News - I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS)
Two stakes-winners last Saturday highlight a nick that is enjoying growing success and is not a hard one for breeders to explore, even for those operating on a budget.
The well-bred Just A Floozie’s trial performances have provided ample evidence that she has inherited a good share of the family ability.
The Newgate China Horse Club and partners stallion syndicate purchase plenty of colts that don’t quite measure up to what they are seeking and one of them has become a sensation in Singapore winning six races in succession culminating in a stakes victory on Sunday.
Gorgeous looking I Am Invincible colt Hawaii Five Oh has shown glimmers of serious ability in his brief career to date and joined all the dots in the $200,000 Group III Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m) to post a resounding victory.
Yarraman Park have announced service fees for 2023 with Australia’s reigning champion sire I Am Invincible priced at $275,000 plus GST.
I Am Invincible had 44 yearlings sell at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale last year at an average $541,591 and the cheapest of them was a colt that sold for just $65,000 and he won his first stakes race on Saturday.
There were some big performances at Ipswich on Wednesday, none more so than the three-year-old I Am Invincible colt Ring Of Steel.
Widden Stud sold two colts on Monday at Inglis Easter for $1.3million and got the same price for their stunning I Am Invincible filly from Prompt Response on Tuesday.
Yarraman Park are having their usual good sale at Inglis Easter and sold the first million dollar filly during the second session on Tuesday when the half-sister to Group I winner Booker sold for $1million.
A fantastic opening day of the Easter Yearling Sale saw a remarkable 14 lots realise $1m or more as buyers stepped up to defy global economic trends and ensure Easter remains in a league of its own.
Stakes-winning O’Reilly mare Bonny O’Reilly (NZ) delivered a Magic Millions sale-topper a few years ago for Widden Stud and she produced another million dollar yearling at Inglis Easter on Monday when her I Am Invincible colt sold for $1.3million to Yulong.
The first of many yearlings to be offered at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale by champion sires I Am Invincible and Snitzel were offered this morning selling for $825,000 and $1.3million.
Arrowfield Stud’s blue-blood I Am Invincible filly Waltz on By added another Black Type win to her resume when winning the $200,000 Bendigo Guineas(1400m) putting the spotlight on several of her close relations to be offered by Arrowfield at Inglis Easter.
Kiwi trained glamour mare Imperatriz was narrowly beaten by Artorius in the Group I ATC Canterbury Stakes when making her Australian debut at the start of the month, but made amends for that defeat with a stylish victory in the $1million Group I MVRC William Reid Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
It was little more than a track gallop for talented I Am Invincible three year-old Airman, who made a winning return at Randwick on Wednesday bringing a pedigree update for his Inglis Easter bound half-brother.
There is no stallion going better than Yarraman Park’s flagship sire I Am Invincible, who leads the Australian General Sires List by winners (145), earnings ($16.4million) and stakes-winners (17) and as usual their draft for the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale features a selection of his very best offspring.
It’s been a long time coming, but talented I Am Invincible mare She’s All Class finally landed her second Black Type victory when taking out the $175,000 Listed MVRC Abell Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
With Jamie Kah injured earlier in the day, Dean Holland picked up the ride on In Secret in the $1,500,000 Yulong Stud Newmarket Hcp (1200m) at Flemington and made the most of it.
Chris Waller had four of the five runners in the Ranvet Maiden Plate (1400m) at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday, and they duly ran 1-2-3-4.
The barrier trials at Randwick on Tuesday morning held plenty of interest with G1 winners Lion’s Roar and In the Congo both winning heats as well as star sprinters Lost and Running and Shades of Rose, but we’re interested in the juveniles and in particular King’s Gambit.