| A beautiful filly by Blue Diamond Stakes winner Tagaloa topped the final day of the 2026 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale when selling for $270,000. |
| Cape Schanck Stud, the successful Victorian thoroughbred operation for the Ottobre family, secured the top seller during Sunday’s Book Two session. Catalogued as Lot 1113, the good looking brown filly was offered by Yulong, the stud which stands her sire Tagaloa, himself a former Gold Coast Yearling Sale purchase. The filly is from a winning full sister to another Blue Diamond Stakes winner (and AJ Moir Stakes) in Extreme Choice – the superstar sire who now stands at Newgate Farm and sire of one of this week’s overall Book One top sellers at $2 million. Tony Ottobre, best known through the outstanding exploits of his Jenni horses including front running crowd favourite Pride of Jenni, was pleased to secure the $270,000 filly. “I was after some value,” Ottobre said moments after the filly’s purchase. “But obviously the other guys (underbidders) were on her as well.” “She’s a nice filly and I thought she was a strong enough horse to bid that high.” “I paid a fair price for her,” Ottobre added. Earlier in the afternoon local trainer Jay Bellamy went to $200,000 to secure the full sister to last year’s $1 million Magic Millions National 2Yo Classic winner Isti Star. The filly, catalogued as Lot 1077, was presented by the Foster family’s Yarramalong Park and is from a Redoute’s Choice half sister to Group One winner Rewaaya. “It’s tougher for us little fellas,” Bellamy said. “But we got lucky today and got one.” “These clients have had $150,000 the whole time and we couldn’t get one. So I said we’ll have to go higher for this one and we got it.” “That was our last bid,” Bellamy added. “So we were lucky.” Across the Book Two sale over $9.2 million was traded on 179 lots sold at an average price of $51,466 and clearance rate of over 84 per cent. Over the week of selling Book One and Two combined grossed over $212.8 million at an average price of $228,407 for 932 lots sold. “I thought today for Book Two was a really solid day,” Magic Millions Managing Director Barry Bowditch said. “I think it (the one day format) worked very well.” “The vendors received it well. They all had their horses in to parade on Friday and Saturday and also this morning.” “The vibe and the new faces on the results sheet across the day was great – a new influx of buyers and they really supported the sale.” “The numbers today were great. We’ve got a gross over $9.2 million and a clearance over 84 per cent.” “All in all to have 140 less horses (catalogued) and have a really healthy and solid day it’s turned out a good format – it was really solid and ends the sale well.” Bowditch said he couldn’t have been happier with how the entire carnival played out. “It’s been the most incredible carnival. From the Gold Raceday to the Pacific Fair Polo and Showjumping, the Barrier Draw and of course TAB Magic Millions Raceday.” “That alongside an incredibly successful sale has made it a hugely successful event. To everyone that has played their part we thank you. From the security staff to the bar staff, transport companies, the leaders and stud staff – there’s so many that make this sale very special.” “We thank everyone for their participation and their efforts,” Bowditch added. “My team at Magic Millions have worked tirelessly and helped deliver the most remarkable event – I am so proud of them all.” Entries are now open for the next Magic Millions Digital Sale (23-28 Jan) and will close on Wednesday. To find out more or to lodge an entry click here. To view the results of the Gold Coast Yearling Sale or to make an offer on a passed in lot click here. BOOK 2 STATISTICS (2025 in brackets) Lots Catalogued: 241 (380) Lots Sold: 179 (235) Lots Passed In: 34 (102) Lots Withdrawn: 28 (43) Sale Gross: $9,212,500 ($10,673,500) Top Price: $270,000 ($185,000) Average Price: $51,466 ($45,419) Median Price: $42,500 ($36,000) Sold %: 84 (70) BOOK 2 TOP SELLERS $270,000 – Tagaloa-Mightily filly (Lot 1113) Vendor: Yulong (As Agent) / Buyer: Cape Schanck Stud (Vic) $200,000 – Better Than Ready-Istiraaha filly (Lot 1077) Yarramalong Park / Jay Bellamy (Qld) $180,000 – Bivouac-Rebel Cry colt (Lot 1154) Eureka Stud (As Agent) / Brett Cavanough Racing (Qld) $170,000 – Tassort-Pinot Madam filly (Lot 1141) Blue Gum Farm (As Agent) / Mishani Enterprises (Qld) $150,000 – Better Than Ready-Haven colt (Lot 1060) Telemon Stud (As Agent) / Gollan Racing Pty Ltd (Qld) $150,000 – D’Argento-Sadler’s Wish colt (Lot 1163) Bowness Stud / Wenguang Niu (China) |
