Magic Millions shapes up as golden sale for buyers with lower Aussie dollar Magic Millions owners Gerry Harvey and Katie Paige-Harvey say the fundamentals are all right this year to give buyers good value for money. Magic Millions ambassador Francesca Cumani says the 2014 sales will be the best in five years. A LOW Aussie dollar, high numbers of overseas buyers and a global economic recovery have set the scene for the best Magic Millions event in five years. Magic Millions owner Katie Page-Harvey said yesterday the sales had been building back up to the highs recorded in 2008 and this year could be the best since then. "Everyone is very positive," she said. The fundamentals are all right this year. I think it will be better than last year and the fact the economic climate is improving is a big part of that. Most importantly the dollar has come down and the buyers will see good value at the sales. Buyers from the United States, Asia, Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Middle East, South Africa and New Zealand will arrive this week for the sales, which start on Wednesday. Magic Millions organisers were also talking up the quality of the horses set to go under the hammer, saying it would push up the average price paid from now until the last day, January 14. Ms Page-Harvey is also predicting the best ever race day on Saturday thanks to the redevelopment of the Gold Coast Turf Club. "A ticket to the Magic Millions is the most sought after ticket in Australia now," she said. Our only challenge is that we can only accommodate so many people and we always disappoint some. But this year will be a new era in race days. Ms Page-Harvey promised that those lucky enough to secure a seat in the prestige Dome marquee would be "blown away" by what they found inside. "It will be the best it has ever looked this year," she said, while refusing to reveal the theme. Carnival and race day ambassador Francesca Cumani arrived on the weekend ready for a busy week. "I love this event, it is so unique in the world," she said. In the UK the sales are in the winter, when everyone is cold and miserable. But here you can have a swim in the morning, go to the races and then on to the sales. Ms Cumani is looking forward to practising her equine skills at the sales this week, but has no plans to buy a yearling for real. "I want to have a good look at the yearlings and then see who buys them for what," she said. Glen Boss, one of Australia's most successful jockeys, dropped into the Magic Millions sales for a look yesterday before returning to Melbourne to race on the weekend. "I have been to a lot of Magic Millions carnivals - I am usually up here this time of year," he said. But I usually start well before the sales, going around to the studs and looking at the horses before they get here. Gold Coast Bulletin