Magic Millions
$45.10
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
21 October 2025
Summary
The unlikely story of an Australian auction house
In 1980, the Gold Coast was the most unlikely of places to sell racehorses. Or was it?
When Queensland cattleman Carl Waugh built a thoroughbred auction house just a stone’s throw from the meter maids, spivs and schoolies of Surfers Paradise, only he had an inkling of what it might become. By 1986, he had reinvented the business of selling thoroughbreds with the introduction of the ‘Magic Million’, a rich, world-first incentive…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761348136 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761348132 |
| Author: | Jessica Owers |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 21 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 688g |
| Dimensions: | 241mm x 164mm x 41mm |
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About The Author
Jessica Owers
Jessica Owers is one of the strongest and most recognised female voices in Australian racing. She is the author of three books, the latest of which is the much anticipated Magic Millions- The Rise, Fall and Spectacular Rise of an Iconic Australian Company. Her previous two books, Peter Pan and Shannon, were award-winning industry biographies. Jessica’s writing has been published across countless racing outlets, including The Straight, The Thoroughbred Report AusNZ, Magic Millions, Inglis and Aushorse. She also works as a ghost writer producing books for some of the leading stud farms in Australasia. Jessica is a graduate of the University of Stirling, Scotland. In 2023 she was a Kennedy Award finalist in the category of Racing Writer of the Year. She has lived in Cork and Edinburgh and now lives with her two children and Irish Setter in Sydney’s east.
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