One to Watch – Ballina

Tara Madgwick - Friday July 28

Toby Edmonds is a genius with an I Am Invincible as he should be given he trained him and he unleashed another sizzling debut winner by the leading Yarraman Park sire at Ballina on Friday.

Whypeeo as a yearling

Whypeeo as a yearling

Sporting the Blue Sky Bloodstock colours, two year-old gelding Whypeeo was a hot favourite for the 1005 metre maiden and gave his rivals a cold as he led throughout and powered clear to win by five and a half lengths.

A $200,000 Magic Millions purchase for Blue Sky Bloodstock from the Yarraman Park draft, Whypeeo is a half-brother to Group II winner Meliora and is the sixth winner from six to race from terrific producer Sunset Boulevard.

He is the 28^th two year-old winner this season for I Am Invincible, who goes from strength to strength and is fully booked at a fee of $110,000.

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Invincible Colt on Target for Blue Diamond

The open juvenile event at Randwick on Saturday always looked good on paper with some highly rated fillies and two expensive colts engaged and at the winning post it was I Am Invincible’s Rulership that claimed the victory and he did it in style!

$1,050,000 Colt for I Am Invincible

Tipped as one of the stars on day one at Magic Millions, the I Am Invincible colt from Group II winning Zabeel mare Adrift duly set the sale ring alight when selling for $1,050,00 with Guy Mulcaster signing the docket in conjunction with Waller Racing.

I Am Invincible's Media Sensation back with a bang at Te Rapa

Last season’s Gr1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) winner, Media Sensation made a successful start to her four-year-old campaign when she eased clear of race favourite Ferrando to take out the Listed Legacy Lodge Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa.

Miss Jones Keeps Winning for Trelawney Stud

Trelawney Stud’s Australian import Miss Jones continued her faultless New Zealand form at Te Rapa on Saturday when extending her unbeaten sequence to four following her victory in the Horses & Henley Park 1200.

$260,000 Sword of State Colt an Early Classic Highlight

Fresh from topping the Karaka Book 1 Yearling Sale with a colt from Las Brisas (GB) that sold for $1.1million, Cambridge Stud based Sword of State was also in demand at Inglis Classic where his only colt to be offered at this sale sold for $260,000 on Sunday.

Pedigree Watch – 2YO Up and Comer Stars

There were four stakes races run for juveniles on Saturday as we move towards the G1 Golden Slipper and Blue Diamond Stakes and all of them were won by first time stakes-winners so let’s take a look at the pedigrees.

Sires With Winners - Saturday February 7

Here is the full list of 95 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

$300,000 for Zousain Half-Brother to Private Harry

Southern Highlands based farm Rheinwood Pastoral have produced and sold two Group I winners in the past 12 months in Libertad and Private Harry, whose half-brother by Zousain sold at Inglis Classic on Sunday for $300,000.

It’s probably no surprise to anyone that this stallion is the first to sire 100 Australian winners this season.

Return To Form For Tom Kitten – Takes Out Kevin Heffernan Stakes

Having not won since defeating Mr Brightside in the G1 All-Star Mile in March last year, a drop in class has seen a return to form for Harry Angel (IRE) gelding Tom Kitten, winning the G3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield for Anthony and Sam Freedman.