It's a big week ahead for Bhima with a quality draft of Magic Millions yearlings by a variety of proven and up-and-coming stallions.
The stud's best families are well represented - including close relations to a number of recent Bhima winners.
Lot 307 - King's Legacy x Toffee Tongue (NZ) (bay colt)
The first foal for a G1 Australasian Oaks winning full sister to the Hong Kong star Werther (NZ) and the Group 3 New Zealand Cup winner Gobstopper (NZ). Bred on a Redoute's Choice/Tavistock (NZ) cross, the reverse of which produced the G1 Queensland Oaks winner Gypsy Goddess (NZ) (Tarzino {NZ}).
Lot 317 - Bivouac x Turn My Heart (USA) (chestnut filly)
This Exceed And Excel/Seattle Slew (USA) cross - noting that Exceed And Excel's damsire Lomond (USA) is Seattle Slew's half-brother - has been well represented by 16 stakes winners including two of Exceed And Excel's best grandsons - Gold Trip (Fr) and Thunder Snow (Ire). This filly's grandam is a half-sister to the Group 1 mare Chelsey Flower (USA) (His Majesty {USA}) from a family which has fared well locally with Charge Forward.
Lot 324 - I Am Invincible x Unbelievable (Ire) (bay filly)
Out of a half-sister to the European Champion 3YO Filly Peeping Fawn (USA) (Danehill {USA}) and bred on the same I Am Invincible/Sadler's Wells (USA) cross as the Group 1 winners Media Sensation and Invincibella, this valuable filly has as her fourth dam the acclaimed matriarch Best In Show (USA) (Traffic Judge {USA}).
Lot 356 - Russian Revolution x Whenever (bay filly)
Four of the first five Russian Revolution runners out of mares by Anabaa (USA) are winners and this filly is a half-sister to the city winner Johnny Angel (I Am Invincible). Her dam is a half-sister to the stakes winners Whoever (Redoute's Choice) and Speedy Bell (Brocco {USA}) - noting that the latter already has five stakes-winning descendants.
Lot 368 - King's Legacy x Wonderland (Ire) (bay colt)
From a high-class international family from which the G1 Epsom Derby hero Oath (Ire) hails, he is out of a half-sister to the dual Group winner Manieree (Ire) (Medicean {GB}), dam of the Listed winner Drumfad Bay (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}).
Lot 371 - Bivouac x Yarra Bank (bay colt)
A half-brother to the terrific galloper Kemalpasa (Magnus), the 13-times winner who has won four Group races and two Listed events, he hails from a real running family. His dam is a half-sister to the Listed winner Honest Politician (Distorted Humor {USA}), an eight-time winner.
Lot 408 - Dundeel (NZ) x Ain't She Smart (bay colt)
A half-brother to the recent city winner Fullproof (Lonhro) out of a half-sister to the in-form Ain'tnodeeldun - also by Dundeel - he is a member of the prolific Gold Vink (NZ) (Gold Sovereign {GB}) branch of the Eulogy (GB) (Cicero {GB}) family. And Eulogy is also the ancestress of Dundeel.
Lot 477 - Capitalist x Berimbau (bay colt)
A half-brother to last year's most prolific Group 1 winner Imperatriz (I Am Invincible), he is bound to be one of the sale's most inspected colts. He boasts a 5 X 5 cross of Vain, a horse whose influence Capitalist has picked up nicely on - five of his 40 winners line-bred to him being stakes winners.
Lot 525 - Toronado (Ire) x China Star (NZ) (bay or brown filly)
This daughter of Group 3-winning mare, China Star (NZ), is is a descendant of the great matriarch Chelandry (GB) (Goldfinch {GB}) as is Toronado's (Ire) high-achieving sire, High Chaparral (Ire). That is one of the pedigree highlights for this filly who also boasts crosses of the wonderful mares Special (USA) (Forli {Arg}), Lalun (USA) (Djeddah {Fr}), Sex Appeal (USA) (Buckpasser {USA}) and Plum Cake (USA) (Ponder {USA}).
Lot 596 - Capitalist x Doulmera (USA) (chestnut colt)
Out of a mare (a half-sister to the French Champion Older Female Dalkala {USA} by Giant's Causeway {USA}) doing a great job, her first three to race all winners including the Group winners Four Moves Ahead (Snitzel) and Emeralds (Sebring). Eleven of the 15 runners bred on this Capitalist/Gone West (USA) cross are winners.
