MM sale remains at Easter 12/10/07
Australia's most popular sale, the Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions Yearling Sale, will run as planned from March 24 next year over nine sessions.
Magic Millions Managing Director, David Chester said, "The sale dates of March 24 to April 3 were the best available for the Gold Coast event."
"We tried hard with the rest of the industry to come up with the right dates, always bearing in mind that Magic Millions sets a scene for the New Year with a sale built around its precocious quality entries."
"Easter seemed just the right time to get the selling season rolling," Chester added.
"We, like the rest of the industry, were troubled by the short preparation period between our sales at Easter and other sales in late April but strong vendor feedback kept telling us to go at Easter, given the extraordinary circumstances of the Equine Influenza outbreak and its effect on delaying the 2008 selling year."
Magic Millions will kick off on Easter Monday with its world famous $4.1 million Magic Millions race day, which should give a huge boost of enthusiasm to the sale.
Selling will begin Monday evening and followed by four sessions through till Thursday 27 March. Session Five will start on Sunday the 30th March through to Session Nine on the 3rd April.
"The year 2008 will be crucial to the whole thoroughbred industry as it seeks to recover from the damage of 2007. Magic Millions will bring all of its marketing and firepower to bear to ensure the best start possible," Chester added.
"Furthermore, our sales are renowned for their high clearance rate and the strong local and international buying bench, and in 2008 we will make super efforts to maintain these features."
Any vendors interested in nominating further yearlings because of the later time slot should contact the Bloodstock department at Magic Millions now.
All other dates for Magic Millions sales in 2008 will run as scheduled.
CARNIVAL PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
- Monday 24th March (Easter Monday)
Magic Millions raceday - featuring the $1.5 million Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions 2YO Classic and $1 million Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions 3YO Trophy
Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions Yearling Sale - Session 1 (night session) - Tuesday 25th March
Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions Yearling Sale - Session 2 - Wednesday 26th March
Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions Yearling Sale - Session 3 - Thursday 27th March
Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions Yearling Sale - Session 4 - Sunday 30th March
Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions Yearling Sale - Session 5 - Monday 31st March
Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions Yearling Sale - Session 6 - Tuesday 1st April
Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions Yearling Sale - Session 7 - Wednesday 2nd April
Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions Yearling Sale - Session 8 - Thursday 3rd April
Conrad Jupiters Magic Millions Yearling Sale - Session 9
* session details are provisional
2007/08 MAGIC MILLIONS SALE DATES
- Magic Millions Perth Horses in Training Sale - 16 October 2007
- Magic Millions Gold Coast Horses in Training Sale - 25-28 November 2007
- Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale - 15-22 February, 2008
- Magic Millions Tasmanian Select Yearling Sale - 25-26 February, 2008
- Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale - 10-13 March, 2008
- Magic Millons National Weanling Sale - 26-28 May, 2008
- Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale - 2-6 June, 2008
- Magic Millions National Yearling Sale - 10-13 June, 2008
