News - I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS)
Gerry Harvey’s homebred I Am Invincible filly Libertini won the second leg of the Darley Princess Series at Randwick on Saturday, showing tenacity as well as ability when powering to the line to score a determined victory over gallant Villami in the Group II ATC Furious Stakes (1200m).
Recognizing emerging patterns in the breeding of stakes-winners is a topic that fascinates most breeders and it might be no coincidence that the horse regarded as the best offspring to date sired by I Am Invincible is bred along very similar lines to a filly many are tipping as his next superstar.
We’ve had 25 days of racing this season and this stallion has given us 25 winners, it it any wonder he’s the most expensive sire in the country.
It was a very easy watch for supporters of boom filly Libertini in Saturday’s $200,000 Group II Darley Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.
We mentioned last week that that the Group III Kindergarten Stakes at Randwick in April would be one of the form races of the season and the winner Bivouac did the right thing by bolting home in the Vain Stakes at Caulfield at his seasonal debut.
Brilliant I Am Invincible mare Houtzen found her best form overnight at Glorious Goodwood in the UK to run a bold second in the Group II King George Stakes.
The first Saturday of a new season and a rare stakes-free weekend however there are several very interesting races for the newly turned three-year-olds.
It’s a new season and a time for reflection on who were the best sires of 2018/2019 and two stallions were clearly head and shoulders clear of the pack on the Australian General Sires List, while the youngest stallion in the Top 10 has a lot more to offer.
Yarraman Park's super sire I Am Invincible posted his 26th two year-old winner of the season at Canberra on Friday with seven length winner Vici and kept the winners coning at Rosehill on Saturday where his exciting daughter Lucicello stormed home to score her second win from four starts.
With Ascot King George V1 and Queen Elizabeth Stakes coming up this weekend it seems an appropriate time to highlight the pedigree of a filly that runs at Rosehill on Saturday who comes from the family of Ballymacoll Stud’s homebred Conduit who won the race a decade ago.
Yarraman Park’s super sire I Am Invincible racked up his 25th two year-old winner of the season at Canterbury on Thursday when problem child Mistress Mouse finally put her best foot forward to score her first win.
Purchased by Tom Magnier and Colm Santry Bloodstock for $750,000 at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale earlier this year, quality I Am Invincible mare Eckstein added another feature race win to her resume at Rosehill on Saturday taking out the Listed ATC Winter Stakes in the Coolmore navy blue.
Yarraman Park’s super sire I Am Invincible has opened up a little break on his rivals in the race to be leading sire by two year-old winners posting his 23rd juvenile winner on Friday with a debut victory at Geelong for I Am Eloquent.
Bought because she reminded her trainer Shane Nichols of his Group I winner I Am a Star, two year-old filly Kingstar Amber became the 22nd Australian two year-old winner for her I Am Invincible sire this season when saluting on Monday at Tatura.
Yarraman Park’s super sire I Am Invincible sired his 21st Australian two year-old winner of the season when dashing grey filly Lucicello charged home to score a dominant win at Randwick on Wednesday.
Worldwide speculation as to which stallion would be chosen for champion Australian mare Winx has ended with her ownership group issuing a media release today revealing I Am Invincible as the chosen one for the great one.
Toby Edmonds Racing have Tweeted this morning that brilliant sprinting mare Houtzen will remain in work after her eighth place finish in the Group I King’s Stand Stakes and join the stable of Martin Meade before being covered by one of the best sires in Europe.
Yarraman Park’s super sire I Am Invincible has had a record breaking year as the most successful sire of Australian stakes-winners in history so it only seemed fitting that the last Group I event of the Australian racing season, the Tatts Tiara, should be won by his high class daughter Invincibella.
Gelding might be the making of talented youngster Enforcement, who scored a brilliant front running win at Rosehill on Saturday for the Peter and Paul Snowden stable.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum has already tasted Group I success with his homebred I Am Invincible filly Oohood and will be hoping for similar success with this homebred filly by the same sire who opened her account on Tuesday at Pakenham.