News - I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS)
There are few more honest horses in training than the pride of Port Macquarie, Victorem, who put his 13 opponents to the sword in Saturday’s Listed Hinkler Handicap (1200m) at Eagle Farm.
Star Thoroughbreds’ Invincibella returned to form to take her earnings to over $2 million as she defended her title in Saturday’s Group II Dane Ripper Stakes at Eagle Farm.
Lloyd Kennewell has announced on Twitter that his star sprinter Viddora has been sold and will be retired immediately.
Gelding might be the making of this talented youngster by I Am Invincible, who became the 18th juvenile winner for his sire this season when racing to a dominant win at Newcastle on Tuesday.
The Group II BRC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday was won by talented I Am Invincible colt Strasbourg, a $750,000 Inglis Easter purchase from the Yarraman Park draft.
Coming off debut win in a midweek at Canterbury, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained California Zimbol shapes as a favourites chance in Saturday’s Listed Bill Carter Stakes (1200m) for two-year-old fillies at Doomben on Saturday despite drawing barrier 18.
With two and half months of the season still to come, I Am Invincible has already broken the all-time seasonal record for Australian stakes-winners with 27 to his credit, so we thought a look at how he did it might be illuminating given that his fee of $247,500 this spring makes him the most expensive sire in the country.
Exciting I Am Invincible filly Libertini stamped herself as a potential Group I horse for the future with a sparkling victory in the Yarraman Park sponsored Listed Woodlands Stakes at Scone giving her sire his 27th Australian stakes-winner for the season.
A $450,000 Inglis Easter purchase from the Yarraman Park draft for Asian Bloodstock Services, two year-old I Am Invincible filly California Zimbol made a big impression when scoring on debut at Canterbury on Wednesday.
I Am Invincible has had a truly remarkable 2018/19 season thus far with an impressive 26 individual stakes winners, a phenomenal number that has only ever been reached by the likes of the great Danehill and Snitzel.
The two year-old fillies maiden at Randwick on ANZAC Day featured an outstanding selection of blue-blooded fillies with Gerry Harvey’s homebred Libertini triumphant by a space.
I Am Invincible put himself into rarefied company on Saturday when siring his 26th stakes-winner of the season, a number that puts him on an equal footing with champion sires Danehill and Snitzel, who hold the record for number of Australian stakes-winners in a season at 26.
The first two races at Gosford on Wednesday were both won by blue-blooded Chris Waller trained fillies owned by Japanese owner breeder Katsumi Yoshida.
Global powerhouse Godolphin and the increasingly influential Phoenix Thoroughbreds fought out the finish of last Saturday's Dubai World Cup at Meydan with Godolphin's Helmet 5yo Thunder Snow nosing out Phoenix's Lonhro 4yo Gronkowski and those owners go toe to toe again in Saturday's $1 million Inglis Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.
Winless since taking out the Group II ATC Missile Stakes in August 2017, talented mare Invincible Gem finally got her nose back in front when scoring a tenacious victory in the Group II ATC Emancipation Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.
Breednet’s Melbourne photographer Grant Courtney has found himself in Dubai this week and has been keeping tabs on the Aussie trained runners set to compete at the Dubai World Cup meeting this weekend including a stallion that may well be on the roster of one of Australia’s biggest farms this spring.
I Am Invincible has three runners set to represent him in the Group One Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai on Saturday at the rich Dubai World Cup meeting.
He trained Houtzen to win a Magic Millions 2YO Classic, so you can see why Toby Edmonds loves an I Am Invincible and he unleashed a stylish debut winning two year-old by the super popular sire at Doomben on Wednesday.
Golden Slipper hopefuls Lyre (Lonhro), Catch Me (I Am Invincible)and Loving Gaby (I Am Invincible)all won barrier trials at Randwick on Thursday morning.
The lightly raced Prophet's Thumb became the 44th stakes-winner and the 24th individual stakes winner this season for the unstoppable I Am Invincible, but she needed to overcome a troubled run and lower Redzel's track record in Saturday’s Listed Fireball Stakes to achieve it.