There is no easing into the new year in the Australian thoroughbred industry. Many peo-ple in Australia take time off to sit back and relax, meanwhile yearlings ship into the Magic Millions complex in the first week of January for the Gold Coast Yearling Sale, one of the country’s most prominent sales of the year.

A truly amazing event, the sale also incorpo-rates the famous Magic Millions race day, plus polo and the barrier draw on Surfers Paradise beach, which Aquis Farm was heavily involved with.

The January sale is over for another year, and the focus is now on to the Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale where all horses are eligible for QTIS bonuses.

As a Queensland farm, we are also excited to be supporting the Capricornia Yearling Sale in Rockhampton for the first time this year. Ad-ditionally, we will be featuring drafts at various other sales this year and would like to invite clients to join our drafts and use Aquis Farm as their agent.

Farm Update

Image: Aquis Farm owned Dissident x Kidwelly filly

shortly before weaning.

With its close proximity to the Magic Millions sales complex at the Gold Coast, Aquis Farm is the perfect facility for buyers to send their freshly bought yearlings for a spell in the paddock, even if only for a short time while awaiting transport down south. Our spelling team did a fantastic job of receiving dozens of horses from the sales and thoroughly checking them over to ensure any issues were identified and dealt with immediately.

This includes weighing every horse upon arriv-al and taking their temperature. We would like

to thank all owners who have entrusted Aquis Farm with their valued Magic Millions purchas-es and we wish them all the best of luck with their racing careers.

Our breeding team have been busy wean-ing foals from their mothers. This can be a stressful experience if not managed properly, so thorough planning is important and all care is taken during this process.

Aquis Farm As Agent At 2017 Sales

Aquis Farm currently have availability for cli-ents’ horses to join our drafts at the following sales:

Inglis Australian Weanling and Broodmare Sale10 - 12 April 2017Magic Millions National Broodmare and Weanling Sale 28 May - 4 June 2017Magic Millions 2YOs In Training Sale 10 – 11 October 20172018 Magic Millions Yearling Sales

Please contact our Director of Sales, Jonathan Crowley, if you would like to dis-cuss joining one of our drafts.

January Sale Wrap Up

Aquis Farm presented 23 yearlings at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, with a 100% clearance rate.

Headed by Robyn Wise, no stone was left unturned regarding the preparation of the yearlings. Over the duration of the sale many people commented on the presentation of the draft, including Magic Million’s own Vin Cox; breaker and pretrainer Kevin Thomas, previ-ously of Washpool Lodge; and Henry Field of Newgate Farm.

One of the goals of Aquis Farm is to become the premier thoroughbred stud in Queensland. The gross sales from the Magic Millions Book One reflected this goal as Aquis stacked up against the other leading Queensland farms with the following numbers.

Gross sales from 2017 Magic Millions Yearling Sale - Book One (Queensland farms)

Aquis Farm $ 3,455,000Element Hill $1,255,000Fig Tree $1,250.000Glenlogan Park $1,855,000Raheen Stud $877,500Lyndhurst Stud $375,000

Click here to view Aquis Farm sale results from the 2017 Magic Millions Yearling Sale.

Image: Million dollar baby - Aquis Farm’s Medaglia d’Oro x Sangfroid colt sold for $1,000,000.

Retired Racehorses In The Magic Millions Bar-rier Draw

As leaders in horse welfare, Aquis Farm have a program for retired racehorses to be retrained and rehomed as riding horses, to allow them to live a long, happy and productive life after racing.

Aquis was asked to provide three of the ten exracehorses used in a display held for the public on Surfers Paradise beach on the morn-ing of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic and 3YO Guineas barrier draws. Ten top jockeys were matched with the ten exracehorses to gallop up Surfers Paradise beach in front of a crowd of thousands of onlookers.

Sydney jockey Tye Angland was paired with Congo Gait, an Australian thoroughbred who was exported to Hong Kong; fellow Sydney jockey Brenton Avdulla rode ex Gai Water-house trainee Spurtonic; and Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne rode Too Fast, an Irish bred thoroughbred who raced in En-gland before racing in Hong Kong for trainer John Moore.

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All three horses proved their versatility as riding horses by being the perfect gentlemen, even allowing Tye to do a handstand and Brenton to stand up in the saddle, as well as Brenton galloping along the beach with no reins!

Image: Ex-racehorses turned surfers: Brenton Avdulla on

Spurtonic and Tye Angland on Congo Gait.

All three horses will be available for rehoming soon; please contact Aquis Farm Retrainer Ruby Chatterton for more information on ruby@aquisfarm.com.

March Magic Millions Sale

Aquis Farm will be presenting a draft of seven colts and ten fillies at the 2017 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 March.

The sale has proven a great success over the years, pumping out top class racehorses including warhorse Buffering, who needs little introduction. Often the bridesmaid to record breaking sprinter Black Caviar, Buffering won a massive total of 20 races and placed a further 17 times, retiring with $7.3million in the bank.

Another graduate of the sale is dual Group 1 winner of $2.3million Spirit of Boom, who is now a first season sire success following his first yearling sales at the Magic Millions. Our draft features a filly by Spirit of Boom in Lot 167. Known as the QTIS sale, all lots offered have their first QTIS payment covered.

Click here to view details of our draft for the Magic Millions March Sale.

If you would like more information on our draft, please call Jonathan Crowley on 0409 196 881 or Robyn Wise on 0419 174 632.

Click here to view our draft’s pedigrees.

2017 Capricornia Year-ling Sale Shaping As The Best Yet!! Written by Tony McMahon for www.cqtba.com

This year’s Capricornia Yearling Sale in Rock-hampton, Queensland, on Sunday, April 2 is without doubt shaping as the best on record.

Organisers have been buoyed by the calibre of yearlings being nominated for the sale including an inspiring draft from Queensland’s newest vendor Aquis Farm in the Gold Coast Hinterland. The overseas proprietors of Aquis Farm have left no stone unturned or dollars withheld to acquire outstanding bloodstock and turn the facility into a Queensland show-place.

“We are thrilled to have Aquis on board. As well Neville Stewart, a fabulous supporter of our sale from Oaklands Stud on the Downs has a possible draft of 18 yearlings likely to come to Rocky. Aquis and Oaklands are serious par-ticipants in not only Queensland but also the Australian bloodstock industry. Their presence is a huge vote of confidence to the Rockhamp-ton sale”, CYS convenor Jeff Leaver said. He said as well local thoroughbred breeders had once again gotten “right behind the sale”.

Graduates of the Capricornia Yearling Sale in-clude Benfica Princess by Aquis Farm’s stallion Benfica, as well as Our Boy Malachi, winner of 19 races including two Group 2 wins and a total of $946,400.

Look out for details of the Aquis Farm draft in our next newsletter.

Get To Know - Paul KnightAquis Farm Business Development Manager

Tell us something about yourself that not many people would know.Aquis Farm is only my fourth employer I have ever had. My first job was as a messenger boy at the PA Hospital, second was with Elders Pastoral, third was Magic Millions.

How did you get involved in the industry?I grew up attending pony club and competed in eventing and showjumping. I had a love of horses and animals in general, and considered a career as a vet. Looking at other alternatives, I wrote a letter to David Chester with the help of my school career guidance counsellor and started working for Elders Pastoral / Magic Millions soon after finishing high school.

Have you had a mentor?I grew up in the Brisbane suburb of Wynnum and was friends with Mr Kevin Wallen, a horse trainer and trader, who quickly became my mentor. He was an excellent horseman who taught me all about horses as well as manners and respect.

Do you have any pets? Stella, a 10 year old Labrador.

How do you spend your downtime? Sleeping, running, swimming, & cycling.

What is your favourite race and why? ATC Golden Slipper Stakes - it is the breed shaper of the Australian industry where the stallions of today and tomorrow are made.

What is/was your favourite stallion of all time?The great Danehill. He is a true breed shaper in every sense, through the deeds of his sons and daughters, and then their sons and daughters, etc. The influence of Danehill has been noth-ing short of phenomenal.

What is/was your favourite racehorse of all time?Mahogany – sold by Segenhoe Stud (As Agent) back in 1992 and bought by Henry Plumptre for Lloyd Williams and Kerry Packer to be trained by Lee Freedman. He was a freak, wining the AJC & VRC Derbies as a 3YO, and was crowned Australia’s Champion 3YO and Australia’s Champion Racehorse in the 1993-1994 season. He trained on as an older horse to win the VRC Lightning Stakes twice, which is a 1000m sprint.

Stylish Century – I helped load Stylish Centu-ry onto the float after he was sold at the Magic Millions Golden Nugget Sale. He went on to win 11 races including the VRC Derby. There was always something special about Stylish Century right from the start. Dick Monaghan bought him for $6,000 along with a grey colt. We loaded both onto a float and away they went. I’ve always remembered Stylish for his snip on his nose and his good attitude. He raced by breaking others’ hearts as he could set amazing sectionals out in front. He set the Gold Coast 1200m course record from the outside barrier when he won the Golden Nugget Sale Stakes.

Click here to view more information on Stylish Century.

2YO Watch - Chappo

Finding top racehorse prospects at the yearling sales is never easy. Hours of research studying sales catalogues and pedigree pages, followed by long days inspecting horses at

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studs and the sales complex and then deciding what price you are willing to put your hand up for at auction in order to secure the horse against other interested parties.

Such a lengthy process is paid off with horses like Chappo. By Fastnet Rock out of Amer-ican mare Cherishing (by Johannesburg (USA)) Chappo was a $150,000 purchase for Aquis Farm at the 2016 Magic Millions sale in January. A striking physical which screams strength and power, Chappo was a lot of horse to handle as a colt and the decision was made to geld him. Always a tough decision to make, there is no point keeping a horse entire if he won’t race well as one.

Chappo proved this decision to be correct, and proved his potential as a top racehorse by winning on debut at Doomben on 2 January by a whopping 2.8L.

Jumping first from the barriers, he led com-fortably from start to finish and looked like a horse who’d been there done that, rather than a horse having his first ever race start.

Click here to see the replay of his impressive win here.

Image: Chappo wins easily on debut at Doomben

for Aquis Farm.

Winners By StallionJanuary 2017

Benfica (2) 8 Jan – Benasong 2014 (dam sire: Commands) 1st Coffs Harbour RC Key Employment Maiden 2YO P., 800m, trainer: Daniel Want, breeder: Mr J Vaughan.22 Jan – Eusebio 2013 (dam sire: Quest For Fame (GB)) 1st Wyong RC Event Cinemas Maiden H., 1200m, trainer: John O’Shea, breeder: Darley.

Domesday (6) 2 Jan – Have Another Glass 2012 (dam sire: Gen-erous (IRE)) 1st Naracoorte RC Lawrence’s Irrigation H., 1430m, trainer: Ms S Jaensch, breeder: Mr CA Richardson. 4 Jan – Lola Lu 2011 (dam sire: Octagonal (NZ)) 1st MRC Catanach’s Jewellers H., 1800m, trainer: Matthew Brown, breeder: Mr JA Middleton.14 Jan – Have Another Glass 2012 (dam sire: Gen-erous (IRE)) 1st SAJC Quayclean H., 1400m, trainer: Ms S Jaensch, breeder: Mr CA Richardson.19 Jan – Queen Gorgo 2011 (dam sire: Spartacus) 1st Kilmore TC Jet Roofing H., 1600m, trainer: M C Webb, breeder: JA & JM Anderson.

22 Jan – Red Letter Day 2011 (dam sire: Blazing Sword) 1st SCTC Moco Food Services H., 1300m, trainer: Ben Hull, breeder: Contract Racing Pty Ltd.

Image: Red Letter Day after winning at the Sunshine Coast Turf Club for Gold Coast trainer Ben Hull.

30 Jan – Il Dominatore 2010 (dam sire: Table Limit (USA)) 1st Goulburn Signs Bm 60 H., 1600m, trainer: Matthew Smith, breeder: Mr JL Maher.

International25 Jan – Irish Grey 2013 (dam sire: O’Reilly) 1st Fair-view Soccer 6 Maiden P., 1200m, trainer: TJ Laing, breeder: Mr ML Flannery.

Holy Roman Emperor (12)International2 Jan – Peut Etre Ici (IRE) 2013 (dam sire: Fasliyev (USA)) 1st Deauville Prix de la Riviere Saint-Sauveur, 1500m, trainer: G Botti, breeder: Finzana Locale Consulting Srl.4 Jan – Erissimus Maximus (FR) 2014 (dam sire: Cape Cross (IRE)) 1st Newcastle 32red.com H., 1006m, trainer: Chris Dwyer, breeder: Derek Clee.4 Jan – Victory Laurel (IRE) 2010 (dam sire: Fasli-yev (USA)) 1st Qatar Al Ghariya Cup, 1000m, trainer: Ibrahim Al Malki, breeder: Mr and Mrs B Firestone.5 Jan – Flying Empress (GB) 2013 (dam sire: Halling (USA)) 1st Qatar Thoroughbred H., 1600m, trainer: Jassim Mohammed Ghazali, breeder: Laun-dry Cottage Stud Farm.6 Jan – Oberyn (IRE) 2014 (dam sire: Kahyasi (GB)) 1st Wolverhampton 32redsport.com Maiden Auction Fillies’ S., 1438m, trainer: Sylvester Kirk, breeder: Barouche Stud Ireland Ltd.7 Jan – Tres Belle (IRE) 2014 (dam sire: King’s Best (USA)) 1st Lyon La Soie Prix Comete, 1800m, trainer: N. Clement, breeder: Joseph Stewart Investments.7 Jan – Boychick (IRE) 2013 (dam sire: Woodman (USA)) 1st Wolverhampton Betway App H., 1905m, breeder: Ed Walker, trainer: Lynch Bages Ltd.15 Jan – Velocidade Pura (BRZ) 2013 (dam sire: Trempolino (USA)) 1st Gavea Prêmio Rapallo, 1000m, trainer: Ad Menegolo.16 Jan – Internauta (BRZ) 2013 (dam sire: Gilded Time (USA)) 1st Gavea Prêmio Doubtness, 1300m, trainer: R. Marques.19 Jan – Roman Legend (IRE) 2011 (dam sire: Royal Academy (USA)) 1st Qatar Thoroughbred Condi-tions, 1600m, trainer: Jassim Mohammed Ghazali, breeder: Lynch Bages Ltd.22 Jan – Holy Legal (BRZ) 2013 (dam sire: Minstrel Glory) 1st Cidade Jardim Prova Especial Profissionais do Turfe, 1000m, trainer: FA Azevedo.24 Jan – Zerinndi (IRE) 2013 (dam sire: Galileo) 1st Rome Premio Alea, 2200m. 26 Jan – Boychick (IRE) 2013 (dam sire: Woodman (USA)) 1st Wolverhampton Betway Middle Appren-

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In Case You Missed It

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Gai Waterhouse

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tice H., 1905m, trainer: Ed Walker, breeder: Lynch Bages Ltd.26 Jan - Caesar Imperator (ITY) 2011 (dam sire: Wolfhound) 1st Pisa Premio Florindo Micciarelli, 1200m.27 Jan – Oberyn (IRE) 2014 (dam sire: Kahyasi) 1st Lingfield 32red.com H., 1611m, trainer: Sylvester Kirk, breeder: Barouche Stud Ireland Ltd.27 Jan – Metropol (IRE) 2011 (dam sire: Winged Love (IRE)) 1st Chantilly Prix de Plailly, 1800m, train-er: P Brandt, breeder: Azienda Agricola Patrizia.27 Jan – Per un Dixir (IRE) 2013 (dam sire: Noverre (USA)) 1st Rome Premio Aconcagua, 2200m

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Aquis Farm Features on Channel 7

Click here to see the Channel 7 news clip featuring Aquis Farm at

the Magic Millions Yearling Sale