a kind of magic Your ultimate guide from our team of experts Wednesday, January 13, 2021 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here SNITZEL COLT TOPS DAY 1 - PAGE 1 STEVE MORAN - PAGE 21 SALE RESULTS BY SIRE RESULTS - PAGE 27 MULTIPLE GROUP 1-WINNING star sprinter From the stallion family of ENCOSTA DE LAGO and FLYING SPUR “He’s absolutely one of the QUICKEST HORSES we have ever trained.” –Trainer Peter Snowden Snitzel – Ballet D’Amour (USA), by Stravinsky a kind of magic Your ultimate guide from our team of experts Wednesday, January 13, 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 11 STEVE MORAN - PAGE 21 SALE RESULTS BY SIRE RESULTS - PAGE 27 $1.9 million Snitzel Read Tomorrow's Issue For: It's In The Blood colt sets tone for Magic What's on Metropolitan meetings: Warwick Farm Millions Yearling Sale (NSW), Caulfield (VIC) Race meetings: Yarra Valley (VIC), Caution thrown to the wind as buyers show confidence in Rockhampton (QLD), Bunbury (WA), thoroughbred industry at the Gold Coast Strathalbyn (SA), Canberra (ACT) Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Kembla Grange (NSW), Mornington (VIC), Kilmore (VIC), Ballarat (VIC), Toowoomba (QLD), Canberra (ACT) International meetings: Happy Valley (HK), Scottsville (SAF), Kempton (UK) Sales: Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, Inglis Digital January (Early) Sale International sales: Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale (USA) Lot 115: Snitzel ex Bonny O'Reilly colt MAGIC MILLIONS not predict in the days preceding the opening BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS session of the 2021 Magic Millions Yearling CONTACT TIM AT THE SALES @ROWE_TIM Sale. LEVIATHAN OWNER- ot for the first time, a stunning The 180-lot first of seven sessions belied BREEDER AND appetite to be involved in the any pre-sale pessimism which was expressed, JUDDMONTE FOUNDER Australian racing industry was with not only the top end predictably remaining PRINCE KHALID witnessed on the Gold Coast strong, but the middle to lower-end of the market ABDULLAH DIES AT 83 - PAGE 18 Nyesterday as buyers defied outside influences also remaining robust and the majority of horses to produce results many stakeholders dared finding new owners. Continued on page 2>> MAGIC MILLIONS PINHOOKERS - PAGE 31 not TUE 12TH - MON 18TH JANUARY 2021 MAGIC MILLIONS GOLD COAST YEARLING SALE SALE LIVE ENTER NOW JULY 24 -29 ONLINE SALE ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 22. Featuring broodmares, yearlings and racing stock. FRI Catalogue8TH available at- inglisdigital.com WED 13TH JANUARY 2021 INGLIS DIGITAL JANUARY SALE (EARLY) SALE LIVE Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by $1.9 million Snitzel colt sets tone for Magic Millions Yearling Sale | 2 | Wednesday, January 13, 2021 << Continued from page 1 The remarkable figures were spurred prize-money to be won in Australia and this sale, in particular, gives you by a stunning ten-minute burst in which Widden Stud sold an I Am the best chance to race in the best race series in the world and buyers have Invincible (Invincible Spirit) filly for $975,000, only for her to lose the got confidence in that,” Bowditch said. highest-priced horse honour two lots later as their Snitzel (Redoute’s “They are getting in behind these horses; they are setting a Choice) colt realised $1.9 million. benchmark that is pretty significant in my mind. We have confidence By the end of the session, 144 horses had changed hands at an average in our catalogue but it is a relief that the market is seeing it the same of $246,783, a median of $170,000 and, most importantly, a clearance rate w a y .” of 86 per cent. Magic Millions managing director Barry Bowditch warned pre-sale Powerhouses clash before Coolmore that it may not be possible to match previous years’ figures given the land knockout blow Covid-19 pandemic and the fact some key buyers were unable to attend The highlight of the day was witnessing a global thoroughbred the auction, but he heavyweight and the combined clout of two Australian-based stallion THEY ARE GETTING IN BEHIND believes there were syndicates going toe-to-toe in an auction ring duel worthy of a marquee THESE HORSES; THEY ARE a number of drivers title fight. SETTING A BENCHMARK THAT behind yesterday’s At one side, believed to be the James Harron Bloodstock partnership IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IN MY strong demand for and the newly formed Victorian Alliance syndicate led by Rosemont Stud, new stock. bids were fired in without a shadow of trepidation before rival Coolmore, MIND. WE HAVE CONFIDENCE “I think the somewhat theatrically, left onlookers hanging before each signal to go IN OUR CATALOGUE BUT IT IS confidence we have again. A RELIEF THAT THE MARKET IS here in our industry Flanked by brother MV, Mick Flanagan and other trusted Coolmore SEEING IT THE SAME WAY. is something that you figures, Tom Magnier’s $1.9 million bid was enough to secure the colt, - BARRY BOWDITCH can’t underestimate. the latest acquisition in a considered long-term plan to add high-class There’s outstanding bloodstock to the outfit’s massive portfolio. Continued on page 4>> Magic Millions 2021 Draft Click below for media and pedigree information LOT 191 LOT 391 LOT 705 COLT COLT FILLY DEEP FIELD - PIERRO - NOT A SINGLE DOUBT COURAGEOUS IMPOSING LASS - RHODAMINE KITTY [email protected] | For further information, please contact Rob Petith on +61 410 464 345 Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by The B2B Thoroughbreds consigned colt ex Brugal Reward was purchased by Belmont Bloodstock Agency for $500,000. Also on Day 1 Edinburgh Park’s filly ex Alice's Smart was bought by Moody Racing for $340,000. DUAL GR.1-WINNING SPRINTER BY SIRE OF SIRES FASTNET ROCK BRED ON THE SAME DANEHILL/SNIPPETS CROSS AS SNITZEL Colm Santry, John Kennedy, Paddy Oman, Tom Moore, Rob Archibald or Emma Pugsley Tel: 02 6576 4200. New Zealand: Gordon Calder Tel:+64 218 41612. www.coolmore.com $1.9 million Snitzel colt sets tone for Magic Millions Yearling Sale | 4 | Wednesday, January 13, 2021 << Continued from page 2 “All the top people seemed to be on him. You saw what we had to pay for him, but he was a nice colt and we’ve a great group of people to race the horse with,” Tom Magnier said. “We are going to need some luck, but we are in a great country to do that. It’s just great to be able to go to the Gold Coast and fair play to the Magic Millions, they've got all the people here and there are a great bunch of horses.” Chris Waller will train the Snitzel colt, who is the first foal out of Listed winner Bonny O’Reilly (O’Reilly). He was offered asLot 115. “There were lots of people who admired the colt and wanted to buy him, but it came down to two big teams with a fair bit of conviction,” Widden Stud’s Antony Thompson said. “Coolmore obviously is the biggest stallion player in the world and Lot 27: Written Tycoon ex Alcatraz colt MAGIC MILLIONS their support of Australia is well-known, so for MV Magnier to quarantine with Mick Flanagan to be down here with his brother Tom to support “The first time she went through the Magic Millions off the track, I was the Australian industry the way they have, I think the whole Australian under bidder at $800,000 and she made $825,000, and I regretted the fact industry owe them a huge debt of gratitude for taking that time out over that I didn’t keep going,” Thompson revealed. the Christmas period to isolate in a hotel to be part of this sale. “I thought about it for a while and, luckily for me, we got a second “It says a lot about their commitment to the industry.” opportunity when she came back through the sale 12 months later in foal Thompson, in conjunction with David Redvers, paid $1.2 million to Snitzel and we had to go a bit further. for Bonny O’Reilly carrying the session-topping colt at the 2019 Magic “We paid $1.2 million for her then but I didn’t want to miss her the Millions National Broodmare Sale, a year after being underbidder on the second time. At the time it was a lot of money for her, but she was just a former Bjorn Baker-trained mare at the same Gold Coast auction, where stunning mare. It’s such a family and those blue hens are hard to come by, she realised $800,000 in 2018. so I was delighted when I was able to buy her.” Continued on page 6>> Frankel 2008 b h Galileo - Kind (Danehill) 70% WINNERS TO RUNNERS The SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE 22% BLACKTYPE PERFORMERS TO RUNNERS Numbers SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE 8% GROUP 1 PERFORMERS TO RUNNERS SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE THE FASTEST THE LEADING EUROPEAN SIRE EUROPEAN SIRE BY TO % RUNNERS RATED FROM ONLY 37 SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE BRED RUNNERS 40 + GROUP WINNERS 100IN 2020 IN HISTORY Contact Shane Horan, Claire Curry or Henry Bletsoe +44 (0)1638 731115 [email protected] www.juddmonte.com @JuddmonteFarms Statistics correct to 8th January 2021 Follow us @anz_news | 4 | Brought to you by TAGALOA - ANDERS - INVADER - ALABAMA EXPRESS - SHOWTIME - SOOBOOG PARIAH - CASTELVECCHIO - SUPER SETH - THE AUTUMN SUN - WANDJINA Bonaria’s $975,000 filly heads to Victoria | 6 | Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Bonaria’s $975,000 filly heads to Victoria “Across the board, it’s really pleasing to see the optimism of horse Only two lots earlier, Widden sold an I Am Invincible filly on behalf people and the can-do attitude to make sure things happen.