Zougotcha sold for $5.25m at Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale
Three-time Group 1-winning mare Zougotcha will begin her new career in the breeding barn for Coolmore Australia after she was knocked down for a whopping $5.25m at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast today.
Zougotcha, a winner of eight races from just 18 starts and more than $2.6m in prizemoney, was offered for sale by her trainer Chris Waller as agent.
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By super stallion Zoustar out of the Fastnet Rock mare Fast Talker, Zougotcha was a $500,000 Inglis Easter Yearling buy who won on debut as a two-year-old at Canterbury before going on to dominate in her three-year-old campaign with victories in the Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m), the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) and Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m).
She tasted more Group 1 glory in the spring of 2024 when she followed up her Group 2 Millie Fox Stakes (1300m) victory with slashing wins in the Coolmore Classic (1500m) and Queen of the Turf Stakes (1600m).
Another triple Group 1-winning mare trained by Chris Waller, Atishu, also went through the sales ring, fetching $2.7m from Yulong.
Atishu won 11 races, including the Queen Of The Turf, Mackinnon Stakes and Empire Rose Stakes at Group 1 level, and almost $6m in prizemoney
A total of 486 lots are being offered at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale.
Tom Magnier of Coolmore also shelled out $1.35m to secure the regally-bred former Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained mare Moesha (I Am Invincible-Princess Coup). Moesha was a $650,000 yearling when bought by Rosemont Stud and David Redvers Bloodstock at the 2022 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale.
Multiple Group 2 and Group 3-winning mare Revolutionary Miss (Russian Revolution-Purcentage) was another to sell for seven figures, knocked down to Katsumi Yoshida for $1.6m.
Originally published as Triple Group 1 winner Zougotcha sold for $5.25m at 2025 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale
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