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Home Affairs had his first million-dollar yearling on Day 2 Magic Millions.

Home Affairs joined Stay Inside on the list of first-season sires to have $1 million lots at this year's Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale when he produced the first seven-figure lot of Wednesday's second day.

His filly out of Group 2 Breeders Classic winner and multiple Group 1 placegetter Champagne Cuddles sold for $1,050,000.

The Coolmore Stud-prepared filly was bought by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, who have been impressed by the type of yearlings the Coolmore Stud Stakes and Black Caviar Lightning-winning son of I Am Invincible produces.

"He's throwing some beautiful types," Bott said.

"They look strong individuals, they look forward, they look to have great constitution and obviously we want to be trying to get these horses back here next year for the race or targetting those Golden Slippers or those important two-year-old races.

"They are the types that we try and identify and a number of his progeny look to have that sort of constitution to be able to handle that type of preparation."

Home Affairs' seven-figure filly followed on his good results from Day 1 when he also had a filly out of Witherspoon sell to Resolute Bloodstock for $625,000 and a couple of $550,000 lots – a colt out of Tell Your Mama and a filly out of The Natural.

Stay Inside, the 2021 Golden Slipper winner who was a racetrack rival of Home Affairs, also had a stellar first day, capped by his colt out of Bleu Zebra who sold to James Harron and Tony Fung for $1 million.

He also had two $500,000 lots, a colt out of Xilong who will be trained by Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald and a filly from Yes To The Dress who was bought by Sheamus Mills.

The Home Affairs was the star of an active first hour on Day 2 that also saw Michael Hickmott buy a filly by The Autumn Sun out of Carry On Alice for $900,000, the same price First Light Racing paid for the Frankel half-brother to Doncaster Mile winner Nettoyer.