Saturday, January 11, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here PINHOOKING RESULTSDIRECT & DAY FOURTO YOUR - PAGE INBOX 35 | EVERYYESTERDAY'S MORNING RACE RESULTS - PAGE 36 Hawkes’ continue What's on Stakes races: Gold Coast (QLD) - Magic spending spree with $1.8m Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m), Magic Millions 3YO Guineas (RL, 1400m), Magic Exceed And Excel colt Millions Cup (RL, 1400m), Flemington (VIC) - Chester Manifold Stakes (Listed, Magic Millions on track to set new record after 1400m), Randwick - January Cup (Listed, 2000m), Trentham - Levin Classic (Gr 1, three million-dollar lots 1600m), Trentham Stakes (Gr 3, 2100m), Anniversary Handicap (Gr 3, 1600m) Metropolitan meetings: Randwick (NSW), Flemington (VIC), Gold Coast (QLD), Pinjarra Park (WA), Murray Bridge (SA), Darwin (NT), Trentham (NZ) Race meetings: Glen Innes (NSW), Kembla Grange (NSW), Queanbeyan (NSW), Werribee (VIC), Warwick (QLD), Kumara (NZ) Sales: Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale - Book 1 - Day Four Lot 640 Exceed And Excel - Platelet colt MAGIC MILLIONS And Excel’s 2019 Coolmore Stud Stakes (Gr 1, BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS 1200m) (registered as Ascot Vale Stakes) winner he stallion-making stable of Hawkes Exceedance under Hawkes’ care, was also the Racing yesterday warded off highest-priced yearling sold on day three of the MAGIC MILLIONS REVIEW heavyweight Coolmore in a tense Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. but theatrical bidding duel to ensure A colt by Deep Impact (Sunday Silence) was Smith savours magical Ta $1.8 million Exceed And Excel (Danehill) colt sold for $1.9 million on Thursday to retain top moment for Edinburgh Park became the most expensive yearling ever sold by billing, but for Exceed And Excel yesterday’s result Edinburgh Park’s Ian Smith was left elated the champion stallion. continued a remarkable past 12 months in the sales last night after selling his first $1 million The loftily-priced colt, who joins Exceed ring and on the track. Continued on page 2>> colt, a son of Exceed And Excel, eight years after coming so close to reaching the elusive | PAGE 22 figure. Magic Millions review page 4 >> Follow us @anz_news: click here | 1 | Brought to you by Hawkes’ continue spending spree with $1.8m Exceed And Excel colt Saturday, January 11, 2020 << Continued from page 1 Late in the day, an Catalogued as Lot 640, he is the second foal out of dual Exceed And Excel colt also reached an even $1 million, Group 1-winning mare Platelet (Strategic) whose record marking a milestone for breeder Ian Smith of Edinburgh Park stood at ten victories when retired to stud. as his first yearling sold for seven figures. “Everyone says Magic Millions and Golden Slipper and With the final session of Book 1 set to take place tonight, ten everything like that, but I've won a couple of them, the old boy million-dollar lots have passed through the ring, including three yesterday, which has won four of them. I certainly know what it takes to win a Golden contributed to an aggregate of $158,327,000 as 628 horses have changed hands. Slipper,” Hawkes continued. A total of 79 yearlings have sold for at least $500,000, already significantly “The bottom line is, he's a beautiful, beautiful athlete, which is what more than the 66 youngsters that breached that figure in 2019, to once again you are looking for. illustrate the strength of the overall market. “He's got the sire's side with Exceed And Excel, but when you see a mum, Wayne Hawkes, stood alongside father John and brother Michael, was just who has two Group 1 wins as a sprinter, it’s very, very hard to find those mares. metres from the Coolmore team as they vied for the session-topping Cressfield- “A lot of times, people don’t sell the progeny out of those mares.” bred-and-sold colt, and he knew they would have to dig deep to ensure the The Hawkes-trained Group 1 winners Divine Prophet (Choisir) and Star highly-vaunted yearling returned home with them. Turn (Star Witness) have their first crop yearlings on offer this year, while the “He was the colt of the sale we thought, so when Coolmore walked in father and son training team are preparing both Exceedance and Doncaster about Lot 635 I said to MV (Magnier) ‘here we go, Lot 640’ and he looked at Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) scorer Brutal (O’Reilly) for autumn campaigns before their me and said ‘don’t get aggressive’. I said ‘I’m not aggressive’ and he just looked likely retirement to the Hunter Valley in time for the 2020 breeding season. at me and smiled. To their credit Tom Magnier just came up and said well “I don't want to give too many secrets away, but let’s just say we've got a done,” Wayne Hawkes said. lot of lovely horses that keep on making us look good,” Hawkes said. “It wasn't easy, that's for sure, and certainly they are a pretty tough “There is a knack to training colts, there is no doubt about that, because - crowd to get past.” and I'm going to say it - there are not many people who can continually do it. While yesterday’s $1.8 million lot created a new sale benchmark for “That sounds cocky and everything, but we are coming off Brutal and Exceed And Excel, the colt is also the eighth million-dollar yearling - and Exceedance in 2019. You won't get much better than a Coolmore and a second at this year’s sale - by Darley’s flagbearer. 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Coolmore-sired Group 1 winners in 2019 that were sold as yearlings at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale include Pierata (Pierro), Prince Fawaz (Fastnet Rock) and Winning Ways (Declaration of War) as well as The Everest winner Yes Yes Yes (Rubick). Michael Kirwan, John Kennedy, Colm Santry, Paddy Oman, Tom Moore or Rob Archibald Tel: 02 6576 4200. New Zealand: Gordon Calder Tel:+64 218 41612. www.coolmore.com Smith savours magical moment for Edinburgh Park | 4 | Saturday, January 11, 2020 Smith savours magical moment for Edinburgh Park Edinburgh Park’s Ian Smith was left elated last night after selling his first $1 million colt, a son of Exceed And Excel, eight years after coming so close to reaching the elusive figure. A long-time breeder, Smith thought he had achieved the milestone in 2012 when he offered Bull Point (Fastnet Rock), but the bidding was pulled back from seven figures to $960,000, leaving him agonisingly short. The colt is the fourth foal out of the US-winning mare Smokin’ Alice (Smoke Glacken), a family Smith has invested in strongly, while she has already produced the stakes-placed Eleven Eleven (Fastnet Rock) and the stakes-placed juvenile War Memorial (Fastnet Rock). His second dam is US stakes winner Darling Alice (Northern Flagship), Lot 784 Exceed And Excel - Smokin' Alice colt MAGIC MILLIONS whose offspring are also responsible for producing the stakes-placed Miss Wonderland (Snitzel), South American stakes winner Endrygol (Evolutionist) and, value for money, he’s the best stallion in the country,’ he said. and Piacenza (League Of Nations). The colt was catalogued asLot 784. Rosehill-based Gerald Ryan zeroed in on the colt after inspecting him “We went close with Bull Point one year … and today we finally got to a week ago and was determined to buy him despite having to pay double a million, which is another mountain climbed,” Smith said. what he thought the horse would make. “We went and sourced those mares in America and we have a whole “He is a lovely, athletic, great moving colt. I've sat back and waited for him heap back at home and they are in foal to the best stallions in the country. and that's why we haven't bought many others along the way,” Ryan said. This is proof right here that this is what the market wants.” “His two brothers go well. Eleven Eleven goes around (today) in the Smith also reserved praise for Exceed And Excel. Guineas and the two-year-old has had one start for a Listed placing. He “He’s a fantastic stallion. We’ve got three mares at home in foal to him looks as if he would be a horse that would be back here next year." LEADING BUYERS Name Lots Average ($) Aggregate ($) Hawkes Racing 15 451,000 6,765,000 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Racing 22 272,955 6,005,000 Aquis Farm 10 491,500 4,915,000 James Harron Bloodstock 9 501,111 4,510,000 Tom Magnier 7 615,000 4,305,000 Waller Racing/Mulcaster Bloodstock 7 587,857 4,115,000 John Sadler Racing 9 401,667 3,615,000 Spendthrift Australia Pty Ltd 7 426,429 2,985,000 Ciaron Maher Racing 13 215,385 2,800,000 Godolphin 5 532,000 2,660,000 (LopeBELARDO de Vega – Danaskaya by Danehill) CHAMPION 2YO OF EUROPE Dual G1 winner G1 performer at 2YO, 3YO & 4YO Rated 126 by Timeform First Yearlings Selling Karaka 2020 Follow us @anz_news: click here | 4 | Brought to you by Bell backs his own sire with $825,000 colt | 6 | Saturday, January 11, 2020 Lot 732 Breeding: Dundeel - Scarlet Moretta (Fastnet Rock) colt Position Vacant Price: $750,000 Buyer: James Harron Bloodstock Vendor: Mill Park Stud Internal Accountant James Harron’s colts syndicate added a son of Dundeel (High Chaparral) to its bloodstock portfolio yesterday, with the trainer of recent Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Super Seth (Dundeel), Highly regarded Hunter Valley Horse Stud requires an Anthony Freedman, set to take charge of the horse.