Magic Millions has released the catalog for this year's National Weanling Sale, which will take place May 25 on the Gold Coast.
A line-up of 365 weanlings (plus supplements) will be offered during the one-day session, including a half brother to Hong Kong champion Golden Sixty by Medaglia d'Oro and The Autumn Sun half sister to Melbourne Cup (G1) hero Knight's Choice.
They will be joined by relations to fellow group 1 winners Chain Of Lightning, Royal Merchant, Shadow Hero, The Mission, and Vibrant Sun.
"I think this is a sale that each and every year—this is the sale Pierro was sold at, Zoustar, Stay Inside, and then the graduates in the last racing season—it's just continued to reel out outstanding performers," Magic Millions managing director Barry Bowditch told ANZ Bloodstock News.
"I think it's not just about people coming to the sale to pinhook. Yes, they come with confidence because it's a sale they do really, really well at by pinhooking each year, but I think it's a sale now that you need to pay attention to, whether you're a trainer or an owner looking to race the best stock you possibly can—I think this is a weanling sale that needs to be taken notice of considering the stock that comes out of it every year.
"When you look at the catalog we've put together this year, it's a very strong lineup of horses."
The catalog features progeny by more than 100 individual sires, from proven champions to exciting young stallions, including 15 first-season sires.
"It's a sale where I think all budgets are taken care of, and I think we've got a lot of quality and depth in our catalog," Bowditch said.
"It's an exciting sale—this is the first sale to see the first-season sires, obviously we're really looking forward to seeing the first of the Anamoes, we're excited by him.
"Then you've got the likes of Artorious and Best Of Bordeaux, Hitosu and In The Congo, Jacquinot, just to name a few, so there's a really strong lineup of first-season horses as well as the proven horses.
"This is the only sale in this part of the world at the moment that's got a Wootton Bassett in it—we've got four of them—some Extreme Choices, Snitzels, I Am Invincibles. Then you look at the first-season sires this year, Home Affairs, Stay Inside, Farnan, Ole Kirk, they're very well represented, so all in all it's an exciting catalog that the vendors have allowed us to put together on their behalf."
The National Weanling Sale marks the beginning of the 2025 National Sale on the Gold Coast, with the National Broodmare Sale taking place May 27-28 and the National Yearling Sale set to follow June 2-3.
To view the catalog for the 2025 Gold Coast National Weanling Sale, click here or download it via the Equineline Catalog App on iPad.
