The New Year means the start of yearling sale season is just around the corner! Kicking off with the famous Magic Millions Gold Coast sale that has produced champions like Winx, Imperatriz and Alligator Blood.
2026 sees 14 new sires first yearling progeny go through the ring. Check out some of the highly anticipated sires below:
Anamoe – Street Boss x Anamato – Sire Fee $110,000
Horse of the Year. A nine-time G1-winning champion recording elite-level victories at two, three and four.
A magnificent Thoroughbred specimen with the looks to match his ability; 14 magnificent victories and over $11 million in prizemoney from 1,000 to 2,040 metres against the best of his age and of any age. Superbly bred: From the increasingly successful Street Cry sire line from a G1-winning Redoute’s Choice mare with a deep Black-Type family.
Jacquinot – Rubick x Ponterro – Sire Fee $24,200
Covered an impressive book of 301 MARES in his first 2 seasons at stud
WINNER of the Golden Rose, just like ZOUSTAR and the emerging OLE KIRK
DEFEATED 5 GR.1 WINNERS when winning the Golden Rose, inc. IN SECRET, FIREBURN, SHE’S EXTREME, GOLDEN MILE and DAUMIER
DEFEATED 6 GR.1 WINNERS when capturing the CF Orr, inc. I’M THUNDERSTRUCK and MR BRIGHTSIDE
In The Congo – Snitzel x Via Africa – Sire Fee $27,500
- By a Champion, out of a Champion
- 3/4 brother to unbeaten Group 1 Winner Autumn Glow
- Australia’s busiest first season sire in 2023
- Winner of the Group 1 Golden Rose defeating Champion Anamoe & other Group 1 Winners Artorius, Captivant & Startantes
- “He is exactly what Australian racing is all about: a fast, tough colt and he will make a great stallion.” – co-trainer Gai Waterhouse Sydney Morning Herald September 26, 2021
- “It was a terrific display of sustained speed,” – form analyst Daniel O’Sullivan on In The Congo’s win in the Group 1 Golden Rose
Artorius – Flying Artie x Gracie’s Lass – Sire Fee $22,000
Group 1 Blue Diamond Winner who trained on to win the Group 1 WFA Canterbury Stakes defeating 10-time Group 1 Winning Champion Imperatriz
Like his grandsire Redoute’s Choice, Artorius was a dominant Blue Diamond winner who trained on to be an elite Group 1 sprinter
Showed remarkable consistency and Group 1 form from two to four placing multiple times at Group 1 level in Australia and internationally
Hitotsu – Maurice x Love is Frickle – Sire Fee $22,000
The first horse since champion Mahogany in 1994 to complete the difficult Victoria Derby/Australian Guineas/Australian Derby treble, Hitotsu retired in 2023 as one of Australian racing’s biggest stars.
Even more remarkably, Hitotsu won all three Group 1 Classics in succession, and became the only horse ever to win the 1600-metre Australian Guineas fresh, four months after his Flemington triumph. Past Australian Guineas winners include Champion Sires Zabeel & Flying Spur.
A month after the Guineas, Hitotsu won a fierce battle for the Australian Derby at Randwick, becoming the first 3YO since his barnmate Dundeel to win three consecutive Australian Group 1 races.
State Of Rest – Starspangledbanner x Repose – Sire Fee $22,000
4x Group 1 winner in four different countries – Group 1 Cox Plate – Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes – Group 1 Prix Ganay – Grade 1 Saratoga Derby
The only horse in history to have won three consecutive Group/Grade 1 races on three different continents
Won the stallion-making Group 1 Cox Plate defeating the Southern Hemisphere’s best racehorse in Anamoe who carried 7kgs less & Horse of the Year Verry Elleegant
A Cox Plate Winning 3YO, just like Savabeel, So You Think & Shamus Award