I AM INVINCIBLE REMAINS AT THE PEAK, SUN STUD DROPS FEES ACROSS BUT AT A REDUCED FEE OF $209,000 THE BOARD Logo (without secondary wording) Thursday, May 7, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australiasian bloodstock industry subscribe for free: Click here INGLIS LOOKS TO MAINTAINDIRECT ONLINE TO YOURMOMENTUM INBOX WITHEVERY BLUE-CHIP MORNING CHAIRMAN'S SALE - PAGE SUN STUD 2020 STALLION ROSTER BEL ESPRIT $7,700 FIGHTING SUN $7,700 FIORENTE $17,600 MAGNUS $15,400 NATIONAL DEFENSE $9,900 PALENTINO $14,300 READY FOR VICTORY $4,400 SQUAMOSA $4,400 THRONUM $7,700 Logo (without secondary wording) ALL PRICES GST INCLUSIVE * NO PAYMENT UNTIL LIVE FOAL For further information on the Sun Stud roster, please phone Phil Marshall 0407 853 782, Adam Henry 0428 036 472 or Ash Richards 0416 334 338 or visit www.sunstud.com.au INGLIS LOOKS TO MAINTAIN ONLINE MOMENTUM STAKES RESULTS - PAGE 31 WITH BLUE-CHIP CHAIRMAN'S SALE 2020 STALLION FEES - PAGE 27 - PAGE 23 MORNING BRIEFING - PAGE 17 Thursday, May 7, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here I Am Invincible remains at the peak, but at a reduced fee of $209,000 I Am Invincible - Lisa Grimm Read Tomorrow's Issue For: arraman Park Stud yesterday announced that I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit), who is in Maiden Of The Week contention for his first Australian Champion Sire title this season, will remain the country’s most expensive stallion but at a reduced fee of $209,000 (all fees inclusive of GST). Continued page 3 >> What's on Y Kembla Grange (NSW), Race meetings: Leeton (NSW), Werribee (VIC), Townsville Sun Stud drops fees (QLD), Pinjarra (WA) across the board BY ANDREW HAWKINS | @ANZ_NEWS iorente (Monsun) will once again head the Sun Stud stallion roster in 2020, but at a significantly reduced fee of $17,600 (all fees inclusive of GST) as the operation Fseeks to support breeders in a coronavirus-affected economy. Continued page 9 >> Fiorente - Sun Stud Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by New for 2020 1st 2,000 Guineas-Gr.1, Newmarket, by 2½ lengths from Gr.1 winner King of Change. He won it in a faster time than Frankel! 1st Futurity Trophy-Gr.1, Doncaster, by a head from subsequent Gr.1 winners Phoenix of Spain and Circus Maximus (at 2) 1st Maiden, Naas, by 3½ lengths (on debut at 2) By INVINCIBLE SPIRIT, his proven sons at stud already include the Australian sensation I Am Invincible, European sensation Kingman, Lawman, Charm Spirit, Cable Bay, Zebedee etc. Out of the 2YO Group 3 winning GALILEO mare CABARET. “A taking sort physically, robust and well-made, a bruiser of a colt” Timeform, who rated him 124! “Magna Grecia rules in Futurity Trophy” EBN, 28th Oct. 2018 ❝One of the easiest Guineas winners I’ve ever seen❞ Tom Segal, Racing Post Fee $22,000 (inc. GST) Michael Kirwan, Colm Santry, John Kennedy, Paddy Oman, Tom Moore, Rob Archibald or Emma Pugsley Tel: 02 6576 4200. New Zealand: Gordon Calder Tel:+64 218 41612. www.coolmore.com I Am Invincible remains at the peak, but at a reduced fee | 3 | Thursday, May 7, 2020 I Am Invincible remains at the Yarraman Park Stud service fees peak, but at a reduced fee 2020 2019 I Am Invincible $209,000 $247,500 Hellbent $22,000 $27,500 << Continued from page 1 The tremendous rise of I Am Invincible, from $11,000 in his first four seasons to a high of $247,500 last *all fees inclusive of GST year, looks set to continue, even with a reduced fee in 2020 due to the economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic. a season with his 2019 matings representing a who’s who of the Australian His son and Yarraman companion Hellbent has also been reduced slightly, racing industry. coming down to $22,000 from $27,500 for what will be his third season at stud. Mares believed to be in foal to I Am Invincible currently include two of “It was a difficult decision, but we’re all aware that we could be going into the greatest Australian race fillies of all time, Winx (Street Cry) and Black difficult times,” Yarraman Park Stud’s Arthur Mitchell told ANZ Bloodstock Caviar (Bel Esprit), as well as Winx’s dam Vegas Showgirl (Al Akbar) and Black News yesterday. “We thought that it was the right thing to do, to bring them Caviar’s daughters Oscietra (Exceed And Excel) and Out Of Caviar (Snitzel). back, and to leave a bit more meat on the bone for breeders so to speak. Add in the likes of Group 1 winners English (Encosta De Lago), Guelph “We’ve been lucky that Australia is continuing to race when most (Exceed And Excel), Lucia Valentina (Savabeel), Mossfun (Mossman), Princess countries aren’t and so there is still racing interest. I don’t think any of us Coup (Encosta De Lago), Royal Descent (Redoute’s Choice), Samantha Miss know just how much this virus is going to play out on the economy and on (Redoute’s Choice), Shamal Wind (Dubawi), Shoals (Fastnet Rock) and people. We’re all assuming it’s going to be somewhat tough in a lot of areas. Snitzerland (Snitzel), as well as proven producers Ballet D’Amour (Stravinsky), “It’s pretty serious stuff, it’s going to hurt in many ways and I think it Essouaira (Exceed And Excel), Extremely (Hussonet), Lipari (Redoute’s might be quite tough for the breeding industry for a few years. As a result, Choice), Listen Here (Elusive Quality), Pinocchio (Encosta De Lago), Pontiana we have reduced both of our stallions, I Am Invincible and Hellbent, to a (Redoute’s Choice), Stylish Bel (Bel Esprit) and The Broken Shore (Hussonet), degree which we think is very fair in the marketplace.” and I Am Invincible’s dominance - both on the racetrack and in the breeding The last four years, I Am Invincible has covered more than 200 mares barn - looks set to continue for many years yet. Continued on page 5>> At Willow Park our sale mares do not get foetal sex tested. Guaranteed. Of all our pregnant mares sold in 2019, 57.7 % subsequently produced colts. We have two mares selling in the Inglis Chairman’s Sale: • Lot 1, Perfect Rhyme, in foal to Exceed and Excel. • Lot 24, Zone Regard (IRE), in foal to American www.willowparkstud.com Pharoah. [email protected] Follow us @anz_news | 3 | Brought to you by THEY’RE SET TO SHINE... Are you? INVINCIBELLA UNFORGOTTEN With 25% of entries Black Type, 50 Half or Full Relations to Group 1 Winners and hundreds covered by Australia’s hottest sires, the Gold Coast National Sale is a must for those in the breeding industry MAGIC MILLIONS NATIONAL BROODMARE SALE | 20-24 JULY www.magicmillions.com.au I Am Invincible remains at the peak, but at a reduced fee | 5 | Thursday, May 7, 2020 << Continued from page 3 “The last two years, he has definitely covered some outstanding mares,” Mitchell said. “He’s covered some of the elite mares in Australia and he’s had a phenomenal time on the track. “The last two years, he’s had 40-odd stakes winners, he’s had six sons and one grandson retire to stud in the last three years. He’s been dominant in the sales ring and he throws such good-looking horses and obviously they can run, they perform week in and week out. He really can’t be doing any better. “Some stallions have gone up, some have come down, it’s an individual decision but he’s come down to make it a bit more attractive for breeders. He’s already got a lot of bookings and we think at the $190,000 (plus GST) he offers very good value.” The reduction to I Am Invincible’s fee comes on the back of a year in Hellbent YARRAMAN PARK STUD which he was crowned the champion sire of two-year-olds by winners in 2018/19. The 2018/19 season also saw him produce 28 stakes winners, said. “We are going to trim him up a bit, we want to be in a position to look topping the previous record of 26 held by both Danehill (Danzig) and after him as he reaches what very well could be the prime of his career.” Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice). Joining his sire once again on the Yarraman Park roster is Hellbent. The This year, 102 I Am Invincible yearlings went through the sales ring, 2018 William Reid Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner will serve his third book of all conceived during the 2017 season when the stallion stood for $110,000. mares this year, having covered 182 mares in 2018 and 156 mares in 2019. Selling at an average of $460,281, the average return to breeders was more “His books are full of quality and they are a lot better than I Am than four times his service fee. Invincible’s books were at the same stage,” Mitchell said. “He’s not far off Mitchell said that the days of I Am Invincible serving 200-plus mares are full already, he’s filling up already and he’ll be full in the next few weeks. likely to be over, with the rising 16-year-old set for a smaller book in 2020. However, we feel that the reduction to $20,000 (plus GST) is the right thing “He’s getting a bit older so we are going to give him a reduced book,” he to do in this marketplace.