GODOLPHIN saddled up Exhilarates, their first runner in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, and led her back the winner. The Snitzel filly was purchased at last year’s Magic Millions for $600,000 and is the first foal of the Blue Diamond Stakes winning More Than Ready mare Samaready.

Her purchase marked the return of Godolphin to the Australian yearling sale market in 2018 after an absence of eight years and franks the strategy set down by Godolphin general manager Vin Cox and trainer James Cummings.