f you want an idea of the state of Australian thoroughbred breeding, a simple look at the first season stallions who have offerings at the major yearling sales is a good place to start. At the recently completed Magic Millions sales, we saw that there are an incredible 22 stallions who first went to stud in the 2021 season represented. As a background, in 2021 there were 20283 mares covered in the Australian breeding season. These mares produced 13050 live foals. The first season stallions at Magic Millions covered a total of 3028 mares, or around 14.93% of the total mares covered for the season. They produced a total of 2050 live foals, or 15.71% of the total foals in Australia in that season. These lots represent 25.89% of the total offerings at the 2024 January Magic Millions sales. I made comment in the January editorial that I thought that the quality of recent Magic Millions races looked
