Yulong To The Fore As Call Di Tops Day Two of National Broodmare Sale

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Call Di led the way on the second and final day of the 2025 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast. Twice third at Group 2 level, Call Di showed her ability on the track, but it's her pedigree that helped take her to the top status.

By Frankel, Call Di is a sister to Group 2 winner Miss Fabulass and is from the family of  Australian Champion three-year-old Samantha Miss.

The Newgate Consignment offering ended the day as the top seller when knocked down for $2.1 million to Yulong Investments after a late bidding battle with B2B Thoroughbreds.

Yulong's Sam Fairgray commented, “It's good to be able to breed up a family and she's by a champion sire, out of a champion, her granddam's a champion sire and she's in foal to a champion sire. She's a lovely mare and I'm sure she'll leave a very, very nice Extreme Choice.”

He added, “On race performance, I followed her racing career and you probably didn't see the best of her on the track. She had very, very good ability.”

Yulong also swept the second top seller of the day – the Victoria Oaks winner Aristia who was offered by Vinery Stud in foal to I Am Invincible. She realised $1.45 million.

“Once we saw her we knew we loved her,” Yulong's Jun Zhang said. “She is in foal to Vinnie and has got a good first foal by Zoustar. Lonhro is a very good mare sire and (she is) the perfect suit for Alabama Express. She was on our first list. We are always searching for good mares.”

All told, the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale grossed $88,319,500 with the average settling at  $248,088 [$206,801 in 2024]. Meanwhile, the median was $90,000 [down by $5,000 compared to 2024] and the clearance rate was also down by 6% to 77%. 

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