Buyers have been given a confidence boost ahead of this month’s Magic Millions Yearling Sale, with the highly vaunted Queensland Thoroughbred Incentive Scheme now free for locally sired foals.

Catalogue released for this year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast March Sale.

The final slot into the $775,000 The Archer to be run at Callaghan Park, Rockhampton on April 30, 2023 has been sold at auction for a staggering $100,000.

Group 1 champion Apache Chase is the first horse to be announced as a contender for the inaugural Mort & Co King Of The Mountain race on New Year’s Eve at Clifford Park.

On the back of a substantial prize money upgrade for the second edition of The Archer, the last spot in regional Queensland’s most lucrative race is set to go under the hammer this Friday.