News - I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS)
On a day when reigning champion sire I Am Invincible swept past Savabeel to reclaim his place at the top of the Australian General Sires List, six year-old gelding Vinco put the icing on the cake winning the $1million Magic Millions Cup (1425m) with four of the first five in the race also by I Am Invincible.
Yarraman Park bred, sold and co-owned King of Sparta captured the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas last year and was back for another big win at the Gold Coast on Thursday winning the $1million Magic Millions Sprint (1200m).
There are many ways to judge the commercial success of sires, but profitability is the one that counts for broodmare owners and tables highlighting the most profitable sires by multiple of fee and by straight profit on fee always highlight some names you might have overlooked.
The record breaking form of the 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale continued today with five new millionaire lots headlined by two that sold for at least $2 million.
The record for the highest priced yearling sold at Magic Millions that was set on Wednesday did not last long with the I Am Invincible colt from Anaheed making $2.7million on Thursday for Segenhoe Stud.
Emirates Park sold their second million dollar yearling at Magic Millions when their I Am invincible colt from blue-blood Fastnet Rock mare Tumooh sold for $1.6million to the James Harron Colts Partnership.
Champion sire I Am Invincible posted his third million dollar yearling of the sale when the Glenlogan Park bred and sold filly from Super Too sold for $1.2million to a first time buyer in Australia from the US.
The $2million Magic Millions 2YO Classic this Saturday features a full field with emergencies and Yarraman Park are super proud to have produced three runners this year with Godfather (I Am Invincible), Infatuation (I Am Invincible) and Fire Lane (Hellbent) all earning their place with brilliant wins over the summer.
Just when you thought the fireworks at the Gold Coast were over for the day Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible produced his second million dollar yearling of the sale when his colt from Group I winner Spright sold for $1.6million.
More than 1300 racing fans could soon experience the thrill of owning a winner in one of Australia’s highest profile races should Infatuation take out the 2YO Magic Millions this weekend.
A colt by champion sire I Am Invincible and from former glamour racemare Mossfun topped Day One of the 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale when selling for $1.65 million.
Emirates Park enjoyed the ultimate racetrack success winning the Golden Slipper with quality filly Mossfun, who then started her stud career in Europe before returning home in 2019 and her third foal born back in Australia was the star of the show at Magic Millions on Tuesday.
The 2023 Australian yearling sale season gets underway today with Magic Millions Day 1 and for those that need reminding what they should be looking for we’ve put together a gallery of yearling images of stakes-winners by various sires, but let’s take a look at I Am Invincible.
Five heats for two year-olds were run at Warwick Farm on Tuesday morning and all winners were trained by the Waterhouse Bott team and three of those winners are talented fillies that have already shown their potential in stakes races during the spring.
The stallion that topped this list had a lap on his rivals which is saying something given the company he is keeping.
Progressive I Am Invincible mare I Am Me had a productive 2022 winning six races from a Canberra maiden in March through to a Benchmark 88 event in December and she upped the ante on New Year’s Day to claim her first Black Type victory.
Outstanding I Am Invincible mare Imperatriz was back to her brilliant best at Te Rapa on New Year’s Day posting the third Group I win of her glittering career.
A $400,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Yarraman Park draft, I Am Invincible filly Infatuation will be heading to the Gold Coast with a win on her resume after scoring in good style at Randwick on New Year’s Eve.
The $160,000 Listed Gosford Guineas (1200m) on Wednesday featured several of the top contenders for the $2million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas next month, but they came up short with victory going to Peachester Lodge homebred I Am Invincible filly Anavinci.
A high-priced son of I Am Invincible, King Of Sparta was gelded after failing to win in his first four starts at two.