2021 Magic Millions

This is going to be a most interesting sale, both in terms of whether physical participation will be permitted and how the market will adjust to the current uncertainty. It looks a strong catalogue but looks disproportionately weighted to a few stallions as opposed to a more even spread. Of the freshmen, Hellbent, Merchant Navy, Pariah and particularly Russian Revolution have been given every chance with strong representation across the board. I agree with Goldey on the other thread that the Russian Revolutions look like a really attractive, marketable bunch.

Who is nervous? American Pharoah vendors, I would suggest, potentially also those with a Star Turn? I am assuming that the market won't mark Maurice too hard yet. I'd be interested on views on Capitalist - he is going OK but he has had absolutely every chance and they should be pre-Christmas. There are 48 of them to sell.

The stallion whose progeny are showing they will be racehorses, considering most looked like late maturers is Flying Artie

How are you supposed to get all the way through this catalogue.  

It's taken me over a month to plough through the catalogue - and that was only at a cursory level.  If I were looking to select for actual purchase it would be absolute murder.

Well, those looking for potential value for money will go on the last day for the tail end of Book 2 (as you say, an exhausted market) and any outstanding types in Book 3.  They could well give the earlier days a miss thinking those yearlings will go for more money as would-be buyers would be fresher and more funded.

By lot 60 sale holding well. Clearance 80%  Ave $240  Med $180.    Same as last year

Lot 113 coming up.  Am told she's a great looker, but is arguably back at the knee and throws her off front.  So very interested in what she brings.

Well there you go: $975,000.

Both appear to be lovely types..........from the pictures 

Thanks SC The specific angles are 30 degrees to 40 & that 10% difference impacts their entire anatomyhaving a huge effect on stride to start the ball rolling

now on a positive note

I had a look for curious reasons Glencoe , when walking he appears to my wee eye that his length of reign levels out nicely due to a massive overstep fwiw.

Bonjour you could be a tad hard on the pedigree.  Yes its not the Redoute's family or the Black Caviar family etc etc.  But the dam was a stakes winner or 8 races and many mares retire maidens.  Her dam was a 1/2 sister to two G1 winners.  The stallions used Snitzel (well four times top), O'Reilly (champion son of Last Tycoon), Pins (one of the most versitile sons of Snippets with a champion broodmare as his grandam and stakes winning dam with Kaoru Star as well), Centaine (Century, Better Boy, Vain, Todman you name it he had it and we sent him to NZ) etc.  While the dam is inbred to Pakistan sire of Hunza the grandam of O'Reilly and also a champion broodmare with 5 stakes winners to her name.

I could be wrong here but I think the vendor paid $ 1-2 Mill. in foal to Snitzel .

Carioca wrote: I could be wrong here but I think the vendor paid $ 1-2 Mill. in foal to Snitzel .