte Farms founder Prince Khalid Abdullah, had died aged 83. Segenhoe Stud’s Peter O’Brien, who offered the colt on behalf of his breeder Fairway Thoroughbreds’ John Camilleri, knew the son of Kingman would be a sales-ring star in Australia. “We knew he was going to sell well. We knew every one of the big buyers liked him, but you never expect them to sell that well,” O’Brien said. “He was a beautiful colt by one of the best sires in the world from a very good racemare. I'm delighted he is going to Coolmore, because he’ll get every chance. “The best colt I thought I’d ever taken to the sales was King’s Legacy. James Harron was underbidder on the Kingman and Coolmore was underbidder on King’s Legacy as a yearling. The same two people duked it Lot 221: Not A Single Doubt ex Denmagic colt MAGIC MILLIONS out and I firmly believe this is a Group 1 horse.” The colt is out of Australian Group 3-winning mare Florentina has incredible horses at this sale, and we know what John Camilleri can (Redoute’s Choice), making him a half-brother to the stakes-placed duo breed,” Magnier said. Villa Carlotta (Street Cry) and Fasano (Lonhro). He was offered as Lot 322. “You know when you see that Fairway Thoroughbreds brand on the “All credit to John Camilleri - it’s a big swing to send a mare up there horse, you have to take it pretty seriously. (to the northern hemisphere). She went to Dubawi first and that filly “We know everything about how well Kingman is going at the moment. sold for 475,000gns at Tatts, then she went to Kingman, and came back We have got Calyx at the farm by Kingman, who is going well. All the boxes pregnant to Kingman, and he was at foot,” O’Brien said. were ticked for us.” “He was born in England and came here to Australia about 12 months O’Brien is equally confident that Kingman can make his mark on ago. John is a global thinker and he’s got paid for it. Coolmore looked Australian racing and breeding. at him plenty of times and they complimented him this morning about “The last time I looked he’d had three runners for three winners here in his temperament. Australia. What I really liked about him was that he had two very good two- He is absolutely year-old winners in Japan two weeks ago and the Kingman’s love fast ground. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY bombproof. He has a “As I said, the bloodlines work and they should adore Australian UNABASHED FANS OF THE SIRE. great mind and I can’t conditions and there’s no reason why he can’t hit the heights he has WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH wait to see him at the worldwide in Australia.” TO SECURE FARNAN FROM THE racetrack.” Trainer Chris Waller will be the lucky recipient of the colt. SAME SALES RING, AND HE Coolmore’s Meanwhile, Magnier also paid tribute to Abdullah. WAS ABLE TO WIN THE GOLDEN Tom Magnier, who “Obviously, it's a big loss to racing. Prince Khalid Abdullah was not SLIPPER. AT THE END OF THE also took home the only a gentleman, he helped shape our industry,” he said. DAY, THAT'S THE DREAM, TO $1.9 million Snitzel “If you look back on some of the greatest breeders of all time, he's GET HIM BACK FOR THESE BIG (Redoute’s Choice) definitely one of them. The silks are famous worldwide and he has been colt on day one, has one of the best. RACES faith in Kingman “We have had Danehill and Frankel and Arrogate win in them. - SHANE MCGRATH working in Australia. 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New Zealand: Gordon Calder Tel:+64 218 41612. www.coolmore.com Coolmore digs deep for son of Kingman as colt funds dominate at Magic Millions | 4 | Thursday, January 14, 2021 Farnan partnership strike again Earlier, Tony Fung and Phoenix Thoroughbreds, the partnership Lot 328 behind last year’s Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) winner and soon-to-be Breeding: So You Think - Fragrance (Commands) colt Kia Ora Stud stallion Farnan (Not A Single Doubt), reinvested in another Price: $800,000 son of Not A Single Doubt in the hope of repeating the on-track success. Buyer: George Moore Bloodstock “We are obviously unabashed fans of the sire. We were fortunate Vendor: Segenhoe Stud enough to secure Farnan from the same sales ring, and he was able to win George Moore made his only play of the sale yesterday when the Golden Slipper. At the end of the day, that's the dream, to get him back stepping in to secure a colt by So You Think (High Chaparral) for for these big races,” Aquis Farm managing director Shane McGrath said. the same owner as Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (Gr 3, 1000m) runner- “He's a straightforward colt. We liked everything about him and every up Stronger (Not A Single Doubt), who was purchased from the time we looked at him he never turned a hair. He looks like he’ll be early corresponding auction in 2018 when realising $1.05 million to and hopefully lightning can strike twice for us.” James Harron Bloodstock. Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, The Torryburn Stud-consigned youngster, who was catalogued as Lot Stronger won the Ken Russell Memorial Classic (Gr 3, 1200m) 221, is the first foal out of the Group 1-placed mare Denmagic (Denman). at the Gold Coast prior to being sold to Hong Kong, where he is He will be trained by rising Sydney star Annabel Neasham.