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The catalogue for February's BMW Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale features a record 787 lots.
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The Belmont Park auction will run from February 15 to 22 for the first time over five sessions.
Graduates of this sale in recent years include Australian stars Plastered, Early Express, Barely A Moment, Hardrada, Cats Fun, Natural Blitz, Scenic Shot, Translate and Black Tom.
Sale graduates have also left Australia and raced with great distinction, particularly in South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia.
Magic Millions Perth manager Murray Tillett said the catalogue was without doubt the best he had put together.
"Not only is the catalogue the biggest I have put together, but it will be clearly the best quality line up of yearlings we've had the honour of presenting to buyers," Tillett commented.
"We have 148 different sires represented in an overall catalogue of 787 yearlings - record numbers and representative across the board."
Highlight lots include full or half) relations to Group One winners Barely a Moment, Cats Fun, Natural Blitz, Old Fashion, Redding and Sound The Alarm as well as other stars including Denmarket, French Bid, La Bella Dame, Mansion House, Market Price and Schilling.
Also in the line up are top prospects from stakes winning mares including Aphasia, British Lion, French Resort, Lady Wild, Leica Jewel, Let's Hurry, Love to Dance, Magic Heaven, Night's Upon Us, Sutton Review and Tis Juliet.
The major vendors represented include Toreby Park (59 lots), Mungrup Stud (54), Durham Lodge (40), Gervase Park Stud (39), Korilya Stud (37), Balmoral Park (35), Heytesbury Thoroughbreds (30), Yarradale Stud (30), Alwyn Park Stud (25) and Rangeview Stud (25).
The sale is complimented by the running of the $250,000 Magic Millions Perth 2YO Classic at Ascot on Saturday February 16.
"To have the $250,000 Classic run on a Saturday is a great coup for Magic Millions - it will be joined by two other stakes races on what will be a great day at Ascot," Tillett said.
The first session of the sale will kick off at 4pm on Friday February 15.
Some 140 yearlings are scheduled to go through the ring during the first session including youngsters by sires including Bel Esprit, Blackfriars, Bletchley Park, Commands, Danehill Dancer, Danzero, Elvstroem, Exceed and Excel, Flying Spur, General Nediym, Helenus, Iglesia, Ihtiram, Johannesburg, Key Business, Magic Albert, Oratorio, Reset, Rock of Gibraltar, Shamardal, Spinning World, Strategic and Tale of the Cat.
The action will then swing to the racetrack on Saturday afternoon with the running of the $250,000 BMW Magic Millions Perth 2YO Classic at Ascot, before the crowd heads back to the Belmont Sales Complex for session two.
During the second session 105 yearlings have been catalogue by the likes of Bel Esprit, Blackfriars, Bletchley Park, Catbird, Choisir, Dante's Fury, Danzero, El Moxie, Elvstroem, Fastnet Rock, General Nediym, Helenus, Hurricane Sky, Iglesia, Ihtiram, Key Business, Lion Heart, Lonhro, More Than Ready, Mossman, Oratorio, Royal Academy, Shamardal, Tale of the Cat and Tiger Hill.
The third session of the sale with 200 yearlings catalogued for sale on Sunday February 17 offers prospects by sires including Anabaa, Bel Esprit, Bianconi, Blackfriars, Bletchley Park, Catbird, Elvstroem, Exceed and Excel, Fastnet Rock, Flying Spur, Fusaichi Pegasus, Galileo, Helenus, Ihtiram, Key Business, Magic Albert, McFlirt, Mossman, Niello, Not a Single Doubt, One Cool Cat, Oratorio, Red Ransom, Reset, Rock of Gibraltar, Royal Academy, Rubiton, Shamardal, Spinning World, Tiger Hill, Untouchable and Zedrich.
The final two sessions - four and five - to be held on February 21 and 22.
A number of outstanding gallopers have emerged from the final sessions of the Perth Sale and Tillett is confident there will be plenty more in the future.
Sires represented over the final two days of the sale include the likes of Beautiful Crown, Bianconi, Blackfriars, Bletchley Park, Blevic, Choisir, Clang, Danasinga, Dante's Fury, Desert King, Don Eduardo, Dubleo, Fusaichi Pegasus, Helenus, Hold That Tiger, Hurricane Sky, Ihtiram, Key Business, King Cugat, Lord Dane, McFlirt, One Cool Cat, Oratorio, Planchet, Quest for Fame, Real Jester, Show a Heart, State City, Stormy's Son, Tobougg, Untouchable, Xaar, Zedrich and Zenstov Street.
Yearlings offered at the 2008 BMW Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale are eligible to be a part of the $5 million Magic Millions Race Series.
