News - I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS)
I Am Invincible is finishing the season in top gear with 15 winners in the past seven days and 40 in the past 30.
New Year’s Day 2020 must have dawned full of hope for the connections of the royally-bred, I Am Invincible, filly Parlophone as she set off for her career debut at Flemington.
This two year-old I Am Invincible colt had plenty of excuses at his first two starts, but joined the dots for an impressive win at Ballarat on Sunday to become the 20th juvenile winner for his sire this season.
It was only a midweek June two year-old fillies event at Sandown, but the winner Parlophone looks like she has a lot more to offer.
Plenty of interesting two year-old trials around the country in the past week so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.
Half a dozen juvenile trials at Warwick Farm on Tuesday morning on the synthetic track produced some interesting winners including a filly that might be the next I Am Invincible ‘Star’ for champion trainer Chris Waller.
Segenhoe Stud’s disappointment that its $420,000 Karaka Yearling purchase Captivating Claire never reached the racetrack has been tempered by the fact that the first four foals of the daughter of O’Reilly have averaged $1,181,250 apiece.
A small set of trials at Randwick on Tuesday morning on the polytrack included three juvenile winners with a homebred for Gerry Harvey by I Am Invincible catching the eye.
If there is one thing we know about the progeny of I Am Invincible, it’s that they only get better with age and a bold win in the Group II BRC TAB Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday for Victorem would suggest the five year-old gelding is only just starting to hit his peak.
Yarraman Park elected to reduce the fee on I Am Invincible this spring to $209,000 in light of looming global financial difficulties arising from pandemic, however he remains Australia’s most expensive sire so the time is right to take a ‘closer look’.
Breednet had better things to do than write stories yesterday given it was Mother’s Day, however there was a debut two year-old winner on Sunday worthy of a lot closer inspection.
Yarraman Park’s I Am Invincible posted a 16th two year-old winner on Thursday to draw level on the score of two year-old winners this season with arch rival Snitzel.
The full sister to our ‘One to Watch’ is still for sale having been offered and passed in at Inglis Easter, but if she’s anything like her full sister that won today, it might be time to go back and have another look.
The Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale online is underway with a colt by champion sire I Am Invincible from well bred Miss Interiors setting the pace when selling for $875,000.
Aquis Farm and Phoenix Thoroughbreds have had a lot of success with their two year-olds this season with talented I Am Invincible colt Holyfield adding to their list of feature winners when taking out the Group III ATC The Schweppervescence (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
Saturday’s Group III The Schweppervescence (1400m) at Rosehill Gardens has thrown up a capacity field of progressive two-year-olds whose price as yearlings range from $900,000 to $20,000.
Astute Southern Highlands based breeder John Muir of Milburn Creek has had some amazing results from star broodmare Admirelle, both on the track and in the sale ring.
A scan through of Breednet’s industry-leading results section it’s clear that the cream rose to the top on Golden Slipper day at Rosehill Gardens.
With a memorable win over subsequent dual Group I winner Loving Gaby in Melbourne last spring, I Am Invincible filly Cailfornia Zimbol always looked a great chance to win the Listed ATC Darby Munro Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday and duly lived up to expectation.
A vintage renewal of the $500,000 Group I MVRC William Reid Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night brought a rematch of the first four home in the recent Group I VRC Newmarket Handicap with I Am Invincible filly Loving Gaby emerging triumphant.