By Glen Atwell
AS Lee Freedman raised his auction paddle at the Magic Millions yearling sales on the Gold Coast last Thursday, one of his exciting first starters made a winning debut at Cranbourne Racecourse.
At the annual Kids Day Out meeting, the Freedman-trained Ntini (TAB $1.70) beat home Love In The Dark and Uptown Lass to record a race-one victory in his first competitive outing.
Despite the win, Freedman was on the other side of Australia and had more important things on his mind – purchasing his next batch of potential stars.
The super trainer embarked on a bidding frenzy at the Magic Millions yearling sales on the Gold Coast and purchased two exciting yearlings.
Freedman spent $2 million in total, $1.5 million on a Redoute’s Choice – Liberty Rose colt and $500,000 on a colt by Exceed and Excel.
His $1.5 million purchase was the biggest buy of the sales.
David Hayes also enjoyed some first-start success, with Gunarani (TAB $3.10) beating home Divine Proportion and Crash Conlan in race four.
Colin Little had the only local success of the day, winning with Zubere (TAB $5.60) in race three.
Michael Kent’s galloper Romantic Dane was the only other local runner to get close, finishing second behind Aelstreet in race six.
