News - I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS)
Lightly raced four-year-old entire Minsk Moment is likely to step up to stakes company after a fast-finishing win in Wednesday's Dual Choice Plate (1200m) at Geelong.
A bit of quality on show in the opener at Warwick Farm on Wednesday, with the Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes-trained blueblood Golden Age breaking his maiden over 1400m.
The Listed MRC Debutant Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on Saturday only had six runners, but we might have seen an exceptional juvenile with I Am Invincible colt King’s Gambit winning by five lengths untouched to become the first stakes winner for a joint venture between Newgate Farm and Gooree Stud.
Juvenile stakes racing continues at Caulfield on Saturday with seven acceptors for the Listed MRC Debutant Stakes for colts and fillies.
Returning to the track fifty-eight weeks after her maiden success at Sale, Black Caviar's daughter Invincible Caviar returned to the same track to claim a second victory.
Victorian bloodstock agent Sheamus Mills has bought some lovely fillies at the sales in recent years and one of the big success stories has been Written Tycoon filly Odeum, winner of the 2020 Group I MRC Thousand Guineas.
A half-brother to Group I ATC Champagne Stakes winning sire The Mission, progressive I Am Invincible colt Atlantic Ocean kicked off a new preparation with a stylish win at Warwick Farm on Monday.
A bargain priced I Am Invincible yearling might have needed some time to come into his own, but when the now four year-old gelding was unleashed by Barry Lockwood at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday it was hard not to be impressed.
Group One winner Imperatriz pleased in her exhibition gallop at Te Rapa on Friday prior to her impending trip across the Tasman.
When the full sister to Champion 3YO Filly and dual Group I winner Loving Gaby wins by daylight, she’s always going to be the ‘One to Watch’.
A new generation of two year-olds are primed to step out this Saturday with fascinating stakes races in Sydney and Melbourne featuring the most expensive filly sold at Magic Millions this year and a smattering of runners by first season sires.
Two bluebloods are set to debut in the Fujitsu General 3yo Maiden (1200m) at Rosehill on Wednesday.
A two-time Group winner last season at two, quality I Am Invincible filly Queen of the Ball franked the strong form of the recent Group III ATC Silver Shadow Stakes when scoring a sizzling front running victory in the Group III MVRC Scarborough Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
Expensive Redoute’s Choice filly Miss Passion was expected to break her maiden at Pakenham on Thursday, but she was mowed down late by an eye-catching I Am Invincible colt on debut.
There were barrier trials at Rosehill on Tuesday morning and a trio of unraced three year-olds caught our attention as likely candidates to follow when they step out on debut.
Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible had two promising metropolitan maiden winners on Wednesday with an Emirates Park homebred filly saluting on debut at Sandown, while a $1.4million colt put his first win on the board at Warwick Farm.
Godolphin don’t have many horses by champion sire I Am Invincible in their powerful stable, but a filly they bought for $900,000 from Magic Millions last year stormed into contention for the $1million Group I ATC Golden Rose when beating the colts to win the Group II ATC Run to the Rose (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
Her mother Stay With Me won the Group I MRC Thousand Guineas and so did her grand-mother Miss Finland and that dream is now very much alive for I Am Invincible filly Waltz on By, who shed maiden status with an easy victory at Sandown on Wednesday.
Punters are looking to Hastings in anticipation on Saturday where star mares La Crique and Imperatriz will meet for the first time in the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m).
A blue-blooded filly by champion sire I Am Invincible from Group I VRC Myer Classic winner Bonaria was an easy pick as the ‘One to Watch’ on Tuesday.