AUCTIONS – QUEENSLAND

Fastnet Rock colt hits the magic $1m on first day

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Original article by Andrew White
The Australian – Page: 4 : 11-Jan-18

The Gold Coast’s annual Magic Millions yearling auction began on 10 January, with the total value of sales exceeding $A39m for the day. The average sale price was $A215,220, which is 10.2 per cent higher than the average for the 2017 auction. Tom Magnier of Coolmore Stud was the successful bidder for a colt that was sired by Coolmore’s "Fastnet Rock", paying about $A1m for the horse.

CORPORATES
MAGIC MILLIONS LIMITED, COOLMORE STUD, ARROWFIELD STUD, RACING NSW, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, THE CHINA HORSE CLUB

Gold Coast property ‘the pick’ for 2016

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Original article by Matthew Cranston
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 2 : 25-Jan-16

Ray White Group’s joint chairman Brian White is upbeat about the outlook for the Gold Coast’s residential property market in 2016. He notes that the region is attracting growing interest from interstate buyers. Ray White sold more than $A27m worth of Gold Coast properties on 23 January, at the annual auction known as "The Event". The clearance rate was 53 per cent.

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RAY WHITE GROUP, SQM RESEARCH PTY LTD

Race on for Magic Millions

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Original article by Fiona Carruthers
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 8 : 6-Jan-15

Some 916 yearlings will be offered at the Gold Coast’s Magic Millions sale, which will run from 7-12 January 2015. The yearling sale began in 1986, and boasted total sales in excess of $A219m by the end of 2014. The annual thoroughbred sale will be accompanied by the Magic Millions race day, whose prizemoney will rise from $A4.7m in 2015 to $A10m in 2016. Magic Millions is owned by Gerry Harvey and Katie Page

CORPORATES
MAGIC MILLIONS LIMITED, WILLIAM INGLIS AND SON LIMITED, HARVEY NORMAN HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX HVN, TATTERSALLS LIMITED, KEENELAND, RACING QUEENSLAND LIMITED, PATINACK FARM PTY LTD