News - I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS)
Nigel Tiley has never lost faith in The Justice League, who was one of the very early stakes-winners for leading sire I Am Invincible, and his patience looks set to reap ongoing rewards.
It was business as usual for Yarraman Park’s flagship sire I Am Invincible on Saturday with six winners for the day headed by Doomben stakes-winners Whypeeo and Most Important.
38 winners in 30 days made November a month to remember for I Am Invincible and December is shaping as more of the same with nine winners in the first eight days of December including brilliant Group I winner Viddora.
I Am Invincible’s Tassie sprint star I’m Wesley added another feature win to his growing resume when taking out the $100,000 Listed Conquering at Launceston on Wednesday.
The Magic Millions updated order of entry for the 2YO Classic and 3YO Guineas have been released with I Am Invincible providing the highest rated contender for both races and fillies dominating the overall picture.
Following a heart-breaking second in the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) and a close-up fourth in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes, Viddora rewarded connections with a maiden Group 1 success in Saturday’s $1 million Winterbottom Stakes (1200m).
Coming off a chart-topping month with 38 winners, I Am Invincible will be out to start the new month by claiming an honour that has so far eluded him this season, a Group 1 winner.
38 winners in 30 days made November a month to remember for this red hot sire, who has 44 entries for Magic Millions and if you were having a guess, is not Snitzel!.
Adelaide trainer Lloyd Kennewell was underbidder on last season’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic heroine Houtzen, but he looks to have worthy contender for the valuable race on the Gold Coast in January with another daughter of I Am Invincible in La Pomme de Pin who blitzed the opposition in Saturday’s Magic Millions Clockwise Classic (1200m) at Ballarat.
A record number of 706 two year-olds paid up for the first acceptance for the 2018 Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes on Tuesday with Yarraman Park’s I Am Invincible the most represented sire.
The least expensive yearling sold at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale this year by I Am Invincible made a bold showing at the Warwick Farm trials on Tuesday morning.
China based Yu Long Investments have been prominent buyers of Australian bloodstock in recent years and featured with a stylish stakes-winner at Sandown on Saturday co-owned by Arthur and Charlotte Inglis.
I Am Invincible added a new stakes-winner to his tally with progressive sprinter I’m Wesley taking out the $100,000 Listed Newmarket Quality at Launceston on Wednesday.
Racenet’s Brad Waters highlighted this two year old colt by I Am Invincible as the best of the juvenile trial winners at Cranbourne on Tuesday morning.
The Warwick Farm trials were run on the synthetic track on Monday morning with two juvenile heats won by a Pierro filly and a colt by I Am Invincible that is closely related to this season’s stakes-winning two year-old filly Setsuna, who runs at Flemington on Cup Day.
Talented I Am Invincible filly Invincible Star returned to top form at Caulfield on Saturday to score a blazing win in the Group III MRC Thoroughbred Club Stakes.
Worth a staggering $10million, The Everest is set to make a big impact this weekend and while its lack of Group I status has meant an absence of three year-old colts in the line-up, it’s sheer worth will go a long way to deciding who will be the Champion Australian Sire for 2017/2018.
A Group I winner last season at three, top class I Am Invincible mare I Am a Star burst back to top form with a bold front running win at Moonee Valley on Friday night to win the Group II MVRC Stocks Stakes over Hinchinbrook mare Flying Jess.
Fleet footed I Am Invincible filly Houtzen cemented her claims for a start in the $10 million Everest with a comfortable victory at Moonee Valley on Friday night in the Group III MVRC Scarborough Stakes.
With Group I racing at Moonee Valley on Friday, Randwick on Saturday and Caulfield on Sunday as well as the superb Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe meeting at Chantilly it will be a weekend of bliss for hardcore racing fans.