The hammer continues to fall at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast.
A whopping $146 million has now been spent across 520 lots and we’re just three days into the event at Bundall.
The latest yearling from Arrowfield Stud’s grand producer Madame Andree was the top seller on day three, with the Snitzel filly going under the hammer for a cool $1.6 million.
She was purchased by Hermitage Thoroughbreds, who are over the moon with the buy.
“There was a lot of competition for her,” Hermitage’s Shannon Clarke said.
“She was our top pick for the sale… Obviously we’ve had a lot of luck with a Snitzel filly recently and that’s probably guided us into this filly today.
“That was our limit. That was where we were going to sit and my heart was pounding at that point and I’m happy that we were able to secure her.
“We have a lot of luck with Arrowfield-bred horses, sold horses. It’s a great partnership that we have and long may it continue.”
The sale gross has now surpassed the same stage as last year despite less horses being offered due to an increased average of over $281,000 and a clearance rate of over 85 per cent.
“We’ve had 30 lots less at this point in time compared to last year but the gross is up around $1.7 million on last year so we are tracking along nicely and we have a similar day to last year coming up,” Magic Millions Managing Director Barry Bowditch said.
Bowditch said he and his team was looking forward to today’s Howden Super Session with a quality line-up of yearlings set to be sold.
“I think the Super Session will be buzzing,” he said.
“There’ll be more people around for the races and I see the sale continuing to build on itself day-by-day.
“There is a really good vibe and everything that we hoped for.”
Day Four, the Howden Super Session, will commence at 10am this morning.
