Its New Zealand's feature night, but the 'Aussies' were having a big say - Willo claiming the 2YO, Blake Shinn the 3YO and Australia's long-time premier trainer Chris Waller on the board with a winner too.
She's an Australian G1 winner and oodles class - however, it had been a while between drinks for a mare of her calibre. She put that to bed on Saturday.
With a lazy 1088 lots set to go under the hammer across five days at Karaka, we take a look at some notable yearlings in the breeding ranks that might garner some extra attention.
Check out the highlights and lowlights from Saturday's racing right around Australia and also NZ, with the feature Karaka Millions night across the ditch featuring G1 action.
For seven years running, the famous tangerine colours of racing behemoth Te Akau claimed the Karaka Millions 2YO. Last year, their turf was encroached.
Some compare the Karaka Millions card to the Magic Millions - they are very similar concepts. But the NZ version has one-up on the Gold Coast now - G1 action on their card.
The four-year-old mare wasn't able to fire in a recent Melbourne spring prep, and ran last first-up back in NZ. Her co-trainer has confidence she can fire on Karaka Millions night.
New Zealand Bloodstock have seen many top-calibre horses go through the ring - many of them crossing the ditch and climbing the ranks in Australia and beyond.
It's a long way out until the big one on the first Tuesday - but the two-time winner has picked out a couple of names it might be worth following in the coming months.