News - I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS)
Home to three G1-producing sires, Yarraman Park Stud has announced its 2026 fees and is led once again by I Am Invincible and complemented by his emerging sire son Hellbent and Brave Smash (Jpn), whose exciting next chapter is just beginning.
In our Tara Talks Racing podcast this week we chatted to Henry Field of Newgate Farm, who has an exciting late addition to his consignment for the Inglis Chairman’s Sale in Chayan.
WA based Yarradale Stud were active at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale this week securing four yearlings for $2,050,000 and an I Am Invincible filly they co-purchased last year was a debut winner at Belmont on Thursday.
Emirates Park have purchased two Golden Slipper winning fillies from Inglis Easter in years past in Mossfun and Estijaab, who cost $1.7million, and they unleashed on Monday to pay $1.55million for the I Am Invincible filly from Invictus Salute.
Initial discussions following Saturday’s Group One double by Seize The Day and Belle Cheval have confirmed that both Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-trained stars will head to the spelling paddock ahead of new season campaigns.
Fresh from siring a new Group I winning juvenile colt on Saturday in Seize the Day, champion sire I Am Invincible produced the first million-dollar colt of Inglis Easter on Sunday when the Cressfield bred and consigned colt from Pippie made $1.35million.
Te Akau Racing have already enjoyed G1 success with champion sire I Am Invincible having raced champion mare Imperatriz and Group I winning colt Move to Strike with the Yarraman based super sire giving them another G1 victory at Trentham in New Zealand on Saturday.
Yarraman Park are proud to present a select draft of 15 at Inglis Easter and nine are by the farm’s champion sire I Am Invincible and his top-class son Hellbent, fresh from siring Invincible Ibis to win the prestigious Hong Kong Derby (2000m) on Sunday.
There was only one race run at Nowra on Monday after a mechanical issue with the barriers put paid to the remainder of the meeting, but that was enough for champion trainer Chris Waller to send out a winner for his 2018 Group I ATC Australian Oaks winner Unforgotten.
An elite-level test looms for promising I Am Invincible juvenile Seize The Day following his comfortable maiden victory in the AKW Farrier LTD 2YO (1200m) at Matamata on Wednesday.
A brilliant five year-old son of I Am Invincible, Caballus has always shown Group I ability, but the path to an actual G1 win has been anything but smooth.
Annabel and Rob Archibald will have a runner in the $5million Group I ATC Golden Slipper after their talented I Am Invincible filly Chayan burst into contention with a dominant win in the $300,000 Group II ATC Reisling Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday.
A brilliant winner of the MM 2YO Classic in 2017, I Am Invincible filly Houtzen is beginning to make her mark at stud with her talented three year-old colt Greenwich Village landing his second stakes win at Santa Anita on Sunday.
There’s a bit of expectation when champion trainer Ciaron Maher produces a filly called Ciaron’s Star, but the two year-old daughter of I Am Invincible might be well above average after opening her account at Randwick on Saturday in the $160,000 ATC Pierro Plate (1100m).
With just two 3yo runners at Sale’s Wednesday meeting by Yarraman Park’s I Am Invincible, both recorded success with the Ciaron Maher trained pair showing the promise of more to come.
Scratched from last Saturday’s Listed ATC Lonhro Plate, John O’Shea and Tom Charlton’s 2yo I Am Invincible filly Scintillation headed to Gosford on Wednesday instead, impressing on debut against the older horses to win for Rosemont Stud.
The Yarraman Park sires have been flying high this season with father and son duo I Am Invincible and Hellbent accounting for 11 Aussie stakes-winners between them since August 1 and for Brave Smash (Jpn) things are about to get interesting!
Two year-old I Am Invincible filly Empress K made a winning debut at Kokura in Japan on the weekend and is the second foal and second winner from dual Group I winner Pippie.
Fourth on debut back in August, Michael Freedman’s 3yo I Am Invincible filly Rajwa was required to fight late, but the half-sister to G1 winner Manaal (Tassort) had too much in hand, breaking her maiden at Canterbury on Friday night for breeder/owner Emirates Park.
Widden Stud’s 20 year-old stallion Nicconi is best known as the sire of champion sprinter Nature Strip and while high end commercial breeders have largely moved on from the evergreen sire, he made his presence felt at the Magic Millions on Friday when his lone yearling sold for $500,000.