Young mares with recent racing success and live families will be on offer Day 3.

Porter on Pedigrees

A few days after the third-place finisher in the Remsen Stakes (G2) posted an initial stakes victory, the highly regarded winner of the mile-and-an-eighth stakes is taking his first steps toward matching his full brother’s magical accomplishment.

Four horses on opening day of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale reached a million dollars or more. Two were purchased by New Zealand powerhouse Te Akau Racing as David Ellis ramped up the operation’s permanent Australian presence.

Cherry Knoll Farm was victorious for a $430,000 Not This Time colt Jan. 9, after a bidding snafu initially had the colt sold for $450,000.

Dollars and Sense with Frank Angst

Four horses on opening day of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale reached a million dollars or more and two were purchased by New Zealand powerhouse Te Akau Racing as David Ellis ramped up the operation’s permanent Australian presence.

Porter on Pedigrees

2018 Triple Crown winner Justify made headlines Jan. 9 on the second day of the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale when Hip 594, a yearling colt out of the Lawyer Ron mare Undercover Justice, sold to P B Bloodstock for $400,000.

When John Stewart of Resolute Bloodstock attends a sale, he means business, firing back with a bid until the prospective hip is inked at the fall of the hammer.